One day in 1991, the wife and I were driving around on a tent camping trip. We stopped at an exit off of Interstate 15 just south over the mountains from the Las Vegas area. After buying some drinks and snacks we looked at the map to see where that exit road would lead. It appeared to connect with Interstate 40 to the south, so we decided to drive across that way. Several miles down the road, driving through desolate high desert country we were totally surprised to see this rather large, abandoned railroad station out in the middle of nowhere. A sign on the building said "Kelso, California". We stopped, took a couple of pictures and browsed around a bit, then continued on our way. Since then the building has been restored and is operated by the Park Service. There is a web site that shows more pictures and a brief history of the place at http://www.desertusa.com/mnp/mnp_kelso2.html