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I continue riding up Brant Road and notice that a section of the barbed-wire fence along the tracks has been cut

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7552-nipton-brant-road.jpg The road leading into the property is marked with fairly fresh "no trespassing" signs, but the gate is openThumbnailsOn the far side of Ivanpah Valley, I can see a distant dirt road squiggling up into the Ivanpah MountainsThe road leading into the property is marked with fairly fresh "no trespassing" signs, but the gate is openThumbnailsOn the far side of Ivanpah Valley, I can see a distant dirt road squiggling up into the Ivanpah MountainsThe road leading into the property is marked with fairly fresh "no trespassing" signs, but the gate is openThumbnailsOn the far side of Ivanpah Valley, I can see a distant dirt road squiggling up into the Ivanpah MountainsThe road leading into the property is marked with fairly fresh "no trespassing" signs, but the gate is openThumbnailsOn the far side of Ivanpah Valley, I can see a distant dirt road squiggling up into the Ivanpah MountainsThe road leading into the property is marked with fairly fresh "no trespassing" signs, but the gate is openThumbnailsOn the far side of Ivanpah Valley, I can see a distant dirt road squiggling up into the Ivanpah Mountains

Wondering why the rather new fence has been cut, I think about reports I've heard of train cargo robberies that have happened along here while the trains are slowly climbing the slight grade. Hmmm...