trackwalker Wrote:
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> Jeff Moore Wrote:
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> > Scratch that, I've since been informed a
> handful
> > of fertilizer and grain shipments have gone to
> and
> > from McArthur in recent years. I stand
> corrected.
> >
> >
> > Jeff Moore
> > Elko, NV
> We to saw a couple of cars there in early
> September this year as we were passing through.
>
> Additional Alturas/Modoc question; in google
> earthing the line from Alturas to K-Falls, I see
> three abandoned wyes at Ambrose, Hackamore and
> Perez. The one at Ambrose looks like the tail
> track might have gone somewhere at one time. But
> the other two, Hackamore and Perez seem to just be
> wyes for turning. What was the purpose of those
> three wyes? It just seems odd to have them so
> close together.


There was a Balloon track at Sage Hen. And IIRC maybe a couple of others on the line.