Re: [CBQ] Flume for Burlington ties

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

Harold,

I had a woman tell me a couple months ago on the Sheridan Memories Facebook page that she had lived in the depot in the late 80s after it had been moved and it was apartments then. She knew the people across the highway that were friends of my mom. I guess if you caught it between renters you could see the inside. Don't know if that is the case any longer.

Another good source for information on the flume is Robert Granum's book "History of the Tongue River Tie Flume."

Chris Atkins
Argyle, TX

On 1/9/15 10:11 AM, 'Harold Huber' sarge9@bresnan.net [CBQ] wrote:

 

For those that are interested the Ranchester depot is now a residence it was moved to South of Sheridan.  Very secretive people just photos from the road no entering the property.

Harold

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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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