Drew Jacksich Wrote:
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> Since I started all this by posting two damn
> pictures, I am going to say a couple things which
> some of you won't like.
>
> One, I never worked for the SP, Cal Trans, or the
> USGS and I will call it whatever I damn well
> please.
>
> Two, I am not sure if I want to post anything shot
> in that area again.
>
> Three, if those of you who (like MDO) profess your
> expertise as aquired in the service of the
> Southern Pacific, if you are so damn good, why is
> Donner Pass inhabited by yellow locomotives?
>
> Four, there is a canyon in the mountains above
> Downieville now called "Negro Canyon", a name
> aquired in the early seventies to provide an more
> acceptable name on USGS maps. To this day, no
> matter what it is called on a map, the name use by
> those familiar with the area has never changed.
>
> Five, again, as I asked before, no matter what I
> called it, is there ANYONE who did not know where
> those photos were taken?

Number 3, you need to talk to Phil Anschutz about that one. He held the ownership papers on the SP