Lone Pine

Lone Pine Standard Gauge Station
Lone Pine Standard Gauge Station

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Mt. Whitney Station before its demolition in 1911. (Lee Gustafson collection)
Mt. Whitney Station before its demolition in 1911. (Lee Gustafson collection)

Prior to completion of the standard gauge “Jawbone” branch, the Mt. Whitney station served the community of Lone Pine.

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Think you’ve seen these rocks before? Well, you have. In Gladiator, Russell Crowe rode a horse here. The cops pursued Humphrey Bogart up Mt Whitney from here in High Sierra. Hopalong Cassidy chased everything that walked or crawled. And who knows how many others did the same.