Re: Madera Sugar Pine Then and Now and some exploring...
| June 06, 2020 10:31AM |
The total length of the branch was about 2.5 miles. At this point we began to retrace our path. The Western Dogwoods were in bloom:
Here's another view on the way out:
The grade looks wide enough here to have had a siding.
As we were hiking out I noticed a glint in the forest off to the side of the grade and went to investigate. I found a recent bottle, but also discovered another spur heading off to the east:
I began following this grade through a thick stand of trees until it became more visible:
That's a full length of rail resting on the grade.
At this point the grade was heading due east uphill and we're about 600 feet from the main branch.
To be continued...
Here's another view on the way out:
The grade looks wide enough here to have had a siding.
As we were hiking out I noticed a glint in the forest off to the side of the grade and went to investigate. I found a recent bottle, but also discovered another spur heading off to the east:
I began following this grade through a thick stand of trees until it became more visible:
That's a full length of rail resting on the grade.
At this point the grade was heading due east uphill and we're about 600 feet from the main branch.
To be continued...
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488 stops for water at Los Pinos tank on closing day Oct. 1979. Photo courtesy Don Richter
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