The Kendrick-Julietta bike path, approx 5 miles, is complete and recently received historical markers along the way to educate users about the history of the...
Hi Gang, ... Looks like Jon W. filled you in on the happenings in Kendrick and Juliaetta. As for my part in that trail, I simply provided a capsule history of...
To all, I created a new "Photos" folder titled Kendrick Depot and posted some recent pictures of the structure and bike trail. Does anyone have photos of NP or...
Does anyone on the list have a photocopy of the Jan 1974 MR article on the NP P&L line that they could send to me? Thank you - please reply off list. David...
David, This is a great article. One of the best photos I've seen of East Lewiston during the steam era is in this article.Also, there is a photo of an NP...
Chris wrote ---> This is a great article. One of the best photos I've seen of East Lewiston during the steam era is in this article.Also, there is a photo of...
My current e-mail address will be droped as of Tuesday June 8th. Starting on June 9th my new e-mail address will be agraupman@.... Hopefully it will take ...
List, I happened to be in Lewiston on Monday night when the train came into town around 21:00 with (what I counted) 98 cars in tow. I had recently been told...
... That's a pretty decent train. ... I think that we can assume that this is an up surge. It might be related to some difficulties that UP's been having...
List, Thank you Jim. I see in this mornings (Wednesday) Lewiston newspaper that WATCO is going to hold a meeting in Orofino about the possibilities of starting...
... operation over here, Stampede Pass (what I know) this obviously is not! What was the main stay of traffic on this branch? Who was/is the main customer and...
From the Address Book of jncmccall And a good, good afternoon, Guys 'n Gals! Yesterday (6-9-04) AM, I happened upon page 6A of our classy "Lewiston Morning...
Dear Orofino Oaf and friends, Having sweated blood and tears for 2-1/2 years over the Second Sub, I trust that anyone who goes to the Forest Service meeting...
I received some exciting news this evening from an online pusher about Life Like announcing Phase I GP9s in both NP and UP. But the best part is that the NP...
While the Canadian regulatory system works somewhat differently at times than does the American system, the end results are pretty much the same on both sides...
I noted the views on closure and think the people who made them are correct. In the UK we to have had our rail closures and to my knowledge the only real ...
Thanks to Peter and Joe for seconding my observations. The odds of fighting a rail abandonment successfully are very poor. Besides the general disinterest in...
Hi all, As Mike indicated, someone has to be on hand with the cash in hand to save the fourth sub. Suppose it is purchased for whatever Watco asks and...
I'm not quite sure why some on this list are acting so suprised at the upcoming abandonment proceedings for the fourth sub, as we've seen this coming ever...
... handled over 5,000 carloads annually< As a shipper of peeled Western Red Cedar Poles via the only option (truck) from Juliaetta, I for one has certainly...
Hi again all, Dave mentioned in an earlier post that Potlatch has been talking to Watco regarding the purchase of the fourth sub. This might be a continuation...
Jim M. wrote ---> The next question would be "why would Potlatch purchase land they already own?" I cannot even begin to understand some things that this...
Hi Gang, ... Well, when the upper end of the branch was abandoned, I don't think that the rails-to-trails legislation had been passed yet, so the land ...
Jim Morefield, here is a photo dated Dec. 1964 of an ice jam over the tracks. Do you recognize the location or any of the folks in the photo? Did this sort of...
Good morning Chris and group, The location of the photo is just east of Forebay, across from Western States Equipmant, the Caterpillar dealer located on...
I remember this quite vividly as I was in the 9th grade in Jennifer Junior High in Lewiston. We had a week of below zero (F) temperatures which caused the...
Hi gang, Most everyone in the local area knows that the 116th Engineering Battalion headquartered in Lewiston is being activated and is heading to Fort Bliss,...
I wrote ---> Many roads were washed out including the new US 95 grade up Lapwaii Canyon and a new I-87 (I-80 North back then) bridge over a creek in the...