. Winter sports at Huntington Lake Lodge in the High Sierras; the story of the first annual ice and snow carnival of the Commercial Club of Fresno, California . this kind of railroading, so the Shay engines,similar to those used to overcome the grades of , are used. These are different from theordinary rod-and-piston-driven engines, in that thepower is applied by cogs to each of the six wheels ofthe engine, hence, though they travel much slower,they can overcome grades, hauling heavy loads im-possible to the ordinary type of engine. From now on there were no straight stretches. Wew
. Winter sports at Huntington Lake Lodge in the High Sierras; the story of the first annual ice and snow carnival of the Commercial Club of Fresno, California . this kind of railroading, so the Shay engines,similar to those used to overcome the grades of , are used. These are different from theordinary rod-and-piston-driven engines, in that thepower is applied by cogs to each of the six wheels ofthe engine, hence, though they travel much slower,they can overcome grades, hauling heavy loads im-possible to the ordinary type of engine. From now on there were no straight stretches. Wewere on the curve practically every moment, windingin and out of the rudely scalloped segments of themountains shoulders. In and around, but ever upand up, we climbed, until a full view of the valley ofthe San Joaquin was presented. Its expansivenessand gentle upslope are its chief characteristics. Ithas none of the wild and picturesque, turbulent andchaotic ruggedness of the eastern slopes of the Sier-ras. Here the glaciers have ploughed their waydown and over an easy slope, leaving their mud anddebris deposits all the way down, to form fertile soil[22].
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