Tank Smith Wrote:
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> While going through old slides I came across this
> one taken while walking the grade a couple miles
> west of Sublette back in August 1973. Having never
> seem anything like it before, it caught my eye and
> I decided to snap the shutter. It was on a curve,
> but obviously couldn’t replace a real, steel
> retainer. My guess is that it might be the track
> equivalent of doweling a screw in woodwork; the
> spike holes could no longer hold spikes, so
> instead of replacing the tie the section crew
> moved them outward with this hunk of wood. How
> often were things like this done in the old days?
>
Since you found it in '73, have you considered the possibility that it might not be D&RGW work but was done in '70 by one of the volunteers trying to get the line re-opened in a hurry? Perhaps meaning to come back and make it right later but then forgotten in the rush of things?
Ahh, the mysteries of the past ...
Hank
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/03/2020 09:54AM by hank.