San Diego
& Arizona Railway:
The
Impossible Railroad
by
Reena Deutsch
PAST EVENTS
The
following programs related to the SD&A(E) book have occurred since the
January 2011 publication.
If you
would like to invite author Reena Deutsch to appear at a booksigning, present a
slide show and/or lecture, or participate in other book-related events, and to
see a description of the available programs, please click here.
Friday,
January 28, 2011 Lecture/slide show
The Impossible
Railroad through Anza-Borrego [Presentation #1*]
Anza-Borrego
Desert Natural History Association’s 39th Annual Desert Lecture
Series.
Borrego
Springs, CA
Saturday,
January 29, 2011 Interactive
presentation of photographs
Impossible Railroad
Odds and Ends
[Presentation #3*]
Anza-Borrego
Desert Natural History Association
Borrego
Springs, CA
Saturday,
January 29, 2011 Booksigning and reception
Anza-Borrego
Desert Natural History Association
Borrego
Springs, CA
Sunday, January
30, 2011 Tour
Coyote Wells and
Jacumba Railroad Stations (with Michael Reading)
Anza-Borrego
Desert Natural History Association
Ocotillo
and Jacumba, CA
Saturday,
February 5, 2011 Booksigning
Reeds Hobby
Shop
La Mesa, CA
Saturday,
March 5, 2011 Booksigning
46th
Annual History Conference of the San Diego & Imperial Counties Congress of
History
San Diego,
CA
Saturday,
March 19, 2011 Barbeque and slide
show
The Impossible
Railroad through Anza-Borrego [Presentation #1*]
Montesoro
Naturalist Club
Canebrake,
CA
Friday, March
25, 2011 Dinner and slide show
The Impossible
Railroad History
[Presentation #1*]
San Diego
Model Railroad Association Awards Dinner, San Diego Model Railroad Museum
Balboa
Park; San Diego, CA
Friday,
April 29, 2011 Lecture and slide
show
History of the San Diego & Arizona (Eastern) Railway and
Ferrocarril Tijuana y Tecate [Presentation #1*]
Universidad
Autónama de Baja California course: Globalization in Mexico and its impact on
society and business
Tijuana,
Mexico
Saturday,
May 14, 2011 Slide show
A Photo-history of the
San Diego & Arizona Railway, the “Impossible Railroad” [Presentation #1*]
San Diego
Electric Railway Association monthly meeting
National
City Depot, National City, CA
Friday, May
20, 2011 Booksigning,
dinner, and program
Pacific
Southwest Railway Museum Association, Inc., Annual Dinner (50th Anniversary!)
San Diego,
CA
Saturday,
May 21, 2011 Booksigning
Barnes and
Noble bookstore
La Mesa, CA
Wednesday,
May 25, 2011 Slide show and booksigning
Construction of the
San Diego & Arizona Railway, the “Impossible Railroad” [Presentation #1*]
Julian
Historical Society monthly meeting
Julian, CA
Sunday, October 9, 2011 Slide show
Why is the SD&A Railway called the “Impossible
Railroad?”
[Presentation #1*]
San Diego Electric Railway Association Street Faire/Get
Together!
National City Depot, National City, CA
Wednesday,
November 16, 2011 Slide show
A Photographic History
of the SD&A(E) Railway [Presentation #1*]
Chula Vista
Live Steamers monthly meeting
National
City Depot, National City, CA
Friday,
December 16, 2011 Slide show
San Diego’s
“Impossible Railroad” through the desert [Presentation #1*]
Sierra Club
monthly meeting
San Diego,
CA
Saturday,
January 7, 2012 Slide show (NEW PROGRAM)
The Untold Story
behind the Astonishing Goat Canyon Trestle [Presentation #2*]
Anza-Borrego
Desert Natural History Association
Borrego
Springs, CA
Thursday,
February 23, 2012 Slide show and booksigning
Past, Present, and
Future of John Spreckels’ San Diego & Arizona Railway – “The Impossible
Railroad”
[Presentation #1*]
Coronado
Historical Association and Museum of History and Art
Coronado,
CA
Saturday,
March 24, 2012 Dinner and slide
show
The Untold Story
behind SD&A’s Goat Canyon Trestle [Presentation #2*]
