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Re: Toss me a line someone?
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lugnet.pirates
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Sat, 6 May 2000 01:00:22 GMT
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> I was in the state of Pennsylvania lately and picked up
> a free comic book, some interstate thing. But, it had
> an interesting idea, a Portage Railway. Boats on TRAIN
> wheels. You might be able to do the same, with mods here
> and there. Just a thought.
Huntsville & Lake Of Bays Railway, Huntsville, Ontario was a portage railway.
Carried smaller boats, but mustly carried the passengers and cargo. Currently
undergoing restoration. Perhaps look for it on the web (don't have a addy)
Other ones, I can think of include: Hay Incline, (Coalbrookdale, UK), Marine
Railway, Big Chute Ontario (look under Canadian National Parks, it is listed)
The book "The Sentinel, Volume 1" has a account of getting a steamship to one
of the african lakes, and the adventures of doing so. I doubt you will be able
to get a copy however (limited press run book)
(it involved barges, and hundreds of coolies dragging the engine parts around a
falls...amongst other obsticals)
James Powell
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| (...) I was in the state of Pennsylvania lately and picked up a free comic book, some interstate thing. But, it had an interesting idea, a Portage Railway. Boats on TRAIN wheels. You might be able to do the same, with mods here and there. Just a (...) (25 years ago, 6-May-00, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.loc.us.pa)
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