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Looking east at Dale Junction. The old UP alignment over Sherman Hill swings off to the right here.

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Edit: To correct the above statement, the train is coming off the the Borie (or Harriman) cut-off with a 1.55% ruling grade which replaced the original Sherman Hill alignment in 1903 which had a 2.20% ruling grade, and which has been long abandoned. The single track line to the right was built in 1953 with a longer and more winding approach to the hill with a 0.82% grade, for use by heavy freight drags westbound.
 
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Originally Posted by gfisher
Looking east at Dale Junction. The old UP alignment over Sherman Hill swings off to the right here.

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Waw! These are wonderful. Maybe you have something with the old Dale Creek Trestle.
Thanks for quoting those pics, I was getting tired of scrolling up to see them.;)
Me too...:wave:

KD

Beautifull pics...
 
My tiny weekend contribution to your thread, as you can see I've been giving my Paypal account a bit of a hammering......At least slave-driver's ballast hoppers were freebies, and the route as well......:hehe:

Cheerz. ex. :wave:





 
The squawk sheets left by train crews in the diesel cab and the subsequent notification of repairs carried out provide some classic humor:

(Train crew) Dead bugs on windshield.
(Shop crew) Live bugs on order.

(Train crew) Parking brake causes throttle lever to stick.
(Shop crew) That's what its there for.

(Train crew) Engine missing.
(Shop crew) Engine found under hood after brief search.

(Train crew) Locomotive handles funny.
(Shop crew) Locomotive given verbal warning to be serious.

(Train crew) Radio hums.
(Shop crew) Reprogrammed radio with the words.

(Train crew) The toilet on this engine doesn't work.
(Shop crew) Pee Yew. It sure didn't work.
 
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