Mt. Lowe Railway historic info

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HikeUp
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I had not seen this site before as well as some of the old photos and sketches. Enjoy.

http://waterandpower.org/museum/Mt_Lowe_Railway.html

note some of the pictures are linked from Paul Ayer's facebook page thingy.
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dima
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This is fantastic. Thanks! Haven't seen most of these before. The construction photos are great.
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Awesome stuff....and of course the people behind the scenes to care.
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1.jpg

Early 1900's ^

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2008 ^

2.jpg
1900< ? > 2008 ^
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Sean
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Post by Sean »

Seems like they took that early picture while floating in mid-air just off the track bed.
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Post by JeffH »

These are some cool pictures. Makes me want to go back up and visit. I've been to Echo Mountain a couple of times and Inspiration Point once but nowhere else in that area.
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