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Show i ) V f I A M - A it :"'i'r . - l J V 1 i e tiiiniwiii" wW! "2 1 fe. - : r One of Ibe west's oldest industries in-dustries - cottinf ties high on Wyominf's Elk Mountain for I'nion Tsciflo Railroad - bas (one modern as these pictures show. Above, a veteran tie back has foresaken his traditional as for a portable power saw. Below, Be-low, a spinning kicker hurls a slab of scrap far ont to the discard pile, which beats carry-in( carry-in( it by band. More than 500,000 ties come off of Elk Mountain annually to help fill a portion of tbe railroad's needs. |