Thursday, October 2, 2025

A locomotive being swung across a canyon with the Rio Grande River below. New Mexico. c.1915.


 

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  1. Rio Grande River? Are you stuttering?

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  2. They did some truly crazy arse cable stuff back then.

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  3. So is that an illegal Mexican sneaking into the States or what?

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  4. Now that is truly someone's worst nightmare! There had to have been a better way.

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  5. Apparently, border smuggling has been going on for quite a while ... Illicit drugs - electronics - cattle - ... the list goes on and on.

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  6. Looks like it might be up around Bandelier or White Rock.

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  7. they did some amazing feats back then with basic stuff

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