LCR Railfans: While taking photos at Willow Creek, CA on the LCR along Goose Lake this weekend, a local resident came up to tell me I was trespassing on his...
Be sure to check out the Rusting Relics photo album. I didn't know about these old steam engines hiding out in Merrill, OR. What a find! And the Ten Wheeler...
Modoc Northern & Lake County Railroad Fans: A cheerful welcome all of you who have recently joined this Jefferson State Shortlines 2 Yahoo Group site! ...
My name is Craig Bass and I live in Klamath Falls, Oregon. I have been fascintated by the SP's Modoc line for many years, ever since I first followed its route...
While I don't immediately recall the gentleman's name, these relics are owned by a guy who had planned to build the Great Western Railroad Museum in the area....
Greetings- The man's name is Fred Kepner. He and his mother Lucy started purchasing railroad equipment, mostly logging related, several decades ago. They put...
Jeff wrote: As it happens I am building pages for High Desert Rails right now that will cover the Southern Pacific and Lake County railroads. I plan to add a...
CRAIG BASS WROTE: Last time I was in Alturas I noticed a fenced compound a few miles west of town, and adjacent to the UP tracks, that had quite a bit of older...
CRAIG BASS WROTE: My name is Craig Bass and I live in Klamath Falls, Oregon. I have been fascintated by the SP's Modoc line for many years, ever since I first...
The fenced compound is the old sawmill...Pickering started the mill shortly after the Modoc line opened, and they started construction on some logging...
Jeff and I go way back in our correlation of interest in the McCloud and he is an excellent source of info on most things railroad. (Hi Jeff, didn't figure...
As Jeff says, BUY THE BOOK! There is a bookstore here in town that has a very limited number of copies autographed by Jack Bowden (as I understand it he is a...
Craig- Jack lives there in K-Falls...Onyx Lane address. I've corresponded with him a few times...he allowed me to use a HUGE collection of his photos on my...
Craig- Not a problem...feel free to link away... I've had people tell me that two things tend to go as they get older. The first is their memory...and then...
Craig/Jeff: The phrase ..."so close, yet so far away"... is not adequate to describe my disappointment in missing the Juniper Siding just west beyond the hill...
Craig: Please, let me know the name and location of this bookstore. What a deal! Are they open Saturday? I'm planning an all nighter tonight-- to chase the...
Hi all! I'm a keen railfan from lincolnshire in the UK, I am intending to build a model based on shortline/secondary line practice in the N/west. The photos on...
John- I have two websites that may be of some interest or use to you... http://www.trainweb.org/mccloudrails (McCloud River Railroad, McCloud Railway Company,...
Modoc Northern Railfans: Checking on reporting marks already catalogued, I found the following, but no "MN": MNA Missouri and Northern Arkansas Railroad...
... After rereading the Herald and News article of Saturday, Aug. 20, 2005, I do not think UCRY will be the reporting mark for the Modoc Northern. There is...
John of Lincolnshire: Here are a few items I hope will help you with your modeling: In Jack Bowden & Tom Dill's book: The Modoc: Southern Pacific's Backdoor to...
Greg: You are so right! NCO is correct; ONC is in error. Did I give the ONC Motor Freight System credit for the Lakeview depot? Perhaps, being an Oregonian, I...
I have been keeping an eye on the Klamath Falls UP yard as I cross over it each day -- I had heard a rumor that MN's locomotives were already here but I have...
Craig: Those rumors, if not completely true, usually have enough fact in them to get me excited. I am presently tied down westslope, but something in me just...
JSS2 Railfans: John Shaw has given his permission to post his photo of GP9 WRIX 1761 at JSS2. Thank you, John! I thought it would be nice to show the old...
Since Tulelake (or, Tule Lake as designated by S.P.) will be the Modoc Northern's headquarters I wonder if they will set up an engine servicing facility there...
