Grizzly Meet Friday, 2010
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Wiseass answer to a math problem: If a train leave Emeryville, California at 0910 and arrives in Chicago, Illinois 2 days later at 1450 and another train leaves Chicago at 1400 and arrives in Emeryville 2 days later at 1610 and it is 2438 miles between the two end points, where will the trains meet?Answer: Grizzly Siding, just east of Glenwood Springs, Colorado, assuming both trains are on time.Show your work:Grizzly siding east of Glenwood Springs in Glenwood Canyon was a classic spot for the CZ to meet in the days when the trains were 17 and 18. Here is a view of the CZs meeting at Grizzly in the 1960s:?
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Mike Tisdale
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