Western Railroad Discussion > Another visit to the Ship Mountain area of the Needles Sub. Pt. 3

Heres the final pictures from Ship Mountain.

Picture 1: Another stack train heads up the valley.

I took these near the base of the North Wedge. A different vantage point in that I got lined up with the curves.

Picture 2: An intermodal passes the final part of the "s" curve.

Picture 3: Wider angle of view of it with Marble Mountain in the background.



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Picture 4: Continuing up the valley with the Clipper Mountains as a backdrop.

Picture 5: It takes a curve and heads up hill towards Danby Station (which you can see on the middle right near the boundry between the horizon and ground).

Picture 6: This was where "Siam" was located. A non descript siding and encampment that once served the nearby mines that has been completely obliterated with no trace left. A century ago, there was a couple of buildings and some water tanks. Now nothing. Not even the concrete foundations remain.

That's all from Ship Mountains. Tomorrow I will post some from Ash Hill North.



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Thanks for the pix!  Man, is that area ever desolate!

I lived in the desert as a child, so it got in my blood, and
calls to me.  But the Mojave Desert looks like a jungle,
compared to where I lived, as where I lived was nothing
but sand and some mesas -- and very rare oases.  (It still
amazes me that there is enough water to support as many
plants as I see in your photos.)

Somehow, to me, the Mojave Desert has a kind of bleak
beauty that appeals to me.

The only plant species thats in abundance is the creosote bush. Theres a lot of wild flowers in bloom, but they rarely clump together.

The Summer monsoons brings a couple inches of rain to most places. But thats it.



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Once again, a very nice sampling of photos from a very remote portion of the Needles Subdivision.

Thanks for sharing,
~Ryan

Nice pics!!

OK...that is flat country, not even a rolling hill!

Nice photos.

611

Train611 Wrote:
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> OK...that is flat country, not even a rolling
> hill!
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> Nice photos.
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> 611

It's in a valley surrounded by rugged mountains.

I know what you mean Margaret, I used to fly over the deserts of Saudi Arabia, the Mojave looks positively verdant by compairison