I’ve posted a pictorial account of my recent Nevada-Mojave camping trip on my website. . . . . Nevada Trip 2009 Part One: . . . . . http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Nevada_Trip_2009_Part_One.html . . . . . I’ve divided this account of my trip into four parts to keep the page load times short. You can click through from page to page, or jump to a specific page. . . . . . There are many photos of interest to modelers and railfans. A lot of the buildings and equipment I saw would make great subjects for scale models. . . . . . . Some of the interesting sites I visited include the ghost towns of Delamar, Minerva, Palisade, Ruby Hill, Tybo, Warm Springs, and Carrara. . . . . . . . . I visited several historic small towns and “near-ghosts”, such as Amboy, Death Valley Junction, Pioche, Tonopah, Goldfield, Carlin, Caliente, and Ely. . . . . . I also explored various abandoned mines and mining camps – the Everett Mines, the Monkeywrench Mine, the Wide Awake Mine, and the St. Lawrence Mine. . . . . . . . Many of the sites were once served by railroads, and some still have railroad related structures, equipment or artifacts. And of course, there’s the fabulous Nevada Northern Railway Museum in Ely, where I photographed and videotaped 2-8-0 #93 in action and at the station. . . . . . . I’ve also devoted a page for vintage machinery and vehicles: . . . . . . . http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Vintage_Machinery.html . . . . . . . Here you’ll find detailed photos of some of the interesting old mining equipment I’ve seen, including an amazing steam-powered drilling rig built in the late 1800’s. There’s also a battered International Harvester dump truck, and a small John Deere crawler-type tractor, plus an aerial bucket tram, mine lifts, ore cars, and a horse-drawn ore wagon. . . . . . . . . There are also many more pics from previous trips, on my Ghost Towns page. . . . . . Anyway, check out th
That 0-6-0T in Goldfield was used by the US Army Transportation Corps during WWII, Here’s a pic of a more complete one at the Bluebell Railway in the UK: http://www.project62.supanet.com/USAlocohistory.htm
More info: http://www.project62.supanet.com/howardghill.htm
Might be nice if the loco could be at least cosmetically restored. It is, after all, a historical locomotive.
Andre
Thanks for the info!