an almost ng experience - was Re: Dual gauge bridge question
| January 22, 2013 12:36AM |
Hi,
A tangential item is when I was railfanning Rome, GA c1975.
Rome was a rail and manufacturing center. I walked up an embankment/levee along a river bank because the bridge was obviously a railroad bridge. When I got to the top, weeds covered everything and I walked towards the bridge. I saw rails and got excited - they were narrower than 56.5"! Since I was running late, I checked the gauge with my 11" long foot.
It was only later when the photo was developed that I realized the dark spots where the running rails had been removed - the guard rails were left in place. darned
Doug vV
A tangential item is when I was railfanning Rome, GA c1975.
Rome was a rail and manufacturing center. I walked up an embankment/levee along a river bank because the bridge was obviously a railroad bridge. When I got to the top, weeds covered everything and I walked towards the bridge. I saw rails and got excited - they were narrower than 56.5"! Since I was running late, I checked the gauge with my 11" long foot.
It was only later when the photo was developed that I realized the dark spots where the running rails had been removed - the guard rails were left in place. darned
Doug vV
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