a euphemism for P's poorest prose: warm excrement flowing from a pathetic puppet's mouth

[Michael Bailey]

alice kindly wrote:
>
> Thanks MB; you teach well and with humor and tact and cleverness.

well, thank you for those kind words!  In the same Chaucerian clerical
spirit (gladly wolde he lerne, and gladly teche)...

where should we suppose the L.A.H.D.I.D.A. meeting was held?
"an exclusive hot-springs resort up near the Continental Divide" (p 1000)

at the risk of trainspotting -- such a meeting would have to be near a
railway, wouldn't it? --

here's a
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_railroad_crossings_of_the_North_American_continental_divide

the ones in Colorado are ---
Rollins Pass	Colorado	11,660 ft (3,554 m) (1904), 9,239 ft (2,816 m)
(1928)	Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway	Union Pacific
Railroad	1904–present	Original alignment replaced in 1928 by the
Moffat Tunnel [1])

Jones Pass	Colorado		Henderson Mine		1976–1999	Narrow gauge, passed
through the Henderson Tunnel; replaced by a conveyor belt

Boreas Pass	Colorado	11,493 ft (3,503 m)	Denver, South Park and
Pacific Railroad	Colorado and Southern Railway	1882–1937	Narrow gauge

Fremont Pass	Colorado	11,319 ft (3,450 m)	Denver, South Park and
Pacific Railroad	Colorado and Southern Railway	1884–1937	Narrow gauge.
Line south of Climax retained, converted to standard gauge 1943, now
operated by Leadville, Colorado and Southern Railroad

Fremont Pass	Colorado	11,330 ft (3,453 m)	Denver and Rio Grande
Railroad	Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad	1881–1923	Narrow gauge

Tennessee Pass	Colorado	10,424 ft (3,177 m) [2]	Denver and Rio Grande
Railroad	Denver and Rio Grande Railroad	1887–1890	Narrow gauge,
replaced by standard gauge Tennessee Pass Tunnel

Tennessee Pass	Colorado	10,239 ft (3,121 m) (1890), 10,221 ft (3,115
m) (1945) [3]	Denver and Rio Grande Railroad	Union Pacific Railroad
(dormant)	1890–present (dormant since 1997)	Passed through the
Tennessee Pass Tunnel (original tunnel built 1890, replaced in 1945)

Hagerman Pass	Colorado	11,528 ft (3,514 m) (1887),10,953 ft (3,338 m)
(1893)	Colorado Midland Railway	Colorado Midland
Railway	1887–1918	Passed through the Hagerman Tunnel, replaced in 1893
by the Busk-Ivanhoe Tunnel. Reverted to original route between 1897
and 1899

Alpine Tunnel	Colorado	11,612 ft (3,539 m)	Denver, South Park and
Pacific Railroad	Colorado and Southern Railway	1881–1910	Narrow gauge

Marshall Pass	Colorado	10,856 ft (3,309 m) [4]	Denver and Rio Grande
Railroad	Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad	1881–1953	Narrow
gauge. Original D&RG mainline before Tennessee Pass line opened



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