Re: 1970 photos of repairing track in The Narrows (etc.)
| July 17, 2019 06:17PM |
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edsshay Wrote:
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> The tracks sure look real beat up in that photo
Ah-yup.
The Summer of Seventy volunteer 'gandy-dancers' sure as hell earned their keep:
Photo copyright © 1970, 2010 by Ernest W. Robart - All Rights Reserved.
I'm pretty sure these first two were taken when the kink in the photo posted previously was being repaired:
Photo copyright © 1970, 2010 by Ernest W. Robart - All Rights Reserved.
That's Ernie Robart at the far left, and Terry Ross next to him; the blond youngster is Terry's son. Hopefully one of our regulars here can identify the others.
This third one was taken about two weeks later. I think this is just above the second crossing, since the grade for the new road is to the left (uphill from the track) and a bit of the old road shows to the right:
Photo copyright © 1970, 2010 by Ernest W. Robart - All Rights Reserved.
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/17/2019 06:36PM by Russo Loco.
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> The tracks sure look real beat up in that photo
Ah-yup.
The Summer of Seventy volunteer 'gandy-dancers' sure as hell earned their keep:
Photo copyright © 1970, 2010 by Ernest W. Robart - All Rights Reserved.
I'm pretty sure these first two were taken when the kink in the photo posted previously was being repaired:
Photo copyright © 1970, 2010 by Ernest W. Robart - All Rights Reserved.
That's Ernie Robart at the far left, and Terry Ross next to him; the blond youngster is Terry's son. Hopefully one of our regulars here can identify the others.
This third one was taken about two weeks later. I think this is just above the second crossing, since the grade for the new road is to the left (uphill from the track) and a bit of the old road shows to the right:
Photo copyright © 1970, 2010 by Ernest W. Robart - All Rights Reserved.
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/17/2019 06:36PM by Russo Loco.
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