Nostalgia & History > Where Is It? - western US

Two shots taken at the former road crossing of a very storied piece of railroad.  Took these about 2-1/2 weeks ago.

No hints yet, I'll bet someone knows exactly where this location is and what railroad built the line.

Z

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Highway 50 in Nevada?

Jim Baker
Riverside, CA



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/08/19 02:22 by RailRat.

Original Central Pacific alignment between Fernley and Lovelock NV before current alignment via Hazen was built?

Got to be Nevada, with all those trees...

i was going to guess the SP narrow gauge

but it may have rails under the asphalt still, and with better ballast i'll defer to the CP guess

dan Wrote:
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> i was going to guess the SP narrow gauge
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> but it may have rails under the asphalt still, and
> with better ballast i'll defer to the CP guess

I bet they removed the rails when they took the R.O.W out long ago.

SP line near Pyramid Lake, Nevada?

ronross Wrote:
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> SP line near Pyramid Lake, Nevada?

Ron Ross got the right line and nearest location.

This is where the Fernley and Lassen Railway crossed Nevada state highway 447 about 1.5 miles south of Nixon.  https://goo.gl/maps/B5UmJEGefvAdjKGS9

Much of this ROW is highly visible, and is walk / bikable from Wadsworth to just a couple miles south of this location.

The line was abandoned between just south of Wadsworth and Flannigan on the Western Pacific in 1963.  SP's AC-9 "Gila Monster" 2-8-8-4s were regular power here in the mid 1950s.

The southern stub of the old F&L is still used for about a mile or so to reach the Nevada Cement plant just north of I-80.

Z
 



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/08/19 08:20 by zephyrus.

The clue was the water that was visible in the far distance in the first picture.