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(Two miles west of Sand Pass.)
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Kepler is former [[Railroad | railroad]] station and siding between [[Flanigan]] and [[Sand Pass]].
Kepler is former [[Railroad | railroad]] station and siding between [[Flanigan]] and [[Sand Pass]].


David states that Kepler was a station two miles west of Sand Pass<ref>Sam Post David, "[http://books.google.com/books?id=uEx6AAAAMAAJ&q=Kepler+Nevada+railroad&dq=Kepler+Nevada+railroad&hl=en&sa=X&ei=R2Z3VIG6GLj-sASV-4CABQ&ved=0CC4Q6AEwBDgK The History of Nevada - Volume 2]," p. 1031.</ref>.
Kepler is listed in the WPRR Western Division Time Table, January 16, 1910 as being 391.5 miles from San Francisco (For comparison, [[Sand Pass]] is listed as being 393.7 miles)<ref>[[Roy D. Graves Pictorial Collection]] Volume 94: Western Pacific Railroad -- Stations and Scenes -- Sacramento Northern, Reproduction of page 4, Time table 1. Western Pacific Railway Company.</ref>


Davis states that Kepler was a station two miles west of Sand Pass<ref>Sam Post Davis, "[http://books.google.com/books?id=uEx6AAAAMAAJ&q=Kepler+Nevada+railroad&dq=Kepler+Nevada+railroad&hl=en&sa=X&ei=R2Z3VIG6GLj-sASV-4CABQ&ved=0CC4Q6AEwBDgK The History of Nevada - Volume 2]," p. 1031.</ref>.
[[Image:Cscrm_000335_07_access3675x2040.jpg|right|thumb|WPRR 1910 Timetable showing "Keppler"]]
[[Image:1930_D&RGW_WP.jpg|right|thumb|c. 1914 map of the W.P.R.R. showing Kepler.]]
[[Image:1930_D&RGW_WP.jpg|right|thumb|c. 1914 map of the W.P.R.R. showing Kepler.]]


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Latest revision as of 06:31, 10 September 2015

Kepler is former railroad station and siding between Flanigan and Sand Pass.

Kepler is listed in the WPRR Western Division Time Table, January 16, 1910 as being 391.5 miles from San Francisco (For comparison, Sand Pass is listed as being 393.7 miles)[1]

Davis states that Kepler was a station two miles west of Sand Pass[2].

WPRR 1910 Timetable showing "Keppler"
c. 1914 map of the W.P.R.R. showing Kepler.

References

  1. Roy D. Graves Pictorial Collection Volume 94: Western Pacific Railroad -- Stations and Scenes -- Sacramento Northern, Reproduction of page 4, Time table 1. Western Pacific Railway Company.
  2. Sam Post Davis, "The History of Nevada - Volume 2," p. 1031.