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Mt. Lowe Railway historic info

Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2017 4:24 pm
by HikeUp
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.

Re: Mt. Lowe Railway historic info

Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2017 9:59 pm
by dima
This is fantastic. Thanks! Haven't seen most of these before. The construction photos are great.

Re: Mt. Lowe Railway historic info

Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2017 1:11 pm
by AW~
Awesome stuff....and of course the people behind the scenes to care.

Re: Mt. Lowe Railway historic info

Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2017 2:01 pm
by HikeUp
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Early 1900's ^

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2008 ^

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1900< ? > 2008 ^

Re: Mt. Lowe Railway historic info

Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2017 3:15 pm
by Sean
Seems like they took that early picture while floating in mid-air just off the track bed.

Re: Mt. Lowe Railway historic info

Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2017 11:44 am
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.