Re: Telegraph poles from Antonito to Cumbres.
| July 31, 2016 05:36PM |
dan gavel Wrote:
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> In my Trainz simulation of the pre Cumbres and
> Toltec, i'm now adding the telegraph line from
> Antonito to Cumbres, I know its five wire and
> often the poles were quite low to the ground.
>
> My problem is, i have a few images of the poles
> out of Antonito, but nothing at all of any poles
> past hangman's trestle , not many photos seem to
> have been taken in this area at all in pre C&T
> days, i've looks at all the usual places with
> virtually no luck so far. .
>
> Can anyone help with the route the poles took, any
> deviation across country, changes of track side (
> they are on the right out of Antonito ) and
> whether they were always more or less about 10/12
> feet away alongside the track?
Well Dan, if you want to work on the REAL TELEGRAPH in the 12" to the foot scale, you can come out and help us at a work session. In the next few years we are stringing wire from the stock pens at the wye to the Rio Chama river pole. MUCH more interesting than modeling and you get to work with some GREAT folks doing so. LOTS more work though......
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> In my Trainz simulation of the pre Cumbres and
> Toltec, i'm now adding the telegraph line from
> Antonito to Cumbres, I know its five wire and
> often the poles were quite low to the ground.
>
> My problem is, i have a few images of the poles
> out of Antonito, but nothing at all of any poles
> past hangman's trestle , not many photos seem to
> have been taken in this area at all in pre C&T
> days, i've looks at all the usual places with
> virtually no luck so far. .
>
> Can anyone help with the route the poles took, any
> deviation across country, changes of track side (
> they are on the right out of Antonito ) and
> whether they were always more or less about 10/12
> feet away alongside the track?
Well Dan, if you want to work on the REAL TELEGRAPH in the 12" to the foot scale, you can come out and help us at a work session. In the next few years we are stringing wire from the stock pens at the wye to the Rio Chama river pole. MUCH more interesting than modeling and you get to work with some GREAT folks doing so. LOTS more work though......
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