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hank

September 24, 2015 10:55AM

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tomc Wrote:
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> Ames slide was a mud slide, I don't think there is
> a rock within a mile of that place! (LOL) Maybe
> he means the Ophir snow slide.
>
Different slides, same name. The infamous Ames Slide, the mud slide, was at about MP 41.5.
Starting just past the Ames trestle (Bridge 43A) at about MP 42.2 and continuing on to Windy Point, say MP 43.5, was the Ames (snow) slide zone, probably the worst area for snowslides on the RR.
clear now?
hank

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