Re: FOC&TS Brush Crew . . .

Russo Loco Wrote:
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> Thank You, Paul -
>
> Both for the very informative post and for the
> extensive and back-breaking effort that you and
> your team have put in on behalf of us
> phraud-o-graphers and the C&TS.  I wish
> that I could join you, but health issues preclude
> my doing so, and may even preclude my returning to
> Big Horn, Cresco and Cumbres next year, much less
> to Roger's Rock overlooking Windy Point.   I
> used to carry a small brush saw with me in the
> 'olden days', but it's been a few years since I've
> tackled so much as a clump of sagebrush at the
> lower curve of The Whiplash, much less a tree more
> than four or five inches in diameter.*
>
> Thanks again, and Keep Up the Good Work!!!
>    
>
> - Roosso
>
> *  Many, many years ago – when, believe
> it or not, I was just a young whipper-snapper
> – several of our family's summer vacations
> were spent just north of Dunsmuir, CA, at the
> Lookout Point Motel overlooking the Upper
> Sacramento River and the S.P's Shasta Division
> mainline along the far side.  In November,
> 1975, I was able to capture a shot of the
> southbound American Freedom Train at that location
> (see the fifth photo at
> [ngdiscussion.net]
> 02833).  One and a half years later, when
> Amtrak's 'Transcontinental Steam Excursion'
> returned #4449 from Birmingham, Alabama to
> Portland, Oregon, I returned to the same spot well
> ahead of train time and spent more than an hour
> cutting down a sizable pine tree that was
> partially blocking the view, along with clearing
> some brush alongside.  My reward was a
> beautiful shot of nothing but a moving cloud of
> steam as the engine's exhaust condensed in the
> cool morning air . . .   Oh,
> well.  At least the train was slow enough
> getting around the sharp curve at Cantara that I
> was able to get to Mott Siding in time to set up
> for a clear, head-on shot (see fourth & fifth
> shots at
> [ngdiscussion.net]
> 84033).


IMHO the friends are a very important asset to the C&TSRR.