Spring Garden Tunnel
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History
The Western Pacific Railroad (now part of the Union Pacific Railroad) built the tracks along the Feather River in 1909 to complete the Feather River Route, a San Francisco Bay Area to Salt Lake City route competing with the Southern Pacific's route over Donner Pass.
While significantly longer, the Feather River Route was preferred by some over the Donner Pass route (elevation about Template:Cvt) over the Sierra Nevada mountains, because the former's summit under Beckwourth Pass is at a lower elevation (about Template:Cvt) and most of the route follows a gentler grade along the Feather River.
The tunnel was designated one of Plumas County's "7 Wonders of the Railroad World,"[2] and the north portal is Script error: No such module "convert". west on Railroad Street, then Script error: No such module "convert". SSE along a fair-condition dirt road from Spring Garden, California.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
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