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....
Hi Jim, The layout is owned by Mike Melichar. I operated on it at Prairie Rail this year. It looks like the Prairie Rail website is down at prairierail.com,...
Paul and All, I heard back from Bruce Butler, and he confirmed that the silver pipes were the exhaust vents for electric incinerating toilets. He thought that...
Jim Davis wrote: "I heard back from Bruce Butler, and he confirmed that the silver pipes were the exhaust vents for electric incinerating toilets. He thought ...
TELL TALE EXTRA: SEASONED EATINGS! S W E E T D O U G H One of these small, rich rolls was served on a bread plate with the toast for breakfast. INGREDIENTS ...
TELL TALE EXTRA: FA-LA-LA-LA-LAPWAI, 1922 May, 1922 Branch Line Data, Camas Prairie Railroad Lapwai Branch, Joseph to Grangeville, Idaho, 66.78 miles DATE...
Cool stuff! Thanks for posting it here! I assume the revenue is the entire amount for the branch and not just the NP's half. I wonder what the carloadings...
JD- Mail revenue was marked as N/A as nothing was listed for mail revenue. I've been posting the NP-only branches at the NPTellTale and I'm surprised that the...
Lists, I seem to have found myself into a situation that can't be resisted. There are a group of folks in the Juliaetta/Kendrick, ID area that trying to save...
Thanks for the info. Probably should repost it to all the northwest groups, post photos on flickr, make a Kendrick Depot youtube channel, post to the news...
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