Re: NNG - A seriously overweight steam locomotive

Olaf Rasmussen Wrote:
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> It reminds me of a cab
> ride on the Condon, Kinzua & Southern Railroad in
> north-cenrtal Oregon. Approaching the bottom of a
> dip, the track ahead of us jumped at least 10
> inches or more out of the road bed, but settled
> back down as the engine put weight on it. No
> problem, and we continued on to the Union Pacific
> interchange at Condon to drop the lumber loads
> from the Kinzua mill. Both the CK&S as well as the
> UP branch are long gone.


Thanks for all your posts and photos.

A small correction: The Condon branch no longer goes to Condon, but about 12 miles of the branch remains in place, and active, to an intermodal transfer for a large landfill. There is also a relatively new rail-served Arden Mills facility (grains) nearby.

Google Maps link to the area: [www.google.com]

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- Graham