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- From: johnm@hpmcaa.mcm.hp.com.mcm.hp.com (John Mosbarger)
- Subject: Re: Unusual tunnels?
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- David G. Baird (Baird_David@Tandem.com) wrote:
- : >
- : > Isn't there also a spiral on the Roaring Camp, Big Trees, & Pacific (or the
- : > other RR with a similar name that operates in the same area)?
- : >
- : There was a spiral trestle, but it was vandalized in the mid-70s (arson).
- : The railroad quickly built some switchbacks to bypass the trestle. You
- : can walk down from the summit of the hill, and follow the path that the
- : trains used to take. I walked out on the trestle a ways. It's all charred,
- : but can take an individual's weight no problem. But, it's very high, and it
- : gets scary.
- :
- : DGB }
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- I remember reading that the trestles were built to SP specs.
-
- John
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