Tintic Standard Reduction Mill – Abandoned Rail Line

This entry was posted on February 6, 2014 by seekraz. It was filed under Abandoned Rail Lines, Photos - Outdoors and was tagged with abandoned rail-line, Goshen Utah, image made 4-7-2013, overgrown rail line, photography, Tintic mining district, Tintic Standard Reduction Mill, Utah mining history.

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Chillbrook

Doesn’t take long for nature to take back.. lovely picture Scott!

February 6, 2014 at 10:46 am

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- seekraz
  
  No, it often doesn’t, Adrian…this has been sitting unused since the middle of the 1920s, so it’s been brewing for a while now….. I’m glad you enjoyed the image…..thank you for your kind words. 🙂
  
  February 11, 2014 at 6:27 pm
  
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Gunta

So very Utah below the peaks. Lovely composition, too. 🙂

February 6, 2014 at 3:50 pm

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- seekraz
  
  Thank you, dear Gunta. 🙂
  
  February 11, 2014 at 6:27 pm
  
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New Hampshire Garden Solutions

It’s always nice to see railroad tracks. They’ve torn them all up here.

February 6, 2014 at 4:14 pm

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- seekraz
  
  Yes, it is, Allen…I’ve seen posts from several bloggers back east and it seems to be a common thing…. Hopefully they’ve recycled or re-purposed all of the rails and ties. I can imagine that those would be some very peaceful walkways and trails, if they’ve recycled the graded areas, too.
  
  February 16, 2014 at 2:58 pm
  
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krikitarts

What is it about a railroad track that makes at least a small part of us want to abandon everything else and follow it, just to see where it might lead and what adventures might result? I know I’ve had that feeling many times, and this provokes yet another. Thanks for the dream!

February 6, 2014 at 9:52 pm

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- seekraz
  
  That would be a dream, wouldn’t it, Gary? What a nice thought.
  
  February 16, 2014 at 2:59 pm
  
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rimcountry

Good morning, Scott. Here I see memories… simple, hardworking folks with lives and dreams and children all grown, now gone away to a modern world… they passed this way in a swirling rush of sound and wind… just faint shadows now among the mesquite and indiangrass.

February 7, 2014 at 7:34 am

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- seekraz
  
  Hello, Michael…yes, there would be tons of memories out there. I know they would not all be pleasant, but wouldn’t it be nice if we could capture them from the past somehow?
  
  February 16, 2014 at 3:01 pm
  
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George Weaver

Rimcountry has it about right. Wonderful image, Scott.

February 8, 2014 at 6:55 pm

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- seekraz
  
  Thanks, George…good company.
  
  February 11, 2014 at 8:17 am
  
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LB

I do love the tracks (except that they are abandoned), but it is the variation color that makes me sigh.

February 10, 2014 at 10:32 am

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- seekraz
  
  I’m with you there, LB…I love those colors, too….very much so. 🙂
  
  February 11, 2014 at 8:20 am
  
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ShimonZ

nice

February 11, 2014 at 12:12 pm

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- seekraz
  
  Thank you, Shimon.
  
  February 16, 2014 at 3:01 pm
  
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absengeralois

Outstanding!

February 12, 2014 at 10:40 am

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- seekraz
  
  Thank you, Alois. 🙂
  
  February 16, 2014 at 3:02 pm
  
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bluebrightly

I love this so much – the weeds really speak to me, and the rail bed – I’ve always loved that combination. Then the stormy sky and graceful trees…perfectly captured!

February 23, 2014 at 12:00 pm

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- seekraz
  
  Thank you, Lynn…I’m rather fond of all of those things, too. 🙂
  
  February 26, 2014 at 7:44 pm
  
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