Meetings: Monthly meetings are held on the second Friday of the month at The Portola Community Center, 45-480 Portola Ave. Palm Desert.
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| DECEMBER 14, 2018 GUEST SPEAKER REENA DEUTSCH "The Impossible Railroad" |
Reena is a retired UCSD medical researcher who lives in San Diego
with a second home in Borrego Springs. She is a member of the
Board of Directors of the Anza-Borrego Desert Natural History
Association and the San Diego Model Railroad Museum. Reena
became interested in the colorful history of the San Diego & Arizona
(Eastern) Railway after hiking to the line’s legendary Goat Canyon
Trestle in a remote region of the Anza-Borrego Desert in the 1990s.
Since then, she has researched the line, lectured on its history, and
organized tours to SD&A(E) train stations and the landmark Goat
Canyon Trestle. She currenly chairs a committee for the Pacific
Southwest Railway Museum to plan events for next year's SD&A
Centennial. In 2011, her book San Diego and Arizona Railway – The
Impossible Railroad was published and will be available for purchase
after her presentation.