We had seen many photos of Truxton Canyon, and wanted to try the spot as well. When subscribing in the logbook of the private property, we recognized a few names of fellow railfans that are active on sites like railpictures.net. Yes, we were probably on the right track to get to the spot!
We left our non-all-terrain vehicle early on the bumpy road and hiked all the way to a good spot. Cloudcover didn’t help with getting the photo we wanted though. We had to wait quite some time to get a sunny photo, only to find out that the sun was standing way too high and a bit too far west. At home, the best shot turned out to be one in the shade.