When Things Go Horribly Wrong On Cumbres Pass In Winter!
| January 29, 2017 05:32AM |
You certainly can see from this photo why they call this "Tanglefoot Curve".
You can only imagine the time and effort it took to pick up this mess and get the line back open again. I count 9 engines in the photo. January 1909.
Martin
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 01/29/2017 09:51AM by LOGGERHOGGER.
You can only imagine the time and effort it took to pick up this mess and get the line back open again. I count 9 engines in the photo. January 1909.
Martin
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 01/29/2017 09:51AM by LOGGERHOGGER.
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488 stops for water at Los Pinos tank on closing day Oct. 1979. Photo courtesy Don Richter
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