Re: D&S Washout

Just to be mildly didactic, it's a hydraulic excavator on the right.

But the main point of posting a discussion point is this: While it's faster and easier and lower maintenance in normal times to drop a 10' steel culvert in and fill over it, this spot seems prime for a steel piling trestle. But that's more $$$ I suspect.

And another observation/question related to D&S rights on the ROW. I understand the nature of the whole branch is that it is precisely that, a right-of-way, and that ownership is someone else's. But wouldn't it be nice if the RR could just pull rock from that wash gully to widen it and ease the downhill run, and pull the excess into fill for the above mentioned culvert and fill... I suspect they've got the challenge of locating enough fill material and hauling it.

SRK

Jerry474 Wrote:
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> This afternoon I drove to the 9500 foot level of
> Missionary Ridge Road (La Plata County Road 230).
> I photographed the D&S washout site across the
> valley shooting with a Nikon D850 (45.7
> megapixels) using a Nikon 200-600 mm lens. Shot
> most at 600mm with a few at 200mm to show the
> entire area. For those of you familiar with the
> area, the washout is just north of the gray
> apartment buildings on the west side of Highway
> 550 north of Honeyville. I put lines on the
> overall view, the yellow shows the D&S track with
> the washout in the center, the red line shows
> Highway 550 below. If you look closely you can see
> a CAT dozer or front end loader on the extreme
> right side of the photos. The track has been
> removed from the washout area.
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