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Bob wrote:

AES wrote:
Standing out very dramatically on Google Maps (Satellite photo tab) in
the region immediately N of Freeway 80 between Donner Lake and Truckee
is a long, nearly straight-line feature that looks like an abandoned
railroad or freeway right of way (or creek bed?) running almost exactly
E to W, starting near Pioneer Trail and Euer Valley Rd E of Truckee and
extending across Northwood Blvd and along Ski Slope Way, ending above
about the midpoint of Donner Lake.

Anyone know what this really is?

Power lines.

Thanks -- sounds reasonable.

However, zooming down to the max extent possible, doesn't show any
visible towers or other structures (for me, anyway), and there's no
obvious continuation of the feature at either the E or W ends.

Possibly an abandoned right of way? Or undergrounded?

I'll be up there this winter; will try to check it out on the ground.