Re: D&RGW: Apache Crossing, long ago . . .
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Roger Hogan Wrote:
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> All it needs now is some fence.
SOME fence, Roger?
Several hundred board feet, far as I can tell. Best we can hope for, IMHO, is that someday, "By God and By Otto",* Johnny Coal will get the telegraphone poles reinstalled . . .
- Roosso
* Back in the olden days, folks around Silverton and in Rio Grande Southern territory swore by Otto Mears — if he couldn't do it, nobody could. I'm figurin' that a modern equivalent – when it comes to video, anyway – would be "By Drone and By Roger" . . .
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> All it needs now is some fence.
SOME fence, Roger?
Several hundred board feet, far as I can tell. Best we can hope for, IMHO, is that someday, "By God and By Otto",* Johnny Coal will get the telegraphone poles reinstalled . . .
- Roosso
* Back in the olden days, folks around Silverton and in Rio Grande Southern territory swore by Otto Mears — if he couldn't do it, nobody could. I'm figurin' that a modern equivalent – when it comes to video, anyway – would be "By Drone and By Roger" . . .
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