Drilling a Hole in the wall: Narrow Gauge Rails to Santa Cruz September 7, 2012

The Saratoga Historical Foundation presents, popular author and Train Historian Bruce MacGregor who will speak on "Drilling a hole in the wall: narrow gauge rails to Santa Cruz" on September 7 at 7:00 PM. The lecture will explore the reasons behind, and methods involved in, the construction of the South Pacific Coast Railroad over the Santa Cruz Mountains in 1880. Costly in terms of both dollars and human life, this project was driven by the enormous economic potential on both sides of the Santa Cruz Range.
The lecture will cost $15 and is open to the public. Tickets will be sold at the door only. The lecture will be held at the Immanuel Lutheran Reception Hall at 14301 Saratoga Avenue in Saratoga.
Bruce MacGregor is the author of several books on the history of trains including The Birth of California Narrow Gauge (Stanford University Press, 2002). He formerly gave many popular walking tours of the train sites in Santa Cruz.