1435mm wrote:Well, Rollins Pass is the hilly, curvy route the Moffat Tunnel replaced. OK, this would be hard to answer unless you knew the railway well, or had a set of track charts. There are seven canyons and one gorge on the Moffat. This one is the shortest.
How about Byers Canyon for #4?
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You're right! 16 degrees, and it's obvious when driving by on U.S. 40.
Thanks to Chris / CopCarSS for my avatar.
1435mm wrote: Murphy Siding wrote: 1435mm wrote:Wrong gender obvious truisms (e.g., "if you come to a fork in the road, take it") S. Hadid Yogi Berra was a Roman Godess? Who knew? Every morning when I read my e-mail, I realize I should have stood in bed.
Murphy Siding wrote: 1435mm wrote:Wrong gender obvious truisms (e.g., "if you come to a fork in the road, take it") S. Hadid Yogi Berra was a Roman Godess? Who knew?
1435mm wrote:Wrong gender obvious truisms (e.g., "if you come to a fork in the road, take it") S. Hadid
Yogi Berra was a Roman Godess? Who knew?
It seems like that would make sleeping difficult.
"They give you cash, which is just a good as money." - Yogi Berra
"No soup for you!" - Yev Kassem (from Seinfeld)
nanaimo73 wrote: 3. where Amtrak made a swan dive The California Zephyr derailed somewhere in Colorado, and part of the train ended up in a river or creek ?
3. where Amtrak made a swan dive
The California Zephyr derailed somewhere in Colorado, and part of the train ended up in a river or creek ?
Fraser Canyon
http://www.dola.state.co.us/oem/Mitigation/plan/09%20%20Landslide_Update.pdf (Page 25)
For some reason, the NTSB only gives the location and date on its Reports page. Also, they must not have reports that old online.
10 of 11 so far. You guys are persistent!
1. where the railroad was laid as narrow-gauge on a standard-gauge grade built by another railroad: Royal Gorge (Murphy Siding)
2. where the railroad was laid as narrow-gauge on a standard-gauge grade built by the same railroad Glenwood (Murphy Siding)
3. where Amtrak made a swan dive Fraser (also called Fraser River) (ericsp)
4. with the tightest curve on this railroad's transcontinental main line Byers (copcarSS)
5. with the most tunnels South Boulder (nanaimo73)
6. with the fewest tunnels, and the highest bridge Royal Gorge (miniwyo)
7. which should have been bridged on a big steel viaduct and bypassed entirely, but the railroad couldn't afford the steel Rock Creek (nanaimo73)
8. named for the Roman goddess of drought and starvation (appropriate!) Egeria (nanaimo73)
9. which was dammed by nature Spanish Fork (nanaimo73)
10. it's the little version of this more famous one
11. the tunnels are twinned Price River ((nanaimo73)
This leaves just #10 to be deciphered. So another hint. It's the "little" version of a canyon named for a "sportsman" and the Red Gorge is just to the west. In between is a scintillating town. (and what is this town's name, anyway?)
1435mm wrote: This leaves just #10 to be deciphered. So another hint. It's the "little" version of a canyon named for a "sportsman" and the Red Gorge is just to the west. In between is a scintillating town. (and what is this town's name, anyway?)
I would say Gore Canyon ("named for Sir George Gore, a rich Irish sportsman who camped in Middle Park in 1855" from http://ghostdepot.com/rg/library/guide%20book/moffatrt.htm) and Burns (the scintillating town), respectively.
Murphy Siding wrote: Is #10 "Grand Canyon(of the Arkansas)" ?
They are all on DRGW.
ericsp wrote: Murphy Siding wrote: Is #10 "Grand Canyon(of the Arkansas)" ? They are all on DRGW.
Grand Canyon(of the Arkansas) River, on the DRGW
1435mm, I see you are back. Don't forget this quiz.
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