A SPECIAL REPORT: TRAINS

TRIVIA: Why do the Southern Pacific tracks end in Santa Ana? Because in 1849, James Irvine and Collis P. Huntington came to California on the same ship. . . . For some unknown reason, the young Irvine developed a grudge against Huntington during the voyage and nursed it. A quarter century later, railroad baron Huntington needed a right of way across Irvine’s huge ranch to reach San Diego, but Irvine adamantly refused. . . . Later, to rub salt in the wound, Irvine’s trustees sold a right of way to the rival Santa Fe.