Shoshoni Rail Track and Trailer Office

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Location: SW of W First Street and Muskrat Road, Shoshoni, WY
GPS:   43d 14m 3s    -108d 6m 34s
Map / Satellite Image: Google Link
 

Travel Directions:
Entering Shoshoni from the west, US-26 becomes E Second Street.
Turn Right (S) on Wyoming Street (which becomes Muskrat Road).
Proceed 0.15 mile to the rail track. The trailers are to the right (W).

Remarks:
Wyoming has a seemingly limitless inventory of rusting old trailers. Plenty of examples can be found here in Shoshoni.

Although Lee’s famous image of Ennis, shot through a passing train, was inspired by what he found at Cowley, Alberta, all of its elements—tracks, trains, and trailers—can be found here in Shoshoni.

See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoshoni,_Wyoming

Important:
Always obtain appropriate permission before entering private property.

Quotation:
“They shook hands in the choky little trailer office in front of a table littered with scribbled papers, a Bakelite ashtray brimming with stubs.” [1]

[1] Brokeback Mountain - Story to Screenplay by Annie Proulx, Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana (Scribner) ISBN-13: 978-0-7432-9416-4, page 2.

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  Revised 23 November 2010