San Diego
Model Railroad Association Awards Dinner, San Diego Model Railroad Museum
Balboa
Park; San Diego, CA
Sunday,
March 25, 2012 Booksigning
La Mesa
Village Antique Street Faire
La Mesa, CA
Saturday,
April 14, 2012 Slide show
The untold story
behind building SD&A’s Goat Canyon Trestle [Presentation #2*]
San Diego Electric Railway Association monthly meeting
National
City Depot, National City, CA
Friday, May
25, 2012 Dinner and slide
show
Imperial Valley’s
“Impossible Railroad” to San Diego – The History of the San Diego & Arizona
(Eastern) Railway
[Presentation #1*]
Imperial County Historical Society/Pioneers Museum
Imperial, CA
Saturday,
June 16, 2012 Book sales
and signing
All Gauge Toy Train Association of San Diego 27th
Annual Family Open House & Toy Train Meet
La Jolla, CA
Monday,
September 24, 2012 Slide show
San Diego &
Arizona Railway: The Impossible Railroad [Presentation #1*]
Temecula
Valley Historical Society meeting
Temecula,
CA
Wednesday,
October 10, 2012 Class
San Diego &
Arizona Railway: The Impossible Railroad [Presentation #1*]
OASIS
Escondido
Escondido,
CA
Friday,
November 16, 2012 Slide show
The History of the San
Diego & Arizona (Eastern) Railway [Presentation #1*]
Historical Society of Palm Desert
Palm Desert, CA
Monday,
April 1, 2013 Slide show
The Impossible
Railroad
[Presentation #1*]
Reuben H. Fleet Science Center Afternoon Scholars Lecture
Series
San Diego, CA
Thursday,
April 18, 2013 Slide show
The Impossible
Railroad [Presentation
#1*]
Reuben H. Fleet Science Center Dome Discussion
San Diego, CA
Saturday,
May 11, 2013 Booksigning
Old Town
Gift Company
San Diego,
CA
Saturday, June 8, 2013 Interactive slide
show
Impossible Railroad Odds & Ends
[Presentation #3*]
San Diego Electric Railway
Association
National City, CA
Friday, November
8, 2013 Slide show
History of the San
Diego & Arizona (Eastern) Railway “The Impossible Railroad” [Presentation #1*]
Imperial Valley Desert Museum
Ocotillo, CA
Tuesday,
January 21, 2014 Class
San Diego &
Arizona Railway: The Impossible Railroad [Presentation #1*]
OASIS
Rancho Peñasquitos Library
San Diego,
CA
Saturday,
September 6, 2014 Clinic
History of the
“Impossible Railroad” – San Diego & Arizona (Eastern) Railway [Presentation #1*]
Pacific
Southwest Region National Model Railroad Association 2014 Convention
San Diego,
CA
Sunday,
September 6, 2014 Clinic
The Untold Story
Behind Building SD&A’s Landmark Goat Canyon Trestle [Presentation #2*]
Pacific
Southwest Region National Model Railroad Association 2014 Convention
San Diego,
CA
Saturday, November
1, 2014* Hike: Carrizo Gorge to the Goat Canyon Trestle (SPECIAL EVENT)
Sunday, November
2, 2014 Hike: Carrizo Gorge to the Goat Canyon Trestle (SPECIAL EVENT)
Hike on and along the
tracks of the historic San Diego & Arizona Railway through Carrizo Gorge to
the Goat Canyon Trestle!
Anza-Borrego
Desert Natural History Association.
Jacumba, CA
* Postponed
to November 22
Saturday, January
10, 2015 Slide show
Impossible Railroad
Odds & Ends
[Presentation #3*]
San Diego
Electric Railway Association
National City Depot, National City, CA
Wednesday,
January 21, 2015 Social, dinner and
program
The Impossible
Landslide – Carrizo Gorge’s 1932 Goat Canyon disaster [Presentation #2*]
San Diego
Association of Geologists
San Diego Model
Railroad Museum
Balboa
Park; San Diego, CA
Sunday,
March 15, 2015 Hike: Carrizo Gorge to the Goat Canyon Trestle (SPECIAL EVENT)
Saturday,
March 21, 2015 Hike: Carrizo Gorge
to the Goat Canyon Trestle (SPECIAL EVENT)
Hike on and along the
tracks of the historic San Diego & Arizona Railway through Carrizo Gorge to
the Goat Canyon Trestle!
Anza-Borrego
Desert Natural History Association.
