It is now about a year since I toured the area covered by ths group an besides the notes, photo's and slides I took back then I like to add some books to my...
Hi Gang, Okay, here's a list of my favorite books about Pacific Northwest or Inland Northwest railroads. Some (most?) are out of print but are still ...
If you liked those books, you need to check out these books: Inland Empire; DC Corbin and Spokane by John Fahey Seattle, University of Washington Press [1965] ...
Ted, Thanks for adding to the book list. I own some that you list and have read others. I didn't list the SP&S books because, well, I got tired of typing....
Jim, Ted Thanks again for the combined effort, the book on the CSP will be high on my list but since it is already published in 1986 I think my chances of...
Gijs and All ... They can be found. Try contacting Sharon Prantle at PF&S Railway Supply in Pasco WA. They had a couple awhile back, and still might. P.F.&...
... do ... It's ... Can you elaborate on what matters hold back a second edition? Meanwhile I will try to get my hands on a unused copy of the first and keep...
Gijs and All ... Well, there's a number of reasons that I feel that way. Given the shortcomings of the RR on Stilts book, I would expect any serious author to...
The author of "Stilts .. " is in poor health. PFM also had a bit of a bad habit of rushing books into production. Hal's other book, a bit of a landmark on the...
Dera all Thanks for the exhaustive replies and support. Meanwhile I have contacted P.F.& S. Railway Supply, Inc. and they are out of stock. So I wait and see...
Hi Folks, Does anyone out there have a copy of a Camas Prairie RR (the preRailNet version) switch list? It can be either a blank form or one that's been used....
Hey guys, My name is Ross Fotheringham, and I'm from Everett Wa. I will be over in Clarkston the first weekend in April, and was hoping you guys could help me...
... Hi Ross, A couple of weeks ago the Ayer Turn (west) was on duty at 1100 hours at East Lewiston. They may have changed the call time to 1000 hours with the...
Thanks Jim, Looks like I'm going to have to try the Ayer Turn Friday morning. I've never foamed, or scouted this route before. Some advice is needed please: ...
Ross and All, ... I don't think that you can do Steptoe Canyon, Central Ferry, and Lyon's Ferry in one trip, or at least all in one outbound trip, unless they ...
Ok, thank you very much Jim. That makes my decision easy. I really want to get a shot of the consist crossing the Snake near Lions Ferry. I think that would...
... Ross, Jim D. gave you good advice as far as trying to get multiple shots of the train. Depending on the weather, there might not be a stop at Central Ferry...
For the past few days there has been a very interesting thread in the Northern Pacific modelers Yahoo group about mining in the Kelogg- Wallace area. Several...
... Seldom for the purpose intended while I was still working, usually the maintenance of way has equipment stored on it. If the CSP used only one unit on the...
The wye according to some of the employees I talked to that worked at Ayer when it was a major switching facility was used several times a day. Once the Hinkle...
... No, Ayer Jct is on the mainline north/east of Ayer some distance, and it doesn't have a wye. The Ayer wye was most likely built to turn locomotives. As I...
I'm kinda surprised the whole wye hasn't been torn out yet on one hand, but UP still does find reason to keep it. Recently the wye was out of service because...
... Several years ago we were encountering problems with empty Canadian grain trains originating at Kalama/Seattle/Tacoma running out of fuel in between Hinkle...
Ryan and group, In the mid 1980s I began riding each train on the CSP once or twice a month to get a trainman's view of track conditions since a train rides a...
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