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General Discussion / railroad relic
« on: July 16, 2016, 01:30:57 PM »
My sister and I were poking around the ROW up in Dallas and I came across this.
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Mowah.....That's what we use to cut the grass....Ayuh
Thanks to Andrew we get the trip into that beautiful Gulf Stream gorge, where an old man like me couldn't go. He also found much more rail still in place in North Anson. Those relic pieces of the Gulf Stream Trestle are a fantastic find. Andrew, there weren't any bugs there yesterday.
Duncan is correct, you found coal ash and cinders. They came from the ash pan and smoke box of a steam locomotive. They are often found where a water tank was located. When the crew stopped to take water they would spark the engine, sending cinders out the bottom of the smoke box. Cinders also came from the ash pan drop. One use for cinders on the r-o-w was to spread them on a fill to help hold the soil together. Most steam era yards have cinders all over the place.
Stewart
Andrew,
Your pictures and research have answered questions I had many years ago. Back in the '70's and early '80's, my family and friends vacationed in the area of Harmony on the shores of Great Moose Lake. I noticed the ROW but had no details about it and the folks we knew from that area had little knowledge of or interest in railroads.
Thanks for filling in a few gaps.
Duncan