Stacking the Switch
Stacking up pieces of the just-removed switch at the Fernley House Track on the Union Pacific Nevada Subdivision. Later, the crews would return and use this same equipment to tear the rails and ties apart and stack them separately for salvage and removal. Kevin and Lisa think the concrete block here is the base of the steam-era water tower from the days when Fernley was the junction where Southern Pacific cab-forward locomotives from Sparks would change direction and head up the Modoc Line to Oregon.
Stacking the Switch
Stacking up pieces of the just-removed switch at the Fernley House Track on the Union Pacific Nevada Subdivision. Later, the crews would return and use this same equipment to tear the rails and ties apart and stack them separately for salvage and removal. Kevin and Lisa think the concrete block here is the base of the steam-era water tower from the days when Fernley was the junction where Southern Pacific cab-forward locomotives from Sparks would change direction and head up the Modoc Line to Oregon.