Evening Sir Dangavel always looking forward to your latest set of pictures,
I like your Sky Clouds they blend so well with your Desert artistry.......As well, I know you drive yourself batty with getting those Cliff Rocks just right, then going back to re adjust and look hard to make sure the lines in your Rocky Cliffs look spot on....And they do......It just sets the tone for your Desert area ambience...........
There was one thing you spoke about recently, was too much work in one section of the Route by Railroad Co to do with Blasting vs Bridge Costs Etc:
Not that I know of Blue, they didn't use much for the gilsonite mining, that was all pick and shovel work , no mention of a store or a van to carry explosives in the Rodger Polley books. They used contractors to build the route and generally rather then blasting it was repairing damage from flash floods and dumping fill into washouts. They did have a steam shovel used in Baxter pass, if they had ever completed the extension they may well have invested in more equipment. Certainly it would have been a lot of extra expense as the extension was through some hilly country and couldnt always use the canyon floors to get to the end point as they did for most of the 'real' route. . .
