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Re: BNSF HiLine traffic density? Stampede Pass helps
Author: Bruce Butler
Date: 11-13-2013 - 19:21
George Andrews Wrote:
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> Is that trestle still there ??? I've been trying
> to find it when I was biking the Trail of the
> Hiawatha; I could not see it from Interstate 90.
Not there. Was taken down late 1950s and replaced with a one-way switchback - ie the train would have reversed ends when arriving at its destination.
It was too far from I-90 to be seen from the road. You can drive back there on a decent forest service road near where the old ROW goes under I-90. Here is a google map showing the approximate location of the trestle. Note that it is labeled "Northern Pacific Trail". It is hard to imagine how this actually worked until you drive in there and see it on the ground. I was there in 1980 but I imagine that it has grown up quite a bit since then.
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> Is that trestle still there ??? I've been trying
> to find it when I was biking the Trail of the
> Hiawatha; I could not see it from Interstate 90.
Not there. Was taken down late 1950s and replaced with a one-way switchback - ie the train would have reversed ends when arriving at its destination.
It was too far from I-90 to be seen from the road. You can drive back there on a decent forest service road near where the old ROW goes under I-90. Here is a google map showing the approximate location of the trestle. Note that it is labeled "Northern Pacific Trail". It is hard to imagine how this actually worked until you drive in there and see it on the ground. I was there in 1980 but I imagine that it has grown up quite a bit since then.
