Re: [DL] Now I need plot help too!

[ERIK WEISSENGRUBER <eweissen@watarts.uwaterloo.ca>]

Wagon trails, wagon trails, wagon trails.

Early trains were based on the width of wagons.

Wagons form ruts in the road, so it becomes easier for other wagons to
follow them (wagons developed from the traditional axle width of
horse-drawn carts).

So even a steam wagon would have the standard axle width, and could follow
wagon trails thru the mountains.

Problems:
finding a wagon trail
wagon trail leads thru mountain pass -- and is guarded by indians, bandits,
tax officials, wierdies
wagon trail is snowed in.
Boiler is working overtime -- QUADRUPLE ghost rock expenditures (ah hell,
multiply expenditures by 10 to indicate both the strain needed to go
uphill, and to simulate the extra mileage of twisting, turning roads)
Frequent stops for water (i.e. melt the snow)





At 08:23 PM 1/12/00 -0500, you wrote:
>Well I got them started on the journey... on a wagon... now for another
>question.... How do they get through the mountains?  They don't have the
money
>for mad science inventions.  And as much fun as it would be to shoot them
>down... putting them in the air for free just doesn't sound like a good
idea to
>me.
>
>Thanks in advance
>Dirk
>
>P.S.  Every one send me any hexes that you have created.... I am looking
for a
>bunch of interesting ones to throw at my posse... Thanks.
>
>Jeff Tolle wrote:
>
>> Here There Be Mild Spoilers:
>>
>> This is prolly to little to late, but if you have the Devil's Tower trilogy
>> (2nd & 3rd book) or Smith and Robards there is some info on travel time
>> using Mad Science vehicles.
>>
>> An Air Carriage or better still an Ornithopter would reatly reduce thier
>> travel time.  If thats what you are into that is.
>>
>> Jeff "I like putting my posse in the air" Tolle
>>
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>> >From: Allan Seyberth <darious@darious.com>
>> >
>> >At 05:13 PM 1/11/00 -0500, you wrote:
>> >>How long would it take to get to shan fan from salt lake city.. and
>>what
>> >>method of transportation would it involve?
>> >
>> >Horse to Sacramento, horse or coach to Virginia City, Denver Pacific >rail
>> >to Salt Lake. Roughly two weeks - the first week and a half >would be
spent
>> >just getting to Virginia City.
>>
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