Re: RGS at Whiplash Curve
| September 16, 2017 12:26PM |
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John Cole Wrote:
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> Now all we need is telegraph poles and wires to
> make the re-creation shot complete.
Earl Wrote:
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> Histörically, there never were telegraph poles on
> the Whiplash. They took a shortcut up the draw
> from the section house to Big Horn Siding.
Dang, Earl -
You beat me to it! And Johnny Coal shoulda known better, but he didn't have my crude map available when he posted . . .
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
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> Now all we need is telegraph poles and wires to
> make the re-creation shot complete.
Earl Wrote:
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> Histörically, there never were telegraph poles on
> the Whiplash. They took a shortcut up the draw
> from the section house to Big Horn Siding.
Dang, Earl -
You beat me to it! And Johnny Coal shoulda known better, but he didn't have my crude map available when he posted . . .
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
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