Lumberton Wye
| June 13, 2021 02:23PM |
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Jerry474 Wrote:
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> A few years ago I tried to locate the wye in
> Lumberton, but seems the ROW has washed away.
> There was a wye there as the D&RGW ran a rotary
> out there a few times over the years.
Jerry and to anyone else interested/knowledgeable:
Here are some Aerial photos of Lumberton from 1952, I believe you can just barely see the wye here. I had thought the wye was removed along with the rest of the Rio Grande & Pagosa Springs Railroad, so seeing the Tom Gildersleeve photos Russ posted of what looks like a leg of the wye was quite a shocker to me.
Now, when comparing that to today's imagery, this is what I was able to devise. I have no idea what the rest of the Lumberton yard looked like, I'm assuming there was a siding here that the legs of the wye tied into:
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/13/2021 02:25PM by Joe Weigman.
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> A few years ago I tried to locate the wye in
> Lumberton, but seems the ROW has washed away.
> There was a wye there as the D&RGW ran a rotary
> out there a few times over the years.
Jerry and to anyone else interested/knowledgeable:
Here are some Aerial photos of Lumberton from 1952, I believe you can just barely see the wye here. I had thought the wye was removed along with the rest of the Rio Grande & Pagosa Springs Railroad, so seeing the Tom Gildersleeve photos Russ posted of what looks like a leg of the wye was quite a shocker to me.
Now, when comparing that to today's imagery, this is what I was able to devise. I have no idea what the rest of the Lumberton yard looked like, I'm assuming there was a siding here that the legs of the wye tied into:
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/13/2021 02:25PM by Joe Weigman.
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