Dan,
A second thought, the inclines, some were serviced by the baby gauge line, there were 3 gauges in Morenci. The baby was 20".
If you can find a map of that ga. you might get the leads you seek.
OSHA approved, I’m sure.
Dan,
The caption says this trestle leads to the Shannon incline…
Maybe enough landmarks to orient…
Thanks to John mentioning The Baby Gauge RR I found some interesting info about the engines.
Dan, nice read.
Longfellow ops:
I doubled the size of this pic (on my pc) and you can see a dogleg in the incline that’s over the crest in the other pic. Also above is a stretch to the right where the babies may have run.
Below you can see the switch backs down to the big narrow ga. bins. Most likely hauled to the Detroit Smelter
Smelter;
Doubly insane, eh Cliff?
Here’s a more in depth info. with many photos at the end.
Dan, your link Not Found, could be all the ‘%20’ geek speak for a blank space…
John Caughey said:
Doubly insane, eh Cliff?
Crazy nuts, John.
In those ore bins above, it looks like concrete was shot over them to fireproof them. At least, I’ve seen that done to a headframe in Gold Hill, and for that reason.
Here’s the one I’d love to model: the funicular of the Eureka Mill, which transferred ore from the V&T down to the tiny Eureka RR below.
This is from a copyrighted page, so here’s the full credit: “Thirty Inch Gauge Railroads: the Eureka Railroad,” article by Mallory Hope Ferrell, photos from author’s collection; Narrow Gauge & Short Line Gazette, Nov-Dec 2005, p66.
John Caughey said:
Dan, your link Not Found, could be all the ‘%20’ geek speak for a blank space…
Don’t know what happened. Try this, copy & paste.
History of the Clifton-Morenci-District, 1987 by William C. Conger
For anybody wanting to build the Yosemite Incline, Seattle Car and Foundry built them and the following link is their 3rd Catalog with said cars and a bare frame …
Otherwise it’s got a ton of interesting cars from a beef reefer, logging trucks to ways to compute curves with chords, etc
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/49341/49341-h/49341-h.htm#Train_de_Luxe
John C. wrote: “The wiggling is to duplicate the stereo viewer …”
Or an ipecac.
It’s not often you see an incline with a tunnel!
That smelter complex looks incredibly cool. Would make an awesome model even in HO, assuming you could get enough prototype info to make it. Of course in G, you’d need about an acre of land just for that!
I’m kinda surprised no Easterners claimed this one…
Says folks came from over seas to see the big incline…
Here is the kicker… they hauled the coal UP the mountain!
I had never heard of it, but nice find John (https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-cool.gif)
Dittos. Amazing. Anyone have pics / evidence of a cable break in any of these inclines?
Jim Thorpe had access to one too…
Mauch Chunk.
http://www.delawareandlehigh.org/talesofthetowpath/lehigh-canal/mauch-chunk/
Cliff Jennings said:
Dittos. Amazing. Anyone have pics / evidence of a cable break in any of these inclines?
I imagine they were carefully inspected, but …
Now you got me settling in for some heavy research and at least another day trip to the Jim Thorpe area. Thank you John(https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-cool.gif)