SP narrow gauge
SP 401, an 1880 product of Carter Brothers, trails a short train trying to leave Laws, California for Owenyo or Keeler. Unfortunately the track ends about 50 yards ahead of the engine, having been abandoned in 1960. The 401 and the boxcar have been on static display at the Laws Railroad Museum since 1960, but they got a chance to roll again when the newly restored SP 18 visited from its home down the road in Independence, CA. SP donated the Laws station and yard to the city of Bishop when the line abandoned, and the museum has done a great job of preserving a bit of the narrow gauge line's infrastructure, including the gallows turntable, water tank and oil tanks, station building, and much of the track. When the 18 is not visiting the museum offers rides in a former Death Valley Railway motorcar.
SP narrow gauge
SP 401, an 1880 product of Carter Brothers, trails a short train trying to leave Laws, California for Owenyo or Keeler. Unfortunately the track ends about 50 yards ahead of the engine, having been abandoned in 1960. The 401 and the boxcar have been on static display at the Laws Railroad Museum since 1960, but they got a chance to roll again when the newly restored SP 18 visited from its home down the road in Independence, CA. SP donated the Laws station and yard to the city of Bishop when the line abandoned, and the museum has done a great job of preserving a bit of the narrow gauge line's infrastructure, including the gallows turntable, water tank and oil tanks, station building, and much of the track. When the 18 is not visiting the museum offers rides in a former Death Valley Railway motorcar.