Turn off U.S. 380 at Ranchman’s Camp Road and drive west along Ranchman’s Camp Road 0.3 miles to the point where it turns left. Park near this turn or on the little road that continues to a gate, and hike southwest along the barbed wire fence until it brings you onto the railbed. Sometimes there are game trails to follow, sometimes not. When you reach a flat area – the old spur – hike along it to a small rock cairn. Bear right and follow a game trail through scrub oak down toward the barbed wire fence (which is always on your right). When you reach a second flat area, you are on the old mainline railbed. Hike southwest towards the northeast abutment of the Indian Divide Trestle. This remnant of the El Paso & Northeast Railroad lies entirely on USDA Forest Service-managed public land, and even though the routes described are not official Forest Service trails, they are open to hikers. Exercise caution as you step over rocks and around trees. Please remember that all artifacts are protected by law as part of our common heritage. Do not remove any rail spikes, metal, wood, coal, etc. T he railbed is overgrown but generally easy to follow. The segment of Ranchman’s Camp Road that runs parallel to U.S. 380 is actually the old railbed, graded and surfaced as a county road. It is difficult because of the many juniper trees, but one can find bits of coal from the coal car. The old railbed crossed into the U.S. 380 right-of-way about 50’ to the west of the gate. The construction of modern U.S. 380, with its massive road cut at Indian Divide, removed part of the old railbed -- both mainline and spur. As one hikes southwest from this gate, keeping the barbed wire fence in sight, one first comes to the remnant of the old spur, and after a bit more animal trail, to the remnant of the old mainline railbed. Hike southwest through a deep, rock-strewn railbed cut to the northeast abutment of the Indian Divide Trestle.