Re: Photos Opening Cumbres Line Spring 1965

davidtltc Wrote:
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> Where was the cat track first unloaded looks like
> somewhere near Toltec Gorge, could have been a
> dangerous outing. Wonder why they didn't use the
> rotary, was the snow too crusted and compact to
> utilize it's strength. Probably part of the reason
> the C&TS doesn't us the rotary every year to open
> the line. Some pretty cool photos.

From what I understand, the Rotary is most effective in soft powder, sans layers of ice from thawing, cooling, and more snowing. Repeated use of the wooden craft, which in common use, probably requires a -lot- of continual backing up and ramming, would simply expend it.

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