IIRC, WATCO no longer switches the large Weyehaeuser mill in Springfield, and now Rail Switching Service (RSS) does it now. If so, what do they use for power?...
Finally got around to posting some pics I took in Yreka on the 8/3/06. They are on my site at http://craigsrailroadpages.com/yw/page3.htm Enjoy! Craig...
Many thanks! Tony In a message dated 8/17/2006 12:23:22 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, ... Tony, It is the RSSX 2600 (SW-1500?) I posted a photo in a new folder...
... classic ... I have some pic's of the #112 and a Baldwin diesel at Gardiner OR. Also some of their bulk head flats and box cars. Not sure if you are...
Hi Todd: I personally would love to see the pics of both the boxcars and bulkhead flats, as they were fairly common on Espee trains back in the day. Can you...
Hi all....just posted 3 pictures that I took of the LP&N. One of unit #112 and one each of a LP&N box car and a LP&N bulkhead flat. All in a new folder "LP&N...
See the online story for photos. <http://www.siskiyoudaily.com/articles/2006/09/11/news/doc4505c7c2d70ae343199329.txt> Mill yard escapes Montague train fire By...
News stories are often interesting....sometimes more interesting than the event they report. What really happened, was the 439 (LMLX SD-9, ex-SP 4439) broke a...
Central Oregon and Pacific Railroad Derailed in the RFP yard at Roseburg Forest Products in Dillard. A number of cars tipped over, no injuries reported. Power...
While driving to Redding last Thursday I stopped by the Yreka Depot at 1140 PDT and caught MRS-1 YW 244 just leaving the Yreka depot, pushing an empty bulkhead...
Yes, Fred, the 439 is still in Yreka. It was do doubt stuffed down the old main south of the station to make room on the run-around track. At least that's...
Larry/YW Railfans: Thanks, Larry, for your update on LMLX 439 and the final Blue Goose runs for this year. Now, when you say 'Any takers?', do you mean on...
Fred, et al, The short answer to your question is YES. I'll be firing on both Sundays (Oct. 22 and 29) starting around 0830. Fred, as you and some others...
Hey, look, it's Larry! (Scroll to the bottom of the page.) <http://www.appeal-democrat.com/articles/2006/10/19/news/local_news/news2.txt> -Charles ... <SNIP> ...
Ohmygod, it is! Looking dorkier than usual, too. At the throttle, even! ;-) (Well, now that I'm busted, I'll have to confess having a student engineer's card...
Several issues are prompting this move. The 244 has a few quirks. It doesn't have dynamics, which are needed on descent to the Shasta River. There's the...
Yes, it is confirmed that YW 244 is for sale. Go here: <http://ozarkmountainrailcar.com/alcomrs1244.htm" Text: "Built in 1953 by ALCO as a MRS-1 for the U.S....
Fred, et al, Wow, you sure came up with a complete details on the 244. Methinks you should invest in it! I'd bet you could store it in White City with the...
Back at you Larry. Larry wrote: Wow, you sure came up with a complete details on the 244. Methinks you should invest in it! I'd bet you could store it in White...
Comments below. ... Actually, I'd had a similar thought, though I was thinking it might make a good switcher for the Tigard yard once it is built. ... While...
This is thread is getting confusing, but FUN. I'll post my comments up here. Re: Lou in the cab of the 244: That'd be a foamy riot that would be! Seeing...
Evan Werkema has graciously lent us his outstanding photo of SD9 LMLX 439 being pulled over the grade on its way into Yreka by Baldwin Mikado YW 19 on June 10,...
That was a fun trip. Going downhill out of Montague to the Shasta River, the 439 was pushing us pretty hard and giving Bill K. a workout setting and releasing...
Larry Tuttle wrote: That was a fun trip. Going downhill out of Montague to the Shasta River, the 439 was pushing us pretty hard and giving Bill K. a workout...
Gee, who do you think was doing the work? Hint: the 439 was a cold as a stone. ... -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. ...
So, all of the push came from 439's dead weight on the downgrade then, right? And all of the #19 bark was from the resistance of 439's dead weight, on the...
Fred, et al, We picked up the 439, dead in consist, in Montague on a regular Blue Goose excursion run. There were passengers in the Harrimans and everything....
