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Jerry Day

March 30, 2006 09:00AM

Thanks Jimmy:
There was a turntable at Orient earlier, but in the 20s the D&RGW built a wye near the end of the branch. A Salida company build a stone quarry on the line and it generated some traffic even after CF&I stopped shipping iron ore. It has to be the most obscure branch on the D&RGW ng.

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Re: K-27 Question	David Peterson	March 29, 2006 10:29AM
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Re: K-27 Question	Jimmy A Blouch	March 29, 2006 09:32PM
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Wye at Villa Grove LINK	Rich Muth	March 30, 2006 08:04PM
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Re: Wye at Villa Grove	David Peterson	March 30, 2006 10:26PM
Re: Wye at Villa Grove	Jerry Day	March 31, 2006 08:14AM
Wye at the Mines LINK	Rich Muth	March 31, 2006 07:34AM

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