Hello, My name is Matt, I am the new member here. I right now am a student at University of Idaho, I became interested in CSP when I drove up highway 95...
Hi Matt Welcome to the group. Discussions have been a little slow recently, but you'll find lots of stuff in the message archives, and in the Files and Photos...
Subject: st maries, idaho regarding the reconstruction of the benewah trestle on the ex-milwaukee road mainline in idaho: the latest i am hearing is the crew...
Do you have any photos? Has there been any change to the bridge? Last time I saw it, (August) the crane and flat car had been taken out of the lake and the...
Matt and All, Roland sent me note of-list saying that his info came from an aquaintence; he hadn't been to St Maries himself. He said that winter's too cold...
Does anybody know what is up with the solid line of center beam flats on the main that stretches from Culdesac to Sweetwater? Are those being stored?...
Matt, Railroads are storing centerbeam flatcars all over the place. My understanding is that the current lumber market downturn has corresponded with...
That's what I thought. The W&I has a similar deal with BNSF, storing a bunch in Potlatch that they can use. Where is the BG&CM going to load lumber though? ...
... Matt, In addition to the cars you saw on the second sub, Lenore siding is full, track 3 at Orofino is full, and I understand any tracks not needed for...
Re recent comments about stored centerbeam cars on the former CSP subs, yards, etc: I don't think the cause is a flood of new cars on the market. FMC's plant...
... Hi John, Good to hear from you once again! I agree with your assessment of the situation. I had a pole building put up for a shop in 2005 and kind of...
Yes the timber industry has been in a big downturn for the last several months, every since the housing market took a nosedive. Many of the mills that are not...
That's a useful reference with a lot of good info. It also says a lot besides housing markets drop off. Mill consolidations and shortage of logs. Whats with...
Hi Folks, I got the NPRHA's HO-scale version of the NP 3rd Class/Class C depot for my birthday. This is the depot plan that the NP used on the south end of...
Jim, The only decent photo I have is from the move in the 70s. The two story part is blocked up in the air getting ready to be moved. The expansion had been ...
The NP group store lists a compilation of a seminar on stations with slides from that presentation. This may be the seminar you remember. Jerry ... ...
... Hi Jim and happy birthday! I might have driven by the old freight house many times after moving to Lewiston, but by the time I began to work in Lewiston,...
Jim the Mainstreeter Vol 13 No.2 Spring 1994 has a photo of Lewiston depot in 1968. I am not sure if you are talking about freight or passenger depot as...
... Thanks for reminding me about the Mainstreeter article on th P&L. It's a good resource. The Lewiston depot shown in that article is the brick passenger...
Hi Gang, Found this little tidbit in the Clearwater Tribune from Orofino. May or may not affect the rail operations, time will tell.... Jim Morefield Konkol...
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