Re: Wooden Trestles - To Save or Not To Save ...
| December 01, 2015 06:29PM |
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BillD Wrote:
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> Russo, you mean to tell me that some
> idiot replaced this with a 36" CMP???
NOT some Idiot, Bill -
Just a VERY good man following orders and doing his job to provide the C&TS with the best track that he could at a reasonable cost. The real problem was that the Commission back then, or the Histöric Preservation Committee - or whoever - hadn't specified that ALL of the minor wooden trestles - not just Hangman's (aka Ferguson's) - were as important a part of the historic fabric of the railroad as the water tanks and coaling tower. IIRC, 286.72 was "culvertised" during the 2008-2009 'off-season', and - much worse, IMHO - 287.50 was culvertised early in 2010 ...
See [ngdiscussion.net] et seq for a detailed discussion of the situation, which - SFAIK - has been addressed (see [ngdiscussion.net]). It's unlikely that the damage will be undone in my lifetime - if ever - but at least the march of "progress" has apparently been halted.
- Russ
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/01/2015 06:39PM by Russo Loco.
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> Russo, you mean to tell me that some
> idiot replaced this with a 36" CMP???
NOT some Idiot, Bill -
Just a VERY good man following orders and doing his job to provide the C&TS with the best track that he could at a reasonable cost. The real problem was that the Commission back then, or the Histöric Preservation Committee - or whoever - hadn't specified that ALL of the minor wooden trestles - not just Hangman's (aka Ferguson's) - were as important a part of the historic fabric of the railroad as the water tanks and coaling tower. IIRC, 286.72 was "culvertised" during the 2008-2009 'off-season', and - much worse, IMHO - 287.50 was culvertised early in 2010 ...
See [ngdiscussion.net] et seq for a detailed discussion of the situation, which - SFAIK - has been addressed (see [ngdiscussion.net]). It's unlikely that the damage will be undone in my lifetime - if ever - but at least the march of "progress" has apparently been halted.
- Russ
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/01/2015 06:39PM by Russo Loco.
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