Re: Another Narrow Gauge Mystery Location...
| April 12, 2021 06:02PM |
After hiking to the two trestles, we drove east to Death Valley Junction. Here's a view looking southwest of the grade leading away from DVJ:
Just behind me was a small trestle site. Flash floods had removed all traces of it except for this timber protruding from the edge of the grade:
Nearby was the only remnant of a tie that I found:
I next backtracked and crossed highway 127 to record the view as the grade entered Death Valley Junction:
Just a few yards down this grade we come to the wye:
The water tanks date from railroad days as do many other structures still extant. Unfortunately, the entire area was fenced off with No Trespassing signs...
More later...
Just behind me was a small trestle site. Flash floods had removed all traces of it except for this timber protruding from the edge of the grade:
Nearby was the only remnant of a tie that I found:
I next backtracked and crossed highway 127 to record the view as the grade entered Death Valley Junction:
Just a few yards down this grade we come to the wye:
The water tanks date from railroad days as do many other structures still extant. Unfortunately, the entire area was fenced off with No Trespassing signs...
More later...
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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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