@palallin posted:In this vein, you might wish to read up on Stonewall Jackson's theft of 18 engines from the B&O and moving them 38 miles cross-country:
Certainly not to diminish the accomplishments of these men which was super human or at least super horse. Macadam is a much different surface than what was the pretense in the movie. Macadam is an engineered surface with layers of stone and the grit and dust produced in crushing the stone mixed together with a layer of bitumen on top for water resistance. Macadam was essentially the super highway of the nineteenth century common well into the middle of the twentieth century. Never the less one heck of an accomplishment. Thanks for showing that to us, well worth the read. Probably a better read than the movie was a watch. I'm glad I saw both though. j
