18-07-2020, 10:48 AM
(This post was last modified: 18-07-2020, 10:50 AM by Bob Culver.)
It is getting off the topic but Google photos of the gorge and the train derailment may interests some. It eventually dawned that with recurrent slips someone would get killed so road now abandoned. I was only 3 when the train went down but it stayed there for a long time and we passed by about twice a year. I can clearly remember it, along with much else viewed from the Austin. Roads were much more interesting and 40-45 was the speed. The Gorge used to be very narrow and winding with just a foot high wooden barrier and scary in daylight.It was later extensively built out on piers.
The 16 wheels common here have rims as moderns rather than rolled.
The 16 wheels common here have rims as moderns rather than rolled.