Pdxrailtransit Wrote:
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> Nussel Snouts Wrote:
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> > Well done Chris
> > I followed the tail of the wye and it ended in
> > area that appeared to be surface mined. From
> that
> > clue a discovery was made of a business by the
> > name of the Chicago Pumice Co. which had mining
> > operations at Black Rock Utah in Milford County
> as
> > far back as the 1890's. Directly east of the
> area
> > containing this wye there is a current but
> > undeveloped Pumice claim by the name of the
> > "Stellar Claim".
> > I do not know enough to claim that this wye and
> > operation had anything to do with the Chicago
> > Pumice Co. for it looks to me like a later
> > operation.
> > Viewing the area around Black Rock one can see
> > other abandoned railroad grades diverging off
> the
> > main that also end it what appear to be surface
> > mining operations.
> >
> > Closer to the ghost of Black Rock this grade
> can
> > be followed to another surface mining
> operation.
> >
> > Just south of Black Rock simply an ancient wye.
> >
> > A current operation by the Graymont Lime Plant
> > just up the line from the Place Spotting Quiz
> > location can be viewed here.
>
> Thanks Nussel, Google Maps is a great boon for the
> armchair railfan.


You should see the train to nowhere at Nellis AFB gunnery range/ Nevada Test site