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Date: 01/19/22 22:27
DRGW in the Royal Gorge
Author: jbwest

Taken by a very nervous photographer standing on what seemed to me to be a very rickety old suspension bridge. October 1990.

JBWX

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Date: 01/20/22 05:49
Re: DRGW in the Royal Gorge
Author: texchief1

Neat shot!

RC Lundgren
Elgin, TX

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Date: 01/20/22 06:44
Re: DRGW in the Royal Gorge
Author: Frisco1522

The sound of those trains winding through the Gorge was a real experience from the bridge.  Diesel exhaust and the flanges squealing were an eerie sounding noise.  Would have loved to hear steam in regular service from there.

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Date: 01/20/22 08:49
Re: DRGW in the Royal Gorge
Author: tomstp

I tried walking on the suspension bridge with the wind blowing about 30-35 MPH.  Had to give it up because of the bridge swinging up and down.  Down in the gorge itself the river made a lot of noise and it was hard to hear a train coming.  I got surprised by one eastbound.  
That gorge is one hell of a place.

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