Now after one of these state police troopers see these picture, they might want to set up check point and wait for you to show up and hoping to give you series of sobriety tests... 
sd80mac wrote:Now after one of these state police troopers see these picture, they might want to set up check point and wait for you to show up and hoping to give you series of sobriety tests...Considering all this was from the 1970's, I would hope they have more pressing issues to address!
Actually, most of the A.S.S. expeditions were "dry". The Adirondack weekends were the only place I recall any "Rule G" violations. But there were a few memorable trips there. At Tupper Lake there was the Faust Hotel, and I think another establishment, fairly near the tracks. Charlie's at Lake Clear Jct. I can't remember any place in Saranac, but at Lake Placid there was.....The Handlebar??.....and another place? Anyway, anybody who might claim the railroad did not bring in any $ to the local economy wasn't along on THOSE trips! We did our best to be impartial and visit them all.
I wish I had the departure time from Tupper Lake, and the arrival time at Beaver River, on one such trip. The rest of the group was long gone when we set out southward. The little Fairmont was wide open the whole way, except for a few dirt crossings and one stop for....well, you know. I vividly recall a deer running across the tracks about 20 feet in front of the speeder, and in my mind I can still hear the mad hammering of the rail joints, the singing of the wheels and the rush of the wind.
Again, with the passing of many years, such activities seem less and less wise. I would not repeat them today and would not encourage anyone else to do so either. It would be way too easy for someone to be hurt or killed. We were lucky. But for better or worse, that's the way it was.
