Re: Ophir switchbacks on the DTL&T . . . 
| December 23, 2017 12:41PM |
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Earl Wrote:
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> I[t] would have made for an interesting tunnel
> project under the highway at the site of Ophir . . .
With an underground depot, Earl?
It would have been easier just to forget about rebuilding the big curved trestle at Ophir and put the tail of a switchback alongside the highway fill northwest of Ophir. A southbound train would pull northwest past Ophir and then run backwards up along the old r.o.w. to Matterhorn. Then the line would deviate from the original again by ending the switchback and having a u-turn back southeast toward Trout Lake. If there's not enough room for the tail of the switchback and a u-turn at Matterhorn, you'd have to back all the way past the dam, and then run forward across the dam and around the lake to Lizard Head.
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Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 12/23/2017 01:00PM by Johnson Barr.
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> I[t] would have made for an interesting tunnel
> project under the highway at the site of Ophir . . .
With an underground depot, Earl?
It would have been easier just to forget about rebuilding the big curved trestle at Ophir and put the tail of a switchback alongside the highway fill northwest of Ophir. A southbound train would pull northwest past Ophir and then run backwards up along the old r.o.w. to Matterhorn. Then the line would deviate from the original again by ending the switchback and having a u-turn back southeast toward Trout Lake. If there's not enough room for the tail of the switchback and a u-turn at Matterhorn, you'd have to back all the way past the dam, and then run forward across the dam and around the lake to Lizard Head.
Where there's a will (or a Willie), there's a way!!
- Sincerely, Willie (Wm. Claude Johnson-Barr III, Esq.)
"Not All Who Have Cell-Phones Do Twitter *
"Not All Those Who Ponder Can Think . . . "
* Only TWITS Twitter!
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 12/23/2017 01:00PM by Johnson Barr.
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