See Photos under "Shane's Pics/9-14-05" Had a work partner along with me today who doesn't quite share the same interest in this project as I...so this set of...
Shane/CORPmw Railfans: Thanks, Shane, for the Cordes update. Do keep the photos coming as work progresses. Do you plan to be there for the official grand ...
While waiting for Job 502 to arrive today, I noted GP38-3 CORP 3811 on the Clark Street siding with 4 100-ton hoppers of ballast. It departed with these cars...
Unfortunately, I won't be around for its completion, and it's very likely that this will be my final set of photos, at least for a while. I'll be moved to...
Here's a question: Would these be the first concrete ties layed under CORP rails, or are there other locations using concrete ties already elsewhere on the...
Shane wrote: Unfortunately, I won't be around for its completion, and it's very likely that this will be my final set of photos, at least for a while. I'll be...
... Thank you! ... Fred, though I'll be moved to Eugene for the upcoming school year, you can continue to count on me to keep my eyes on things on the Coos Bay...
On the home page I uploaded a shot of CORPmen washing their Hyrailers at the Medford Station. LOL! Espee didn't teach them this stuff! Also, Hyrailer fans,...
Well, as Tim "The Toolman" Taylor used to say, "It just needs more power..." :o) Thanks, Brad "Fred K. Harrison" <f4k9h@...> wrote: On the home page...
CORPmw Railfans: While taking photos of Job 509 on Saturday, I noticed that brush had been cleared on the north side of the Black Butte Wye in a swathe about...
There have been 5 or so centerbeams loaded with ties parked in the Cone Lumber spur in Goshen recently. This weekend they had them unloaded trackside. This...
G.G.: Looks like some serious work here. I suppose you will be watching things closely to see just what transpires. Will all this be for a new spur, or a...
... Fred, I don't think it is for a new spur, as the only place you could put in a new spur in the area has already been installed. I thought maybe they were...
Saw a strange contraption distributing ties along the ROW between about mp639 & Spfd. Jnct. (photo in MW Machines folder) A large group of MOW machines was...
... Tell me, is that tie truck a hyrailer? I cannot quite make out what's happening here in this picture. Can you tell me me how this operation works?...
... what's ... operation ... Fred, They had a two wheeled bogie on each side of the truck under the cab area. The front was jacked up so the tires were off the...
Work has been progressing rapidly on the tie work in the Goshen area. It looks like most of the new ties are in. No ballast work yet from what I see. New...
The new tie project continued on Sunday. Work now appears to extend from Spfd. Jnct. (mp644) to near Walker (mp630). Scanner suggests tie gang to be off Monday...
CORPmw Railfans: While chasing Job 508 northward from Dillard through Winston and into Roseburg on 11/19/2005, I noted that ribbon rail had been laid out along...
The Roseburg paper had the following article in it. Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski has put a great deal of effort into helping out the CORP in several ways, and...
CORPmw Railfans: Monday's Medford Mail Tribune had this to say about the CORP and ConnectOregon: 1. An application for a commuter rail system involving the...
Flaws in track cause seven derailments in 18 months By Jack Moran The Register-Guard Published: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 A Roseburg-based railroad carrier...
CORPmw Railfans: A heard a newsbrief on television just before I left for work this afternoon stating that passenger traffic will be running on the CORP over...
According to the news on television last night, TUT has got permission to run excursions over the UPRR leased rails on the CORP Siskiyou Line. Here is one of...
Explorer RDC's in the Rogue Valley? My letter to the Central Point City Council, after learning a local effort in the Rogue Valley is being made to obtain them...
