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The Palmdale Railroad was a 〔(Ninth Annual Report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners of the State of California for the Year Ending December 31, 1888, p. 26 )〕 horse-drawn railroad which existed only briefly in present-day Palm Springs, California built in 1888. Originally proposed by a Professor Wheaton, a Boston native who relocated to the desert due to asthma, the railroad was part of a larger development which included of orange groves. Running primarily down present-day Farrell Drive to the proposed settlement of Palmdale at the foot of Mount San Jacinto near the present-day settlement of Snow Creek (not to be confused with the Antelope Valley city of the same name), the line was abandoned by 1893 due to lack of water. Ties from the right-of-way were used to build the Cornelia White House,〔 which still stands today in downtown Palm Springs. For years after its abandonment, a single, dilapidated horse-drawn car remained in the desert as a sort of landmark to travelers.〔(George Wharton James (1908) ''The Wonders of the Colorado Desert''. p. 291 ) (Which includes a sketch of a Palmdale Railroad passenger car by Carl Eytel.)〕 The car is no longer visible and is presumed to be buried beneath the sand. The California Office of Historic Preservation recognized the site of the railroad as a point of interest on November 3, 1969. ==See also== * List of railway museums * List of heritage railways 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Palmdale Railroad」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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