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I discover an old structure and corral on the other side of the tracks at Brant siding

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7576-nipton-brant-road.jpg I reach what is indicated on my maps and GPS as Brant siding, but find no road crossing over or under the tracksThumbnailsScattered old trash is also found on the other side of the tracks at Brant sidingI reach what is indicated on my maps and GPS as Brant siding, but find no road crossing over or under the tracksThumbnailsScattered old trash is also found on the other side of the tracks at Brant sidingI reach what is indicated on my maps and GPS as Brant siding, but find no road crossing over or under the tracksThumbnailsScattered old trash is also found on the other side of the tracks at Brant sidingI reach what is indicated on my maps and GPS as Brant siding, but find no road crossing over or under the tracksThumbnailsScattered old trash is also found on the other side of the tracks at Brant sidingI reach what is indicated on my maps and GPS as Brant siding, but find no road crossing over or under the tracksThumbnailsScattered old trash is also found on the other side of the tracks at Brant siding

The chicken wire suggests that this may have been a bird pen. I quickly decide that climbing over the tracks at Brant siding with the 10-ton bike would be more difficult than riding the sandy road I passed a while ago.