Has this list been dead lately or is it just summer doldrums? Anyway, still thinning the herd of models, and I'm letting one of my custom Walla Walla Valley...
... Rather quiet the past month--maybe everyone is depressed by the high gas prices. Very nice job on the WWV HH660--almost makes me want to take up HO scale. ...
Hi... New here. I have a question: Do the 1970 NP track charts include the CP? I'm thinking of western branch lines, #47-63. And if they do include the CP,...
Hi Dave, Yes, the 1970 branch line track charts include the Camas Prairie. #50 is the P&L and #51 is the "Clearwater Shortline" (1st sub), #52 is the "Orofino...
... It was cancelled after a couple of years and the equipment went away. I assume that they weren't making enough money to stay in business, but if I heard...
I'm making two models of PCC GP30's in HO scale, and to do that I needed to have custom decal sheets made for them. I figured that I can't be the only person...
The following story came from the Lewiston Tribune, June 22 2008. Matt Moscow/Boise Staying on track Car storage making it possible for short lines to survive...
Thanks for forwarding that article. It is good to see the operators seem committed to keeping the lines open. Too bad the state of Idaho doesn't to want to...
There's two critical items omitted from the story (no suprise there given the source!) that need comment. First, although it is true that as diesel prices...
Dave Smith wrote of grain shipments on the Palouse --> Secondly, there is a growing demand for containerized grain shipping options out of this region. <-- ...
I don't have the specific rate numbers, but I can tell you that containerized grain shipments occur in large part due to the relative trade imbalance between...
I was doing some research recently at the MHS in St. Paul on the topic of "new" Mechanical Refrigerator cars and mention was made (about 1954) about the...
James, I believe that the Snow Crop plant was what eventually became Twin City Foods. If so, the CSP got considerable business from them. Can anyone confirm...
Interesting that this came up. I worked at the Snow Crop plant for a couple of summers, about 1952 - 54. I was a forklift driver in '54, loading frozen peas...
Jim, Wasn't Twin City Foods the original name of the freezer plant, then became Sno-Crop (early spelling). I seem to remember seeing Twin City stuff in the...
Ole Dan wrote --> I worked at the Snow Crop plant for a couple of summers, about 1952-54........ The cold rooms (-16 degrees F)....... It was a pleasant place...
Bill, I did the paper mill thing after the pea season ended, plus one full summer ('55 I think). It was about the same temperature in the finishing room as in ...
Hi all I just joined this group, I am on several others. I am looking at gathering info on the various log and chip cars used in the NW. Thanks Albert Spor ...
From the Mar 1951 Lewiston phone book & 1952 NP industry guide: Snow Crop Marketers, Division of Clinton Foods... By 1967, from the '67 NP industry guide, it...
Matt Sugerman wrote --> Stinkin' hot, TX <- Ole Dan and I can speak to the fact that working summers in the pulp and paper mill in Lewiston gives literal...
OK - Since I started the thread here is the information that sparked the question. Disclaimer: As I research the NP (with a VERY soft spot for the CSP), the...
Hi everybody, I am new to this group. I am living in Germany and work as general manager for one of our important German railroad divisions in Munich. But my...
Ditto! Neat stuff! As an aside, I was going through a box of old AFEs Dave Sprau passed me last night and found one on a Sawdey and Hunt cold storage warehouse...
Chris, ... You probably know that the 2nd Sub/Grangeville line is abandoned and being used for car storage. They have about 15 miles of cars stored on the...
Thank you, Jim! I will let you know, when I am arr. in Lewistown. Maybe someone has the time and interest to share some railfanning together overthere. Chris...
Just a thumbnail. Sorry for the formatting, but it's Excel to email (nasty). Hopefully taking the data to a generic text editor like Notepad should clean...
Thanks for all the info. Just another question: Recently I saw a picture of an Black Widow F-Unit around Palouse. Could anyone maybe provide me with...
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