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Along The Line:
Spur 526 |
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After the Widow Valley camp closed down the railroad used the stub remnant of Spur 526 mostly to store work equipment used by the Lookout Junction based section gang. The
#37 is passing a speeder, a couple trailers, and a boxcar being used as a tool car in the summer of 2003. Roger Titus photo. |
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The mainline just west of Spur 526 in 2005. The silver marker on the pole to the right of the tracks warned flanger operators plowing the railroad to raise their plow blades to clear the
switch just around the corner. Jeff Moore. |
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The Spur 526 switch in 2005. Jeff Moore. |
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Spur 526. A large pile of dirt covers the end of the spur. The three-track yard used to swap cars between the railroad and lumber company crews working out of Widow Valley
lay just beyond the pile. Jeff Moore. |
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A speeder trailer parked next to the spur. Jeff Moore. |
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A fire swept across Spur 526 in the summer of 2014. The switch is seen here in July 2020. Evan Hughes photo. |
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