Re: + Platte Canyon Nope: Royal Gorge.

Posted by Chris Walker on
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chtrout wrote

Chris,
Why do you say that this is a work train to recover a car that had gone into the river?  You may be right, I am just not seeing anything to suggest that.  

Craig,

Sorry I was being metaphorical, in the usual Railroader terms; relating to the mission I set myself and the unacceptable delay in bringing it to light.

I have long been a "then & now" comparison picture aficionado and during my cab-ride whilst I was videoing the track ahead, I saw the rockwork forming up, I couldn't explain the deja vu feeling and my subconsious made me take the still, and on later review of the trip photos, couldn't remember just why I ceased and took the image, until you posted that Kierscey image above.  

Over the years, I had looked at it many times and thought it was the Arkansas most likely.  The pair of faultwall slabsides were the key and also the River beach, skyline, strata and the track S-curves. The Kierscey image also has poor definition of the South canyon wall, which at that location is very prominant.

Then I just had to come across that trip photo again for it to all click into place.