11 Canyons Where It Is

[Anonymous]

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.

[Anonymous]

Sounds like it could be Toponas.

 

7.  which should have been bridged on a big steel viaduct and bypassed entirely, but the railroad couldn't afford the steel

The Black Canyon of the Gunnison ?

Toponas is close to at least one of these canyons, but it's actually a broad, grassy summit, dividing the Yampa River watershed from the Colorado River watershed.

The Black Canyon of the Gunnison could not have been bridged, especially not by an impecunious narrow-gauge, and at any rate the railway was following the canyon, not crossing the canyon.

[Murphy Siding]

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?

[oltmannd]

#3 New River on C&O?

[nanaimo73]

Sounds like it could be Toponas.

 

7.  which should have been bridged on a big steel viaduct and bypassed entirely, but the railroad couldn't afford the steel

The Black Canyon of the Gunnison ?

[Anonymous]

Wrong gender -- Limus was male.

If you know the names of the canyons on this railroad, and you stuck them one by one into Wikipedia, one will pop up as a female figure in Roman mythology who dispensed homilies and obvious truisms (e.g., "if you come to a fork in the road, take it") in return for libations of water or milk, thus was sarcastically referred to as the "goddess of drought" as she consumed water and gave nothing of value in return.

A further hint:  this canyon while deep and suitably impressive, is rarely seen today by non-railroaders since there is no passenger service on this line for about the last 40 years.  It can't be seen from any paved road except at a considerable distance, and most people driving whose eyes gaze over it probably don't even realize they're looking at the canyon's mouth.

S. Hadid

[gabe]

# 8 Limus Canyon?

[Anonymous]

3 Amtrak's Swan Dive, Spanish Fork ?

9 Dammed by nature sounds like the Thistle slide, Spanish Fork Canyon.

11 Twin Tunnels sounds like Price Canyon, D&RGW + Utah.

#3, no

#9, yes

#11, yes, (proper name is Price River Canyon)

[nanaimo73]

3 Amtrak's Swan Dive, Spanish Fork ?

9 Dammed by nature sounds like the Thistle slide, Spanish Fork Canyon.

11 Twin Tunnels sounds like Price Canyon, D&RGW + Utah.

[Anonymous]

Three answers so far:

This western railroad was famous for its canyons.  Rio Grande (Murphy Siding)

Name the canyon:

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

3.  where Amtrak made a swan dive

4.  with the tightest curve on this railroad's transcontinental main line

5.  with the most tunnels

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

8. named for the Roman goddess of drought and starvation (appropriate!)

9. which was dammed by nature

10.  it's the little version of this more famous one

11.  the tunnels are twinned

S. Hadid

[miniwyo]

Sorry Murph, The highest Bridge is spanning the Royal Gorge. So #6 is the Royal Gorge

[Murphy Siding]

     Offhand, I'd guess the railroad to be Rio Grande?

     Is #1 American Canyon, on ATSF?

     Is the answer to #3 The Royal Gorge?

It couldn't be two different railroads, only one.  And American Canyon is on the Central Pacific.

   I meant that in #1, the grade it was built on, was built by the *other* railroad, ATSF.  Is the railroad we're talking about Rio Grande?

[Anonymous]

     Offhand, I'd guess the railroad to be Rio Grande?

     Is #1 American Canyon, on ATSF?

     Is the answer to #3 The Royal Gorge?

It couldn't be two different railroads, only one.  And American Canyon is on the Central Pacific.

[Murphy Siding]

     Offhand, I'd guess the railroad to be Rio Grande?

     Is #1 American Canyon, on ATSF?

     Is the answer to #3 The Royal Gorge?

[Anonymous]

This western railroad was famous for its canyons.

Name the canyon:

1.  where the railroad was laid as narrow-gauge on a standard-gauge grade built by another railroad

2.  where the railroad was laid as narrow-gauge on a standard-gauge grade built by the same railroad

3.  where Amtrak made a swan dive

4.  with the tightest curve on this railroad's transcontinental main line

5.  with the most tunnels

6.  with the fewest tunnels, and the highest bridge

7.  which should have been bridged on a big steel viaduct and bypassed entirely, but the railroad couldn't afford the steel

8. named for the Roman goddess of drought and starvation (appropriate!)

9. which was dammed by nature

10.  it's the little version of this more famous one

11.  the tunnels are twinned

S. Hadid