Re: C&TS Tunnels - and thereby (no longer) hangs a tail . . .

Russo Loco Wrote:
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> rockrdg Wrote:
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> > Awesome viewpoint. Sure gives a different per-
> > spective not usually seen.  Just enough
> snow
> > and [yellow] leaves to make this one
> outstanding!
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> I agree 100%, Barbara, Linda and (Notso) Wacky
> Roger -
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> VERY nice!!   But watching your fine video
> closely did raise a question — when did the
> "Tell-tales" (or "Tell-tails"?) disappear from
> outside the portals of the two tunnels?  Per
> my photos at the west portal of Toltec Tunnel #2
> (aka the 'Rock' tunnel) taken on 10/22/72, the
> "tails" that warned brakemen on the car-tops that
> they were nearing a tunnel were already gone by
> then:
> [attachment 50398 721022c28+34.jpg]
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> . . . but when did the pipe "frames" that
> held them disappear?
>
> "Inquiring minds want to know."

They are still there.