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Stewart Rhine

January 02, 2011 02:23PM

Registered: 14 years ago
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The RGS crews were good at dealing with snowslides as they had constant trouble with slides at Ames (near Milepost 41.5 above Vance Jct) and just past bridge 45-B at the Ophir Loop. That is where a slide took out the first Ophir depot in 1897. Sometimes they had men pole the snow to check for rocks and trees before sending the rotary into the slide. It didn't always work so the shop men must have been good at keeping the rotarys in service.

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Damaged Rotary	Jerry Day	January 01, 2011 10:59AM
Re: Damaged Rotary	BrianJ	January 01, 2011 08:38PM
Re: Damaged Rotary	tomc	January 02, 2011 11:04AM
Re: Damaged Rotary	Stewart Rhine	January 02, 2011 02:23PM
Re: Damaged Rotary	Herb Kelsey	January 03, 2011 03:10AM
Speaking of Damaged Rotaries	chamafun463	January 03, 2011 02:41PM
Re: Speaking of Damaged Rotaries	Jerry Day	January 03, 2011 03:58PM
Re: Speaking of Damaged Rotaries	chamafun463	January 03, 2011 04:48PM
nobody killed	hank	January 03, 2011 05:05PM
Re: nobody killed	Jerry Day	January 03, 2011 07:35PM

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