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Piling the earth for the raised Ivanpah railway bed in low areas would have been as much work as cutting through the hills

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3379-ivanpah-railway.jpg It obviously required a lot of work to slice the old Ivanpah railway grade through the hills a century agoThumbnailsAs I continue hiking along the abandoned Ivanpah railway grade, I notice that the road deterioratesIt obviously required a lot of work to slice the old Ivanpah railway grade through the hills a century agoThumbnailsAs I continue hiking along the abandoned Ivanpah railway grade, I notice that the road deterioratesIt obviously required a lot of work to slice the old Ivanpah railway grade through the hills a century agoThumbnailsAs I continue hiking along the abandoned Ivanpah railway grade, I notice that the road deterioratesIt obviously required a lot of work to slice the old Ivanpah railway grade through the hills a century agoThumbnailsAs I continue hiking along the abandoned Ivanpah railway grade, I notice that the road deterioratesIt obviously required a lot of work to slice the old Ivanpah railway grade through the hills a century agoThumbnailsAs I continue hiking along the abandoned Ivanpah railway grade, I notice that the road deteriorates

After a century, the railway bed is still mostly intact. Imagine a train riding down this road.