Re: Madera Sugar Pine Then and Now and some exploring...
| June 04, 2020 08:41AM |
After the open area the grade headed back into the forest:
Just around the bend to the left, I detected a spur heading off the grade. Here's a view about 50 feet in on the spur:
The main grade is the yellow line on the right. The spur at this point split into two lines curving to the left.
There is a chunk of rail still sitting on the left spur.
Here a clearer photo of the split between the two spurs:
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There was some significant rock work here which suggested the spur may be somewhat long...
There was still a tie in place:
And another tie up on an embankment:
To be continued...
Just around the bend to the left, I detected a spur heading off the grade. Here's a view about 50 feet in on the spur:
The main grade is the yellow line on the right. The spur at this point split into two lines curving to the left.
There is a chunk of rail still sitting on the left spur.
Here a clearer photo of the split between the two spurs:
\There was some significant rock work here which suggested the spur may be somewhat long...
There was still a tie in place:
And another tie up on an embankment:
To be continued...
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