Here is one of possibly thousands of examples of switchbacks. This is a track schmematic at Creal where the SP (now UP) serves a cement plant at the end of a branchline west of Mojave.. There are several switchbacks here. One is the end of branch serving as the lead to the yard, and there are two serving the coal dump.
Nixon served as president from January 20, 1969 until August 9, 1974. Nixon served one full term and resigned after serving about 19 months of his second term, because of whâ¦at was coined the Watergate Scandal.. Benella Deculus Thomas.
A former Republican congressman and U.S. senator from California, he served two terms as vice president under Dwight Eisenhower (1890-1969) in the 1950s. In 1960, Nixon lost his bid for the presidency in a close race with Democrat John F. Kennedy (1917-63). He ran for the White House again in 1968 and won.