Calico Railroad (site)

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The narrow gauge Calico line was constructed in 1888 to reduce transportation costs of ore from the Waterloo and Silver King mines to the Oro Grande mill in Daggett. With the falling price of silver and the closure of the Waterloo (1892) and Silver King (1896), the rail line saw sporadic use until 1903, when all but a one mile section of rails were taken up and, along with the locomotives, sold to the American Borax Company and Mojave Milltown Railroad.

Zoom out to the 1-mile level to see the polygon outline tracing the old railbed.

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Coordinates: 34°54'40"N 116°53'20"W

Barstow BNSF Rail Yard 18 km
Field Siding 35 km
Randsburg Railway, wye and AT&SF access 64 km
Ash Hill Wye 79 km
Searles Tunnel 92 km
Wye 95 km
Railroad Wye 100 km
Freight Rail Switching Loop 106 km
Kinkisharyo Train Factory 113 km
Tonopah & Tidewater Railroad Wye 161 km

Coyote Lake 22 km
Hinkley, California 28 km
Harper Dry Lake 38 km
Mojave Solar Project 41 km
Goldstone Deep Space Communications Tracking Station 47 km
Fort Irwin National Training Center 57 km
Grass Valley Wilderness Area 58 km
Desert Warfare Training area 61 km
Cuddeback Air to Ground Gunnery Range 63 km
Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, South Range 74 km

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Coyote Lake Hinkley, California Harper Dry Lake Mojave Solar Project Goldstone Deep Space Communications Tracking Station Fort Irwin National Training Center Grass Valley Wilderness Area Desert Warfare Training area Cuddeback Air to Ground Gunnery Range Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, South Range