There have been reports on this List of the GP30 purchased or leased by Mike Williams for use on the Camas Prairie 2nd Subdivision, if that operation ever ...
jay850@...
Apr 1, 2005 5:05 pm
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... Jay, What are the reporting marks and number on the unit? I don't have a copy of that magazine, but if you let us know the reporting marks someone might ...
This non-dynamic brake GP30 is numbered 2404 (ex-BNSF) and has the letters "BGCM" on the side of the long hood. If it was put right into storage after its ...
jay850@...
Apr 2, 2005 3:03 pm
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This is realiable second hand information concerning the whereabouts of Mikes Loco. It is still at the rebuild facility in Kansas City, Mo. formally the GM...
... Thanks for the road number. Information I received shows that the UP has no record of the locomotive. I am waiting to hear if BNSF thinks it exists yet....
Paul From a KC time table UP and BNSF both have trakage in the area of the Leeds plant where Mike Williams Loco is stored. One of UPs main line runs through...
Hey guys, I made my trip to the CSP yard this weekend (trip report to follow), and I didn't see any of the CSP-7's that I've seen in the past. In fact, I did...
And now we have word from the STB that RailNet is being taken over by OmniTrax. Roger B The GE locomotives have been distributed to other RailNet properties. ...
... CSP ... Yes, I was back there last September (04), and I thought I saw the dash 7's then, but I noticed at that time that the switcher was gone, and they...
I recently found information about three Potlatch Whitcomb 70-ton 70DE24 units, numbered 73-75 which operated on the logging lines out of Headquarters. From...
... of Headquarters. ... Pete and group, My earliest recollection of the Headquarters area was in 1966 when I was working out of Jaype with a surface...
Hey guys, I wanted to let you know that I posted the better pictures I took, along with a report over on Railroadforums.com. Here is a link, and thanks again...
Hi All, ... Thanks for the link. Looks like the weather cooperated enough for you to get a good shot of a train on the CSP bridge above Lyons Ferry. The UP...
Jim D. Yes, as I thought, the shot of the Great NW RR at Lions Ferry was the shot of the day for me. Like I said in my report, I've always wanted to get a...
I received information that BNSF has no record of this locomotive anywhere either. So, it is probably in storage as some have guessed. Thank you, Richard,...
Good evening all; The Whitcombs were built new for Potlatch. They were similar to a group of 70 ton Whitcombs built for the Canadian National (hope I have...
Here is the answer Tom Burg posted to the WI&M group in reply to the question regarding the Potlatch Whitcomb diesels. Essentially supports John Henderson's...
... by OmniTrax. ... Good afternoon everyone, I talked with the folks in Texas this afternoon regarding the sale of their railroads. The TRAINS newswire...
Ross wrote --> Yes, as I thought, the shot of the Great NW RR at Lions Ferry was the shot of the day for me. Like I said in my report, I've always wanted to...
I have a question for the group. While trying to get my models more correct, I have been looking for information on the converted UP GS gons used to haul logs...
Dave, ... Marc Entze and I have studied these cars quite a bit - they're pretty unique and one of the neat things about the CSP in the 70s and 80s. ... Those...
Jim, Thanks for the run down on these cars. I may use the MDC cars as a temporary solution until I find something that is closer to the prototype (although...
Here is a question for the Jim's, (!) Just south of the town of Reubens there is a curve through an area shown on the maps as "Kippen". Does the CSP use that...
... Dave, The townsite of Kippen is probably a half mile east of the track. There is a road that goes through Reubens toward the south and intersects with...
Dave and Jim, While I am on a roll I will make a comment on the UP log cars also. Those cars were friction bearing and we had a special exemption from the FRA...
The CSP just keeps getting more interesting as I dig deeper! While reading through the December 1977 Railfan magazine article about the CSP, I noticed on page...
... Dave, I can't seem to find the timetable that was in effect at that time but we had a line in the special instructions that "no cars 85 feet or longer are...
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