Rick,
Does your comment apply if we lived East of Box Butte in Alliance?
Ed
----- Original Message -----
From: Rick Patterson <rpatter@t...>
To: <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, March 23, 2001 7:54 AM
Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Lines west (and south)
> My apologies to all my friends from "back east" (east of Alliance). When
I made my unfortunate reference to "flatlanders" I was referring to the
altitude, not the grade.
> Rick Patterson
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: John Mitchell
> To: BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Friday, March 23, 2001 6:22 AM
> Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Lines west (and south)
>
>
> Check BB#35. Goreville Hill still has to have pushers.
> This is not flatland!!!
> John D. Mitchell
> --- Ken martin <kmartin@c...> wrote:
> > John
> >
> > To this guy who grew up in Burlington, Iowa is not
> > flat however it cannot
> > compare to the grades the C&S narrow gauge ran going
> > to Leadville. 8^)
> >
> > Ken Martin
> > Q and C&Sng modeler
> >
> > John Lewis wrote:
> > >
> > > Rick,
> > >
> > > You kill me! You have obviously never seen a
> > westbound freight pull the hill in God's Country
> > (Palmyra Missouri)...sometimes having to double or
> > grab motors off a eastbound. Flat? Take a look at
> > the grade from Mark Bottoms to the siding west of
> > Palmyra!
> > >
> > > Besides, yall out in Wyoming have TWO Burlington
> > (by gosh) O5s in your state!
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > John Lewis
> > > San Diego California
> > > (out real west!)
> > > T
> >
>
>
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