Re: One more day on the Madera Sugar Pine grades....
| October 14, 2018 10:22AM |
Thanks for the interest Chris!
Just beyond the crushed metal tub was this telephone insulator with a nail still inside the hole:
After about 40 minutes of hiking I finally arrive at the top of the incline. Here's a view looking downgrade:
The entire incline is about 3/4 of a mile long.
Here's a view looking the other way:
The fire burned right up to the railroad grade here, but did not burn off much of the brush.
I skirted around to the right side of the grade to get around this brush and found these rock walls supporting the side of the grade:
To be continued...
Just beyond the crushed metal tub was this telephone insulator with a nail still inside the hole:
After about 40 minutes of hiking I finally arrive at the top of the incline. Here's a view looking downgrade:
The entire incline is about 3/4 of a mile long.
Here's a view looking the other way:
The fire burned right up to the railroad grade here, but did not burn off much of the brush.
I skirted around to the right side of the grade to get around this brush and found these rock walls supporting the side of the grade:
To be continued...
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