Re: Use of Mules & other Locos on Orchard Railroads ... 
| June 17, 2014 06:18PM |
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Randy Hees Wrote:
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> The SPCRR at Ardenwood farm has a collection
> of orchard cars, some portable track and a
> transfer table, all 2' gauge ...
>
> Our area (Fremont CA, at the north end of Sili-
> con Valley, once known as the Valley of Heart's
> Delight) grew a lot of apricots and prunes as
> well as walnuts... all using orchard railroads...
> mostly human powered, but there are photos
> of mules as locomotives.
Right on, Randy -
Per Roosso Loco, he and his daughter Cindy (Jackelopette) have visited Ardenwood two or three times.
He says it is a WONDERFUL place, well worth allowing a full day to see and enjoy.
BTW, Roosso was a resident at the K.B. Hall Ranch in 1971-72 and again in 1974-75 (nicknamed #8,
as he was an unofficial adopted son), so I can attest that mules - or at least jackasses - were in use
there at least as recently as forty years ago ...
- Sincerely, Willie (Wm. Claude Johnson-Barr III, Esq.)
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Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 03/18/2015 01:29PM by Johnson Barr.
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> The SPCRR at Ardenwood farm has a collection
> of orchard cars, some portable track and a
> transfer table, all 2' gauge ...
>
> Our area (Fremont CA, at the north end of Sili-
> con Valley, once known as the Valley of Heart's
> Delight) grew a lot of apricots and prunes as
> well as walnuts... all using orchard railroads...
> mostly human powered, but there are photos
> of mules as locomotives.
Right on, Randy -
Per Roosso Loco, he and his daughter Cindy (Jackelopette) have visited Ardenwood two or three times.
He says it is a WONDERFUL place, well worth allowing a full day to see and enjoy.
BTW, Roosso was a resident at the K.B. Hall Ranch in 1971-72 and again in 1974-75 (nicknamed #8,
as he was an unofficial adopted son), so I can attest that mules - or at least jackasses - were in use
there at least as recently as forty years ago ...
- Sincerely, Willie (Wm. Claude Johnson-Barr III, Esq.)
"Not All Who Have Cell-Phones Do Twitter *
"Not All Those Who Ponder Can Think . . . "
* Only TWITS Twitter!
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 03/18/2015 01:29PM by Johnson Barr.
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