Bullfrog-Goldfield railbed (abandoned)

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From inception to 1914, the T&T operated the Bullfrog-Goldfield railroad so that the route to Goldfield was known as "T&T All the Way". In 1914, however, the Bullfrog-Goldfield (BG) and the Las Vegas and Tonopah (LV&T) Railroads came to an agreement to consolidate their somewhat redundant lines between the Beatty/Rhyolite area and Goldfield, using the best sections of each. Henceforth, the BG route was used as far as Bonnie Claire (see Beatty to Bonnie Claire) and the LV&T route from there north to Goldfield. From Bonnie Claire north to Lida Junction, the line did not stray very far from the modern route of Highway 95, but from Lida Junction north the old LV&T diverged many miles eastward on an easier grade through the Ralston Valley to skirt the hills and enter Goldfield from the southeast. For a few years, the new consolidated route was operated by the BG and LV&T railroads, but from 1918 onwards control again reverted to the T&T following the complete demise of the LV&T corporate entity during World War I.

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For the sake of sanity, it will be referred to as the B-G from here until Goldfield, even though the LV&T ran on these tracks for four years. The original LV&T is marked.