Re: [CBQ] Re: Depot Location?

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

Hi Sandrin,

In the years the T-2s ran, there weren't really any highways in Campbell County, so I doubt it was the highway department. Even today, the highway doesn't follow the railroad for most of the trip between Gillette and Sheridan, but there are several connected dirt County roads you can drive. My mom's parents, who both grew up around Gillette, used to tell me stories about how bad the roads were. They also weren't required to have drivers licenses until well into the 1930s.

What actually surprised me about the snow fence in the photo was how modern it was. There are still a lot of snow fences standing in Wyoming that are built from rough hewn timbers showing plenty of bark rather than milled lumber. However, most of those are in areas where timber is plentiful - unlike Campbell County.

It makes sense that this snow fence was installed by the railroad in order keep drifts off the tracks.

Chris Atkins
Argyle, TX

On 7/6/16 9:41 PM, jamessandrin@yahoo.com [CBQ] wrote:

 

Greetings Hol: Being a right of way kind of guy, my question concerning the eastbound with the snow fence is if the snow fence is a standard issue Wyoming highway department design that was intended to protect Ulm Road and the Q was simply a beneficiary or did the railroad actually build and maintain it? Jim Sandrin 

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Posted by: Chris Atkins <chris@railroadmodelers.com>

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