Re: [CBQ] Flume for Burlington ties

["Chris Atkins tcatkins@gmail.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>]

Hi Rupert,

There is a little more about the tie flume and a picture of the Ranchester depot here:

http://www.wyomingtalesandtrails.com/dayton2.html

There are also some shots of the Sheridan tie plant on this Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/everywherewest

Take care,

Chris Atkins
Argyle, TX

On 1/8/15 2:35 PM, 'Rupert & Maureen' gamlenz@ihug.co.nz [CBQ] wrote:

 

From the Wyoming State Historical Society’s site

 

Tie flume moves railroad ties

A much different kind of pipeline, the Tongue River Tie Flume carried 2 million railroad ties from the Bighorn Mountains to the Burlington Railroad for 20 years beginning in 1893. Ties moved at high speed down 38 miles of flumes across trestles and through tunnels in canyon walls. Workers’ camps were large mountain villages with schools and blacksmith shops. Learn more in writer Rebecca Hein’s article “The Tongue River Tie Flume” at http://www.wyohistory.org/encyclopedia/tongue-river-tie-flume

Rupert Gamlen
Auckland NZ

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