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--Dan Bolyard
Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Speeder Adventures on the Mansfield Branch
Photos courtesy of Olaf Rasmussen, as found at the Narrow Gauge Discussion Forum.
What a great day that would have been! How I'd love to do that trip. I've 4 wheeled it multiple times but doesn't come close to riding the rails. I've never seen shots of the tunnel portals either. I've stood in front of where they were and wondered exactly what they looked like. And the bridges too. John, Ephrata
Gold!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great day that would have been! How I'd love to do that trip. I've 4 wheeled it multiple times but doesn't come close to riding the rails. I've never seen shots of the tunnel portals either. I've stood in front of where they were and wondered exactly what they looked like. And the bridges too.
ReplyDeleteJohn, Ephrata
I was through the tunnel as a teenager, but the significance of the line was appreciated by me as much as it is now.
ReplyDeleteIf I were an adult when the line was operational I might have gotten inappropriate....Ha
DeleteI'd loved to have seen steam era operations on the line.
ReplyDeleteI know right!?! Can you imagine the stack talk echoing of the canyon walls! What a show that must have been.
ReplyDeleteDang, that'd would have been an awesome ride!
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