Dos Cabezas
area, CA
Saturday,
March 28, 2015 Slide show
Anza-Borrego’s
“Impossible” Goat Canyon Trestle [Presentation #2*]
Anza-Borrego
Foundation
ABDSP Visitor Center, Borrego Springs, CA
Thursday,
October 1, 2015 Panel discussion
An Outside
Perspective: Exploring the Impossible Railroad [Modified Presentation #1*]
Museum of
Contemporary Art San Diego
San Diego,
CA
Friday, October 9, 2015 Tour
and hike
Dos Cabezas and China Camp
Outdoor Adventure USA annual
BorregoFest
Butterfield Ranch Resort, CA
Friday, October 9, 2015 Slide show
History of the San
Diego & Arizona (Eastern) Railway’s “Impossible Railroad” [Presentation #1*]
Outdoor Adventure USA annual
BorregoFest
Butterfield Ranch Resort, CA
Saturday, March 4, 2017 Tour, slide show,
and train ride
History of the San
Diego & Arizona (Eastern) Railway – “The Impossible Railroad” [Presentation #1*] (Tour guide:
Bruce Semelsberger)
Anza-Borrego
Desert Natural History Association
At PSRM in
Campo, CA
Sunday, March 5, 2017 Tour and hike
Dos Cabezas and China Camp
Anza-Borrego
Desert Natural History Association
Near
Ocotillo, CA
Thursday,
May 24, 2018 Slide show
History of the San
Diego & Arizona Railway – “The Impossible Railroad” [Presentation #1*]
CityFront
Terrace Homeowner’s Association
San Diego,
CA
Saturday,
November 3, 2018 Hike
China Camp
Anza-Borrego
Desert Natural History Association
Borrego
Springs, CA
Friday,
December 14, 2018 Slide show
History of the San
Diego & Arizona Railway – “The Impossible Railroad” [Presentation #1*]
Coachella
Valley Archaeological Society
Palm
Desert, CA
Saturday, January 5, 2019 Slide show
Impossible Railroad 100-year history [Presentation #1*]
Anza-Borrego
Desert Natural History Association
Borrego
Springs, CA
Sunday, January 6, 2019 Tour
Dos Cabezas mine, Dos Cabezas
Railroad Station, Dos Cabezas spring
Anza-Borrego
Desert Natural History Association
Borrego Springs, CA
Monday, January 28, 2019 Slide show
Impossible Railroad 100-year history [Presentation #1*]
Oasis San
Diego
La Mesa, CA
Tuesday, February 12, 2019 Slide show
Impossible Railroad
100-year history [Presentation #1*]
UC San Diego Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
La Jolla, CA
Saturday, February 23, 2019 Slide show
Why and how SD&A’s Goat Canyon
Trestle was built
[Presentation #2*]
Anza-Borrego
Desert Natural History Association
Borrego Springs, CA 92004
Sunday, February 24, 2019 Hike
China Camp
Anza-Borrego
Desert Natural History Association
Borrego Springs, CA
Saturday-Monday, May 25-27, 2019 Exhibit
Early San Diego Railroad/Marine history and SD&A Centennial exhibit
Maritime Museum Festival of the Sea
San Diego, CA
Saturday, June 1, 2019 Slide show and dinner
C100! [Presentation #5*]
Spring
Valley Historical Society
Spring Valley, CA
June 7 – November 16, 2019 Exhibit
San Diego & Arizona Railway
Centennial Exhibit
San Diego
Model Railroad Museum
Balboa Park, San Diego, CA
Saturday, June 8, 2019 Slide show
Impossible Railroad 100-year history [Presentation #1*]
San Diego
Archaeological Center
Escondido, CA
Tuesday, June 11, 2019 Slide show
C100! [Presentation #5*]
La Mesa Club, San Diego Model Railroad Museum
Balboa Park, San Diego, CA
Thursday, Jul 11, 2019 Slide show
Impossible Railroad 100-year history [Presentation #1*]
Oasis St.
Paul’s Plaza
Chula Vista, CA
Friday, July 12, 2019 Slide show and reception
C100! [Presentation #5*]
Coronado
Historical Association
Coronado, CA
Thursday, July 18, 2019 Slide show and lunch
C100! [Presentation #5*]
El Cajon
Historical Society
El Cajon, CA 92020
Friday, August 2, 2019 Slide show and food (WORLD PREMIERE!)
Hiking the tracks to the Goat Canyon
Trestle – legally! [Presentation #4*]
Sierra Club
San Diego,
CA
Thursday, August 8, 2019 Slide show
C100! [Presentation #5*]
La Mesa
Historical Society
La Mesa, CA
Saturday, August 17, 2019 Slide show
C100! [Presentation #5*]
Santee
Historical Society
Santee, CA
Saturday, September 7, 2019 Slide shows and reenactment
The
100-year history of the San Diego & Arizona (Eastern) Railway, “The
Impossible Railroad [Presentation #1*]
Why and
how SD&A’s Goat Canyon Trestle was built [Presentation #2*]
Reenactment of
SD&A’s 1907 Groundbreaking Ceremony
Pacific
Southwest Railway Museum SD&A
GROUNDBREAKING FESTIVAL
Campo, CA
Thursday, October 10, 2019 Happy hour and Slide show
Hiking the tracks to the Goat Canyon
Trestle – legally! [Presentation
#4]
Adventure16
San Diego, CA
Tuesday, November 12, 2019 Slide show
Impossible Railroad 100-year history [Presentation #1*]
San Diego
History Center
Balboa
Park, San Diego, CA
*Click here for a
description of Presentations #1 - 5
To go to Impossible Railroad’s home page, click here.
Last updated April 27, 2020