Pdxrailtransit Wrote:
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> Chris, your the best! The Spanish word was
> Escalante. I was going to give a clue that there
> is an English cognate in escalator. The Escalante
> Desert has to be the most unremarked in the U.S.,
> and also some of least populated areas as well.


Thanks PDX,

I couldn't figure out the Spanish bit though, I kept thinking Cerro and knew this wasn't narrow gauge, which is my major US interest. I think this makes 4 of your spots solved now, keep them coming :)

You want to try a more difficult place finding, try this Lidar image posted and check my answer further down the thread.
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And Thanks as well to the background info provided by Nussel's, I had wondered about that, looked possibly to be a Ballast pit operation, I drove through there in the mid'90s but was chasing Uncle so no time to poke around, and no Google either.

regards
Chris
in New Zealand