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Nostalgia & History > Lone Pine Branch, todayDate: 11/08/12 14:59 Lone Pine Branch, today Author: Fizzboy7 Are there any portions of the Lone Pine branch that are still visible from US-395? This of course would be areas north of the Trona operations.
Date: 11/08/12 15:10 Re: Lone Pine Branch, today Author: rehunn About a mile and a half North of the crossing at the Junction is all that's
left in rail. There are a number of spots where the ROW can be seen crossing 395 at grade North of there. Date: 11/08/12 16:21 Re: Lone Pine Branch, today Author: fredkharrison Date: 11/08/12 16:52 Re: Lone Pine Branch, today Author: rehunn Yah, but you've got to buy an airplane to see them.
Date: 11/08/12 19:38 Re: Lone Pine Branch, today Author: DNRY122 Or bring up a satellite view on the internet--something that would have been Sci-Fi when I started railfanning.
Date: 11/08/12 22:57 Re: Lone Pine Branch, today Author: Harlock Lots to see from the road as you are entering the Owens Valley at at the bottom end. The railroad grade crosses the highway and then begins a series of fills and cuts, look for missing bridges, easy to spot. Sometimes it can be confused with the aqueduct.
As far as I know one side of the tunnel is still not caved in (the west side) and can be accessed via the right of way which is now a fire trail, easiest way looked to park near the old summit restaurant / hotel complex at Montgomery Pass and walk or mountain bike back to it. Haven't done it but want to. If anyone here has any advice towards that let me know. -Mike Mike Massee Tehachapi, CA Photography, Railroading and more.. Date: 11/10/12 00:14 Re: Lone Pine Branch, today Author: WP707 The Lone Pine branch was used in the film Bad Day At Black Rock...(NOT filmed at Gerlach as popularily thought)...
Going east of Lone Pine, you can still see a few of the buildings that were in the movie...and you can drive a dirt road that is adjacent to the ROW, a mile or two east of Hwy 395... Date: 11/10/12 00:31 Re: Lone Pine Branch, today Author: Steamjocky Where is the photo of the wye taken? The only wye I know of on the Lone Pine branch is at Searles and I'm pretty sure that's not Searles.
JDE Date: 11/10/12 06:24 Re: Lone Pine Branch, today Author: SanJoaquinEngr Steamjocky Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Where is the photo of the wye taken? The only wye > I know of on the Lone Pine branch is at Searles > and I'm pretty sure that's not Searles. > > JDE As we know Searles did not have all of the vegetation as seen in the photo... I believe Lone Pine had a wye.. I will give the Godfather a call and pick his brain... Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/10/12 08:08 by SanJoaquinEngr. Date: 11/10/12 06:55 Re: Lone Pine Branch, today Author: sgtfhrn The picture is at the original end of the Lone Pine Branch at Owenyo, CA, where it interchanged with the SP narrow gauge line. I think that last few miles of the branch beyond Lone Pine Station to Owenyo was abandoned along with the narrow gauge line around 1960 or so.
Here's a Google Maps link for Owenyo, CA. http://maps.google.com/?ll=36.678573,-118.044995&spn=0.007305,0.012757&t=h&z=17 Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 11/10/12 07:13 by sgtfhrn. Date: 11/10/12 07:16 Re: Lone Pine Branch, today Author: sgtfhrn SanJoaquinEngr Wrote:
>I believe Lone Pine had a > wye.. There appears to have been a wye just north of Lone Pine Station. http://maps.google.com/?ll=36.624276,-118.040757&spn=0.00731,0.012757&t=h&z=17 |