JEM (or anyone in Idaho, for that matter)- Does anyone know a retired NP telegrapher in Cul-de-Sac by the name of L.M. Condotta, brother (or cousing) of Wm....
... JP3, Earliest recollection of the agent at Culdesac would have been I. J. Sullivan, (Sully), who was there in the early 1950s. Next agent was Fred Jabbora...
... JP3, Just talked to Fred and he said the agebt before Sullivan was named Gillette and the one before him was Miles which should reach back into the late...
... <whstlpnk@...> wrote: We're trying to run down some NP teletype transcripts from the ... Likely Stop Car at Local Yard, an order for the car to be held...
There was a post earlier about the second sub being ripped up past Laywers Canyon, and yesterday I saw evidence as to that being true. Two gons full of rail...
Recently on this group a question was raised concerning a retired NP/BN employee by the name of L.M. Condotta who was thought to be an agent at Culdesac for a...
... ABOUT HIM AND SOME OF THE OTHER P&L REGULARS. Leno and Frank were always quite the pair. ... an ... morning. ... agent, ... and ... regarding ... showing ...
A friend of mine participated in the 'Story Corps' project of NPR and the Smithsonian (I think they were the sponsors) when it came through Boise. She knows my...
Hi Gang, I recently saw a photo taken at Cottonwood during the late 1970s that shows a cut of covered hoppers spotted for loading at one of the elevators. It...
Jim, Not sure if this is the answer or not, but it is possible that the elevator had a sale to two different customers and ordered UP and BN cars for that...
Jim Thanks for the note. ... I hadn't really thought of that, but it makes sense. I had realized that the mills did that, but for some reason, the idea of...
Bad news this afternoon. The local TV station had a short story of Empire Lumber at Weippe burning down. What little video that I saw showed almost total...
Now that the election coverage is winding down, the local rag indicates only a portion of the mill burned as per the attached article. Jim M. Fire destroys...
Would like very much to make contact w/others who are knowledgeable as reguards the historical aspects of the CSP. Specifically looking to chat w/others who...
Hi Danny, welcome to the group. Have you taken a look at the excellent bibliography that Jim Davis put together in the files section? Perhaps you can introduce...
... placed in the files section. I would very much like to acquire several of these articles w/out the full retail cost of purchasing the magazine as noted...
Gang, Cabooses were eliminated when RailNet took over except for one thing. They had a rule that no one was to ride the side of a freight car so a caboose was...
... Lots of people refer to those Mopac cabooses as transfer cabooses, but they were designed and used as road cabooses. They were made small to save money...
Thanks for the replies. I understand that railroads flags can be of many colors, can I assume that a red flag would be used on the end of train? Would the...
In the NP pictorials there are several photos that show a silver pipe coming out near the front of the top of the short hood and going back towards the cab on...
Paul, et al, Bruce Butler discussed this on the NP modelers list, but IIRC, they were vent pipes for an experimental toilet system and only laste a few...
Hi Gang, A friend of mine who now lives in Arkansas recently mentioned that this summer he was part of an op session on a "superb" CSP layout in Kansas City....
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