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Washed out in Lost Bogie Canyon
« on: September 18, 2013, 01:41:01 AM »
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Re: Washed out in Lost Bogie Canyon
« Reply #1 on: September 18, 2013, 08:42:11 AM »
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wow.  Those must be relatively new ties to be holding the spikes that well.
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Re: Washed out in Lost Bogie Canyon
« Reply #2 on: September 18, 2013, 09:09:22 AM »
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Hey, Ian!  I dare you to take one of your motor cars across there.   :D

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Re: Washed out in Lost Bogie Canyon
« Reply #3 on: September 19, 2013, 01:57:34 AM »
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With welded rail it would probably hold a motor car as long as the spikes kept everything in gauge.  Rails, like cables, are very strong in tension.
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