Re: God forsaken Nevada Crossing Kiwi !!
| September 13, 2014 09:08PM |
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After reading about Tonopah and seeing Movies like Vanishing Point, I just had to see the Silver State.
This... is what I went there for...
Well I for one absolutely loved every hour spent crossing Nevada and I can say that from 10 trips in the past 32 years. Crossed and recrossed Nevada on nearly every tar-sealed road there is, only 3 of those trips I didn't pass through Ely, yet on 2 other seperate trips, I passed through headed Nth/Sth and West/East on the return.
Visited the NN three times, caught the #40 running once totally by accident out near Ruth. I sure hope that after all those guys have put into getting both locos back into steam they will come out ahead of all this.
Ever since Air New Zealand started flying direct into SF back in '04 I've been able to avoid LA completely.
Chris
in New Zealand
This... is what I went there for...
Well I for one absolutely loved every hour spent crossing Nevada and I can say that from 10 trips in the past 32 years. Crossed and recrossed Nevada on nearly every tar-sealed road there is, only 3 of those trips I didn't pass through Ely, yet on 2 other seperate trips, I passed through headed Nth/Sth and West/East on the return.
Visited the NN three times, caught the #40 running once totally by accident out near Ruth. I sure hope that after all those guys have put into getting both locos back into steam they will come out ahead of all this.
Ever since Air New Zealand started flying direct into SF back in '04 I've been able to avoid LA completely.
Chris
in New Zealand
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