Showing posts with label Union Pacific Railroad (UP). Show all posts
Showing posts with label Union Pacific Railroad (UP). Show all posts
December 1, 2015

Holes in the Desert: A Mojave Crime Compendium

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The McStay family memorial site located northwest of Victorville, CA. Traffic on the I-15 can be seen in the distance. | Photo: Kim String...
April 30, 2014

A Ghost Town, Going Green

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Mr. Freeman and his wife, Roxanne Lang, reopened the town’s store and cafe, and restored the hotel, room by room, creating a destination f...
December 6, 2013

Mojave preserve offers views and plenty of Joshua trees

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The world’s largest concentration of Joshua trees grows in the Mojave National Preserve. (DEBORAH WALL/SPECIAL TO VIEW) By DEBORAH WALL ...
November 15, 2013

A railroad dinosaur is coming back to life

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Steam engine No. 4014, nicknamed Big Boy, was retired in 1959 but is being moved from Pomona to be restored as a traveling museum Union Pac...
September 28, 2011

David Myrick passes away at 93

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David F. Myrick in Ojai in 2007. ( The Guzzler ) A Talented and Extraordinary Man Passes On James Buckley Montecito Journal Over the...
May 24, 2009

DesertXpress execs say they can start building high-speed train to Vegas in 2010

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The DesertXpress will travel 184 miles from Victorville to Las Vegas in 84 minutes. Andrew Edwards, Staff Writer San Bernardino Sun VICTORV...
September 25, 2008

Team of lone rangers scours the new Wild West

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Park service workers in the Mojave never know what vestige of the Wild West they'll find, right down to train robbers. By Mike Anton Los...
August 27, 2008

Several Train Thieves Arrested, Another Dies Of Heat Exposure

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Mojave National Preserve National Park News O n August 23rd, a joint effort by Union Pacific police, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Dep...
August 26, 2008

Teenager found dead in desert after train burglary

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By ABBY SEWELL - Staff Writer Victorville Daily Press Union Pacific train on the Cima grade between Kelso and Cima in the Mojave National Pr...
November 20, 2006

Vegas factor plagues small town's traffic

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Yermo residents know when heading out for an errand is useless. By Jonathan Abrams, Staff Writer Los Angeles Times YERMO, CALIF. — For the m...
November 14, 2006

Kelso jail back in old home next to depot

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Chuck Mueller, Staff Writer San Bernardino Sun KELSO - The old jail has arrived back home after a 12-year stay in a backyard in Hinkley. It ...
July 14, 2006

Under Kelso's dusty top layer is vivid history

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A boarded-up post office and restored depot dot the landscape in Kelso. The town attracts as many as 400 people a day to explore the Kelso D...
May 26, 2006

Kelso Depot back on track

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Memories revived by restoration By HENRY BREAN Las Vegas REVIEW-JOURNAL Theo Packard. MOJAVE NATIONAL PRESERVE, Calif. -- Trains don't s...