December 09, 2014 03:46PM
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I understand that the reason the RR went to Lava was because the locos at the time only held 2500 gallons of Agua and they couldn't make it all the way to Sublette. Topographically the RR could have right up the mesa directly west of Antonito but there was no water available up there. That added an extra seven miles of track to the line.
There wasn't a reliable source of water at the Big Horn section house site. This cistern was built there to provide domestic water:
The middle level of Whiplash track is just above the cistern.
Rich
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