Re: C&TSRR 484 & 488 Double Header above The Gash . . .

Russo Loco Wrote:
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> Olaf Rasmussen Wrote:
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> > (Roger's) video graphically confirms my
> long-held
> > view that the new highway should have followed
> > the old road on the east side of the valley
> instead
> > of cutting away on Windy Point . . .
>
>
> I wholeheartedly Second, Third and
> Fourth that motion, Olaf -    
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>
> The route was undoubtedly chosen to minimize
> snow-fighting efforts on the new highway (see
> [ngdiscussion.net],
> 153566), and with the assumption that the railroad
> would be gone by the time the road was paved.

My guess is you are probably right Russ.