Nostalgia & History > What happened to the tree? Where?

Picture 1 is from the Denver Public Library.

Picture 1, enlarged 25%. “Call Number: GB-6874. Title: Line change in valley - outfit cars. Creator(s): Beam, George L. (George Lytle), 1868-1935. Summary: Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad construction in (probably) Colorado or Utah consists of men working on track, a work train on a siding, electrical wires and power poles, flanked by dirt road, cleared fields, and hills. Date: between 1922 and 1935? Physical Description: 1 photonegative : nitrate ; 20 x 25 cm. (8 x 10 in.). Is Part Of James Ozment collection of George Beam photographs.”

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Picture 2, picture 1 enlarged 80%.

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Looks like the ground has eroded from underneath and it's leaning over. You could almost say it's pining for the fjords below.

Must be late 1920's when it came out of receivership and started straightening out the alignment to improve track speeds.

PINING FOR THE FJORDS.????? WHAT KIND OF TALK IS THAT? IT'S NOT PINING, IT'S PASSED ON!

jkumb Wrote:
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> PINING FOR THE FJORDS.????? WHAT KIND OF TALK IS
> THAT? IT'S NOT PINING, IT'S PASSED ON!


The Norwegian Blue prefers keepin' on it's back!

atsffan Wrote:
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> I would not have guessed there were that many
> Flying Circus aficionados here.
>
> There was a similar mention of "The Larch" on the
> European Railroads board in the past few days too.


What does that say about us railfans??? Maybe I don't want to know.

This is an ex-tree.

It has expired. It is an ex-tree.

Lovely plumage.

Do we have a location? I'm thinking this is the upper Arkansas Valley.