Hi again -
Moving on up Robart's Ridge, Ernie caught the following scenes from southwest of milepost 302
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Photo Copyright © 1968, 2018 by Ernest W. Robart - All Rights Reserved.
Photo Copyright © 1968, 2018 by Ernest W. Robart - All Rights Reserved.
. . . and the following after a short uphill hike westward to Olaf's Overlook at the top, where m.p. 305 and it's following curve are visible
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Photos Copyright © 1968, 2018 by Ernest W. Robart - All Rights Reserved.
Just a few minutes later there was a short stop in Sublette to take on water
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Photos Copyright © 1968, 2018 by Ernest W. Robart - All Rights Reserved.
While the crew was servicing the engines Ernie hiked about 1/4 mile along the track toward Curmudgeons' Curve, but instead of joining John West at the top of Curmudgeons' Cut Ernie stayed down at track level
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Photo Copyright © 1968, 2018 by Ernest W. Robart - All Rights Reserved.
(To be continued.)
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
* See [
chasingtrains.smugmug.com] for John's photo, and pp. 24-25 and p. 28 of the June, 2018 issue of
TRAINS magazine for my two taken exactly three months later while Olaf was shooting movies over my shoulder.
Edited 8 time(s). Last edit at 11/11/2022 07:44PM by Russo Loco.