Re: Big Horn wye statistics

Tom Moungovan Wrote:
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> From an old Scenic Railways handout...it lists the
> Big Horn wye as having a 135 ft. stem, if that is
> any help.


That's the "official" (original) length. Somehow, some time, the tail magically grew to a length that could turn an entire snowplow train without uncoupling. Shockingly, it happened to grow on the adjacent landowner's land (USFS/BLM/whatever), not the railroad's land.

Since the D&RGW was a helpless victim of this, it never bothered to correct the problem - or the records.



JAC