Re: Reconciling conflicting views/memories
| February 07, 2008 05:39PM |
John West Wrote:
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> I don't remember the bridge across the river being
> so far from tank. In January 1960 walked to the
> tank for a backlit shot of Pinky Lynton taking
> water, and just don't remember walking that far.
> I was surprised when the bridge did not show up in
> your Google view, but Erik explained things pretty
> well. Was there a shorter way to get across the
> river?
>
John,
If you are referring the first aerial I posted, I was wrong on the location of the ROW and the tank I was asking about isn't a RR tank.
If you are referring to the Bondad tank, could it be possible there was a bridge over the creek coming into the river:
As to the picture you linked to, I can't see that as Bondad tank from what I'm seeing in Google Earth. If that was Bondad tank the train would be heading north and I don't see any sort of ravine just north of the tank.
Dennis
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> I don't remember the bridge across the river being
> so far from tank. In January 1960 walked to the
> tank for a backlit shot of Pinky Lynton taking
> water, and just don't remember walking that far.
> I was surprised when the bridge did not show up in
> your Google view, but Erik explained things pretty
> well. Was there a shorter way to get across the
> river?
>
John,
If you are referring the first aerial I posted, I was wrong on the location of the ROW and the tank I was asking about isn't a RR tank.
If you are referring to the Bondad tank, could it be possible there was a bridge over the creek coming into the river:
As to the picture you linked to, I can't see that as Bondad tank from what I'm seeing in Google Earth. If that was Bondad tank the train would be heading north and I don't see any sort of ravine just north of the tank.
Dennis
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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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