I came across this article on the mercury news site in regards to the closure of 17 when the CHP and other police were looking for the Scotts Valley Bank Robber, what caught my attention was the chance scrolling of the comments and the mention that there still were the train tunnels in the range, albeit abandoned, in disrepair and apparently being used for other uses as well.
What I wonder is why was the train lines through here closed up, would have been too much to have reformatted these tunnels to be used for modern day use by trains, before they fell into extreme disrepair from sitting abandoned. Given how Highway 17 traverses the mountain with several winding curves, it seems that train transport would be the easier way to move goods across the mountains between Santa Cruz, San Jose and beyond. Of course, it's a moot point now with the tunnels but just a thought that entered my mind, with how it would be to still have trains actively running between San Jose and Santa Crux given the crippling effect the closure of Highway 17 has on commuters and transporters.
http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/02/02/roadshow-highway-17-hell-from-mudslides-downed-trees-to-bank-robbers/
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