Ed,
Might be. My understanding is the majority of line relocations were done post
1901 at Mr. Hills request for a better engineered RR.
Though I think I’ve read that there was considerable super elevated of curves
for the Zephyrs. That could change some drainage patterns requiring some earth
moving.
Leo Phillipp
> On Feb 13, 2021, at 2:14 PM, Ed Pavlovic <cbq168a@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Leo,
> You think it might possibly be somewhere on the C&I? There were a number of
> line relocations done on that line which might be the reason for the
> disturbed hillside.
>
> Which reminds me of a conversation I had years ago with a lady at the Thomson
> depot museum. She had lived in the house in Daggett where the C&I went under
> the state highway, and she said she remembered the tracks when they were on
> the “other side” of the house...
>
> Ed Pavlovic
>> On Feb 11, 2021, at 5:29 PM, Leo Phillipp via groups.io
>> <qutlx1=aol.com@groups.io> wrote:
>>
>> Hol,
>>
>> I can’t identify the location but do note the hill side seems to be freshly
>> disturbed or distributed earth and I note what appear to streaks of slag
>> dust on the rail web. Looks like a recently built or rebuilt line.
>> From an operating perspective, based on only two units, it most likely is an
>> extra North made up of empties going back to the Pacific Northwest for more
>> loads.
>>
>> Leo Phillipp
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