Tag: Salt Lake City
Sparks: A Town of Two Times
by Wendell Huffman
Sparks was created in the early 20th century as part of the Union Pacific Railroad’s modernization of the Central Pacific line across Nevada. The old division point at Wadsworth, where trains were...
Railfanning Correspondence- February 2016
Railfanning
See Nevada from the California Zephyr
For a lot of people, railfanning means finding a location overlooking some railroad tracks, setting up a lawn chair and an umbrella, and listening to a radio or scanner...
Nevada Correspondence – December 2015
In this edition:
Baker, Carson Valley, Las Vegas(2), Lincoln County, Tuscarora, Railfanning in Weso
Railfanning Correspondence – December 2015
Railfanning in Weso
This month's railfan dispatch is all about watching trains in Weso, Nevada. Wait, where?
If you try locating information about Weso on the the internet, you will be hard pressed to come up...