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Thread #23202 Message #1859978
Posted By: open mike
16-Oct-06 - 12:23 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Loafer's Glory
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Loafer's Glory
the Keddie "Y is a place in the Western Pacific tracks
where there are huge high trestles and the road splits
off--to the north it goes to Klamath Falls and to the
west it heads through the feather river canyon to oroville.
the tracks there are so unstable due to granite and
serpentine rock falls that they do no longer allow
passengers to ride that route, although it used to
be the scenic route of the the california Zephyr,
with domeliners and schedules based on being in the most
beautiful spot during daylight hours for viewing.
(so don't ask me why they send the "nuke train"
carrying nuclear waste from the orient on this
route on its way to hanford nuclear facility in WA
or to some location in idaho where glowing stuff
is deposited.) the "white train" which carries
some sort of triggers for armaments from Honey well
in TX or somewhere to Washington