HAICH OMANDIER Wrote:
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> Several years ago you could access the Midland
> grade through the picnic area just above where 285
> starts down to Buena Vista. You could drive a
> passenger car all the way to the site of the large
> trestle above Buena Vista. Impossible to go any
> further. I think that access is now blocked above
> the picnic area. The Midland rivaled the narrow
> gauge lines with the difficult terrain it went
> through, or over. Take the climbs to the Hagerman
> Pass tunnels. Those still are very accessible by
> vehicle with high clearance and worth the trip.. .
>
> Bill Gould
The road out to Wildhorse Trestle is still open.