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After close to three miles, I approach the power-line road that crosses Ivanpah Valley

7457-nipton-moore-road.jpg Another freight train passes by as I ride up Nipton-Moore Road, Mojave National PreserveThumbnailsThis train is hauling an endless number of tanks of a presumably deleterious substanceAnother freight train passes by as I ride up Nipton-Moore Road, Mojave National PreserveThumbnailsThis train is hauling an endless number of tanks of a presumably deleterious substanceAnother freight train passes by as I ride up Nipton-Moore Road, Mojave National PreserveThumbnailsThis train is hauling an endless number of tanks of a presumably deleterious substanceAnother freight train passes by as I ride up Nipton-Moore Road, Mojave National PreserveThumbnailsThis train is hauling an endless number of tanks of a presumably deleterious substanceAnother freight train passes by as I ride up Nipton-Moore Road, Mojave National PreserveThumbnailsThis train is hauling an endless number of tanks of a presumably deleterious substance

This is the farthest up Nipton-Moore Road I've previously ridden. I was reluctant to go further due to the possibility of a poor road, but a fellow working at Nipton gave me the excellent advice that the road is quite passable.