{"id":31534,"date":"2021-07-08T07:09:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-08T11:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=31534"},"modified":"2021-07-07T21:19:30","modified_gmt":"2021-07-08T01:19:30","slug":"vestiges-of-the-wild-river-railroad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/vestiges-of-the-wild-river-railroad\/","title":{"rendered":"Vestiges of the WIld River Railroad."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It&#8217;s not on most maps, but the Wild River Railroad was a short-lived lumber-hauling line that was ripped up early in the 20th century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The other day, Kris Sabbatino and I explored a vestige of this railroad, by driving the old right-of-way to the Wild River camp ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" data-attachment-id=\"31535\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/vestiges-of-the-wild-river-railroad\/wild_river_railroad_right_of_way_near_hastings_dscf2249\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Wild_River_Railroad_right_of_way_near_Hastings_DSCF2249.jpg?fit=1200%2C800\" data-orig-size=\"1200,800\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Wild_River_Railroad_right_of_way_near_Hastings_DSCF2249\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Wild_River_Railroad_right_of_way_near_Hastings_DSCF2249.jpg?fit=709%2C473\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Wild_River_Railroad_right_of_way_near_Hastings_DSCF2249.jpg?fit=474%2C316\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Wild_River_Railroad_right_of_way_near_Hastings_DSCF2249.jpg?resize=474%2C316\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31535\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Wild_River_Railroad_right_of_way_near_Hastings_DSCF2249.jpg?resize=1022%2C681 1022w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Wild_River_Railroad_right_of_way_near_Hastings_DSCF2249.jpg?resize=709%2C473 709w, 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