I have posted a picture I took a few years ago of one of the Klamath Northern's switchers at the California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento. I have been...
Craig: Too bad your visit to the Klamath Northern was impeded by snow. Sounds like you are in need a set of snow shoes to complete your trainspotting gear!...
Craig, Sorry, the quality of shots from that camera wasn't the best. The location is at the defect detector on Likely Loop, MP 436. Glad you like the pics. ...
No...it did not look nearly that good while actually owned by the KNOR. For those who are not aware Rob Jacox has a pretty good Klamath Northern page on his...
Jeff: You confirmed my suspicions. Thanks for the links on the KNOR. ... ............. Jeff Moore replied: No...it did not look nearly that good while ...
Today at around 11:15 AM I spotted MNRR 1011 & UP 2912 in the Klamath Falls yard - this time they were in the main yard area just south of the Sixth Street...
You know, there is just something about seeing a green painted shortline-owned locomotive with a General Electric profile just south of S. 6th street that kind...
Today was interesting. Found out that MNRR was not running to Alturas today due to a derailment on the Lake County. Instead, they were going to do some...
Great update Craig! I always seem to be minus my tripod when the opportunity presents for a shot of something, too. Keep up the great work. Happy New Year. ...
Knowing that the Modoc Northern was going to Alturas yesterday, I was kind of surprised to see the 1011 and UP 9212 still sitting in the Klamath Falls yard...
Craig, What a great set of pictures! I wish I would have been there to see all. Thank you so much for providing such good information and pictures for all of...
Craig: Sure enjoyed your report and pictures! You must have spent the whole night putting it together and uploading it all on your site after you got back....
... 45 cars. Mostly covered hoppers, with I believe three wood chip cars and a couple of centerbeam flats. As for my staying up till 3AM to finish updating...
Craig: 3 AM! I understand you there. Done it myself! Get it down before it all leaks out! 45 covered hoppers to Alturas!? For LCR? What's happening here? ...
She also spits about three times a second. Well, her air dryers do, anyway. I guess that's normal for these big GE's with electric air compressors. Due to a...
LCR Railfans: So, we're talking about to separate derailments here, one on 1/5 and one on 1/12. Correct? <http://wplives.org/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi? ...
The 1011 is currently down with a compressor failure and is parked with the 7780 in Tulelake. The parts for the 7780 are in hand and she should be up and...
Chad Thomas sent me some of his father's photos of this most recent derailment. I now have them up on my Lake County Railroad webpage at the following link: ...
Hi Craig, Any word on MN's "new" power? I remember the mention that they were putting feelers out for 8-40 type power to run on the line. Hopefully they can...
... If I recall correctly, three six axle dash-8 locomotives have been ordered from National Railway Equipment. They will be complete rebuilds, essentially...
Copic Wye? Ken Harrison's notes at: <http://www.trainnet.org/Libraries/Lib002/SPSTNS.TXT> list no wye or turntable at Copic, just the following Copic 520.3, ...
... Craig, what Jack was referring to was that the old SP Copic Local was bulletined to work as far as Copic. In railroadese, the reference to "turning" there...
I added some old photos today in a new album called The Lakeview Branch. Included are the Lake County Railroad Dedication ceremony in January 1986, the last...
Craig Bass wrote: "There was also one [wye] at Canby, as well as the Alturas yard, but currently the only wye in existence on the MNRR is Texum and Perez." My...
Greg: Greg, thanks for posting those vintage shots of the Lakeview Branch Line. And, oh, joy!!!, is that SP 3859 in your photos? This GP9 has been around. ...
Fred, thank you for the kind comments. Yes, that is the SP 3859. When I scanned the b/w negs year before last, I was really surprised to see I had shot it on...
