Big Horn Wye - 2010

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Big Horn Wye - 2010

Unread postby Jason Rose » Fri Jul 26, 2013 6:03 am

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Looking towards the tail

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Looking towards the main

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Heading towards the end of the tail

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Minor washout

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Doesn't look like a train has been back this far in quite a while

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End of the tail. It's almost long enough to be considered the Big Horn Branch.
Note the "End of Track" sign on the right

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Another washout

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Re: Big Horn Wye - 2010

Unread postby Craig Kumler » Thu Nov 19, 2015 10:30 am

It would be great to clean up the Wye as a friends work project. Fix the ties, pull out the growth between the rails and put some light ballast on it! Fun to dream!
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Re: Big Horn Wye - 2010

Unread postby Jason Rose » Thu Nov 19, 2015 10:37 am

Sign me up! Spending a week out there would be incredible.

Maybe the work party could camp there and have food brought on the train from Osier. :cheers:
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Re: Big Horn Wye - 2010

Unread postby Tom Casper » Thu Nov 19, 2015 4:15 pm

HMMM I might be in for that also!

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Re: Big Horn Wye - 2010

Unread postby Paul Davenport » Sun Mar 10, 2019 1:28 pm

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Re: Big Horn Wye - 2010

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Re: Big Horn Wye - 2010

Unread postby Craig Kumler » Tue Mar 12, 2019 5:13 pm

Paul: Is that big tree still in the middle of the track?
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Re: Big Horn Wye - 2010

Unread postby Paul Davenport » Tue Mar 12, 2019 6:40 pm

Craig,
I bet that tree is still there. There is some very legible black paint on the letters of one of the two "end of track" signs at and very near the wye's end, but I didn't see any signs of recent of any kind out there. The roadbed is in decent shape near the legs of the wye but it'd take a fair amount of work to make the whole thing usable. I walked out there to take stock of things while waiting for a couple of other members of the C sign crew to hike back to the vehicles from a work site in the vicinity. IIRC,my half of the crew had maintained the signs in the other direction and we were done first.
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Re: Big Horn Wye - 2010

Unread postby Jason Rose » Wed Mar 13, 2019 9:20 am

Thanks for the update, Paul.
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Re: Big Horn Wye - 2010

Unread postby Paul Davenport » Wed Mar 13, 2019 3:56 pm

Jason,
So little had changed since you took your photos that I paused before proceeding with posting my updates. Cheers.
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Re: Big Horn Wye - 2010

Unread postby Jason Rose » Thu Mar 14, 2019 2:28 pm

Paul Davenport wrote:Jason,
So little had changed since you took your photos that I paused before proceeding with posting my updates. Cheers.
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True, but isn't that one of the best things about the railroad?
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