Re: Large chasm on UP (old D&RGW) east of Moffat Tunnel -- "Lost Bogie Canyon" -- YIKES!
Author: ron
Date: 09-21-2013 - 09:41
J Mann Wrote:
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> I've never understood the big deal about pushing a
> mudslide over the side. If the railroad wasn't
> there then the mud would have continued down the
> hill anyway. So what's the difference between the
> railroad doing it or mother nature?
Had the railroad never been built and a cut made into the hillside (toe of slope) the chances of a landslide are slim to none. That would be the difference.