Great map, Jim. It aligns exactly with what I saw there yesterday, but my directions were off by by about 45 degrees. The NP line runs NW-SE, the UP runs SW-NE, and the MILW comes closest to running
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Bruce and Jim, The slab was a motor car shed that was on the north side of the SI line. It was a metal shed with a very little slope to the gable roof. Building was removed at least 10 years ago.
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Look at this map: It looks the line that we could see crossing the SI in your old photos was the MILW, right? That was what we decided based on the switch stand style. Does that mean that the
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I revisited Grand Junction this afternoon to refresh my memory. It is amazing that a place could change so much in 50 years! The BNSF (ex NP) Coeur d'Alene branch runs almost north-south, crossing t
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To comment on the portions below. > Last spring there was a mixed freight from the > west. It had 90 loaded cars and 50 emptys for a > total of 142 cars (12,659 tones, 9,077 feet long.) > A line
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From a friend who lives next to Hobson Siding on this line: Some of you may have already seen this... Excerpted from The Lineup, newsletter of the Rio Grande Chapter, NRHS, edited by Alan Kra
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