โAug-31-2022 01:15 PM
โSep-06-2022 10:02 AM
โSep-01-2022 12:53 PM
paulj wrote:
Some history about the railroad to Avery at this
Hiawatha bike trail page. The section of railroad from I90 to Avery is now a bike trail, complete with trestles and tunnels.
https://www.ridethehiawatha.com/history
โSep-01-2022 12:07 PM
โAug-31-2022 07:39 PM
KD4UPL wrote:
In case you care, I suspect that Little Joe road is named after the electric locomotives that the Milwaukee railroad used to run thru that area back in the 1960s and 1970s. They were originally built to be shipped to the Soviet Union but never went because of political reasons. The railroad crews knew their history and named them Little Joes after Joseph Stalin.
โAug-31-2022 05:24 PM
KD4UPL wrote:
In case you care, I suspect that Little Joe road is named after the electric locomotives that the Milwaukee railroad used to run thru that area back in the 1960s and 1970s. They were originally built to be shipped to the Soviet Union but never went because of political reasons. The railroad crews knew their history and named them Little Joes after Joseph Stalin.
โAug-31-2022 05:16 PM
โAug-31-2022 04:26 PM
cptqueeg wrote:
Avery was an awesome place! Huge burnt out red cedar snags from the fire of 1910 and an absurd number of wooden Burlington Northern railroad trestle bridges. Hope it's weathered the last 40 years better than most places have.
It's definitely on my list to revisit.
โAug-31-2022 02:18 PM
โAug-31-2022 02:05 PM
paulj wrote:
From Google Maps, it looks like Little Joe Rd in Montana is gavel - judging by a mix of Streetview and Sat. But on the Idaho side it looks like pavement - that is I can see center line paint in the Sat view (no streetview). The high point is on the stateline.
From the bike route profile, there's about a 3000 ft climb to the pass.
โAug-31-2022 01:51 PM