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...
Yes, we may have a lot of warehouses but sadly none are served by UP rails any longer except for one just south of Texum -- that I am aware of anyway... I try...
... In the files section now uploaded are milepost files for both the Modoc Northern and the Lake County Railroad. This information has been gathered from the...
Craig wrote: 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...
MN Railfans; 1. From Modoc Record, dated the week of August 18, 2005: MODOC CENTRAL TO TAKE OVER UP LINE "Blansett said the depot in Alturas will be renovated...
Craig: You wrote in: "...those are great pics you have in the photos section but something's missing... oh, yeah, trains pulled by 4000 series cab forwards!...
LCR Railfans: All my Lake County Railroad photos taken on 9/25/2005 are now uploaded and ready for viewing, except for the maintenance of way equipment, which...
I went as far as Tule Lake today and got some pics of the Tule Lake "station tracks" - nothing there except the old former SP motorcar house, tool house and...
Craig: You made a valiant effort, but no engine or train to be found. We live in hope to see some increase in traffic very soon. November 1 will be a Tuesday....
Chad Thomas posted this on the Trains site 8/5/2005: "It appears we will have a new railroad in northern California & southern Oregon. On September 1st the...
Kind of sort of, anyway... due to a UP freight train derailment near Oakridge, Oregon, Amtrak stopped its northbound Coast Starlight at Klamath Falls and put...
Well, I saw it and photographed it at Tulelake in September, No mention of it on this list since. Is it anywhere on the Modoc? Anyone seen it? Any info at all?...
Hi John, Where in Tulelake was it? I only went as far as the "yard" downtown but didn't go any farther south than the tool sheds... I don't recall if there is...
... Believe me, I looked for WRIX 1761 (and any other engine, for that matter) with great endeavor up and down the Modoc Line on 9/25/05 and found not a single...
REPLY MESSAGE Craig: What a great photo op you had, Craig, even if you did not beat the Coast Starlight to the Texum wye on 10/13/2005! Thanks for sharing. I...
REPLY MESSAGE: From: <http://www.atlasrr.com/Reviews/nb30-7mr.htm> "General Electric introduced the B30-7 to succeed its U30B and built 199 units between...
Craig, JSS2 Railfans: I hear there was a concern that a southbound UP freight train with high cars containing Boeing aircraft parts might have struck the ...
... freight ... the ... Nope, but I was out of town all day ... I'll go to the yard tomorrow if I can and see if there is a scraped Boeing parts car ...
