Re: Another day on the Madera Sugar Pine Grades COVID-19 edition
| May 19, 2020 10:16AM |
Continuing with our exploration:
We're back at the base of the Crow Peak Incline looking northwest:
From the evidence on the ground, I think there are three tracks in this picture. Here's an enhanced photo of what I think was the track plan:
At this point I decided to walk up the incline to the large trestle site. Here the bottom of the incline looking northeast up it:
And here's a view looking the opposite direction:
The incline curved around to the right then the spurs radiated out from there. On the far right hand side of the photo is the beginning of the Signal Peak line.
Off the edge of the incline were several pieces of pipe such as those used in donkey engines:
To be continued....
We're back at the base of the Crow Peak Incline looking northwest:
From the evidence on the ground, I think there are three tracks in this picture. Here's an enhanced photo of what I think was the track plan:
At this point I decided to walk up the incline to the large trestle site. Here the bottom of the incline looking northeast up it:
And here's a view looking the opposite direction:
The incline curved around to the right then the spurs radiated out from there. On the far right hand side of the photo is the beginning of the Signal Peak line.
Off the edge of the incline were several pieces of pipe such as those used in donkey engines:
To be continued....
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488 stops for water at Los Pinos tank on closing day Oct. 1979. Photo courtesy Don Richter
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