[CBQ] Jimmy Hill and the Q.

["Karl" <qrailroadman@yahoo.com>]

Interestingly, mountain RR building is, in many instances, easier than building 
a "flat" RR on the praries.  Nature has provided huge piles of rock and dirt on 
which to carve grades and lay out easy curves.  Some roads were more fortunate 
than others in this endeavor. Bridges and tunnels resulted in many miles of 
straight RR. 

Prarie RR'ing. often demanded "borrowing" enormous quantities of soil from the 
surrounding vastness of the area.  Often times there WAS no practical way to 
reduce or eliminate heavy grades. Curves were often used to ameliorate the 
grade problem.  The "flat, endless prarie" WAS endless, however, it was NOT 
flat.

The Q demonstrated sound business principals by building it and turning it into 
a profitable enterprise FIRST !!  When the money allowed, they turned to 
"beautifying" the property, ie: grade and curve reduction projects.

Strangely, the part of the Q most important to Hill's transcontinental dreams 
was pretty flat and straight right outta the box.

Karl



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