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1153 Don Vaughn
juicecars2003 Offline Send Email
Feb 11, 2005
12:55 am
Hello, Group. I found about this from the CNW list, and being of a CGW family, which has most of its property abandoned and removed by now, figured I may fit...
1154 Jeff
islais68 Offline Send Email
Feb 11, 2005
5:16 am
... a ... by ... Hi Don - I have always been partial to the CGW so I am looking forward to what you may find in the "wilds" of Missouri. Most of CGW is gone...
1155 Don Vaughn
juicecars2003 Offline Send Email
Feb 11, 2005
2:46 pm
Jeff - yes, the CGW did come into KC via the MoPac at Leavenworth. Kirmeyer is on the Missouri side, about two miles east of Leavenworth, and I believe there...
1156 Lee Taylor
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Feb 11, 2005
3:04 pm
I hope you have all been following the struggle we are having in trying to preserve the North Pemberton Railroad Station property. You can help by going to...
1157 Mary Beth Wrenn
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Feb 11, 2005
4:13 pm
Hi Lee: What a delight to read your letter to the list! I remember that station fondly, and often thought of buying it myself (when I could afford it!) My...
1158 Lee Taylor
pthtrust Offline Send Email
Feb 11, 2005
4:46 pm
Thank you so much for your interest. We dearly love our station. The Pemberton Hightstown, Pennsylvania RR, Union Transportation Co. and many others have...
1159 Lee Taylor
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Feb 11, 2005
10:10 pm
North Pemberton Railroad Station Guess what? The newspaper took the survey off of their website! Nobody can vote now. Our president called up the editor and...
1160 thomas klingbiel
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Feb 11, 2005
11:36 pm
Lee- What is this about ... some station? I'm sorry, please fill me in!?! Thanks, Thomas Klingbiel ... Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search presents - Jib Jab's...
1161 Lee Taylor
pthtrust Offline Send Email
Feb 12, 2005
12:02 am
Thank you so much for your interest. We dearly love our station. The Pemberton Hightstown, Pennsylvania RR, Union Transportation Co. and many others have...
1162 thomas klingbiel
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Feb 12, 2005
12:52 am
Lee Taylor- You mentioned how "you had the money to start building," Did your organization go through the proper channels, and buy the property before the...
1163 Jimmy
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Feb 12, 2005
1:56 am
Here is a question that came to me from Mike Martin: Do you know of a book that would contain information about the history of a specific railroad that existed...
1164 Jimmy
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Feb 12, 2005
2:34 am
Here is what I found so far: This is what the The Historical Guide to North American Railroads says: " The KO&G was incorporated in 1918 as a successor to...
1165 Lee Taylor
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Feb 12, 2005
11:15 am
WaWa hasn't bought the property. The owner of the property was ready to sell it to us. It was the Mayor who turned things around. The owner doesn't care who...
1166 Darrel Drumm
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Feb 12, 2005
7:02 pm
A little more information on the Missouri, Oklahoma & Gulf. When it became the Kansas, Oklahoma & Gulf, it became affiliated not only with the Midland Valley,...
1167 Don Vaughn
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Feb 14, 2005
4:34 am
Hello Group - I've created a folder called "DEVaughn Photos" of some of my rail photos. The first five, posted when I created the folder, are of the Chicago...
1168 mrcooby Offline Send Email Feb 14, 2005
3:14 pm
... That reminded me of a program I saw on early television (maybe Fireside Theatre) and I believe it was called "The Tunnel". Some small children go exploring...
1169 Mike Palmer
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Feb 14, 2005
8:55 pm
... rails-to-trails area on the old {Midland Valley} MV ... In the early 90s I was in the Tulsa, OK area for a couple of days. The MV line through there was...
1170 Darrel Drumm
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Feb 15, 2005
8:14 pm
The bridge over the Arkansas in Tulsa is called "The Pedestrian Bridge." It is used as a bridge from the east to the west shore of the River Parks. There are...
1171 Jeff
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Feb 16, 2005
5:27 am
... the ... Hi Don - Thanks for the photos. Its amazing how fast nature takes back the rights of way after the tracks are abandoned. The same thing even when...
1172 Mike Palmer
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Feb 16, 2005
6:18 am
... meant the Canadian ... Actually you mentioned it above...it was the Arkansas. I looked too quickly at the map and had forgotten the Cimarron is a...
1173 Darrel Drumm
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Feb 16, 2005
8:11 pm
The Texas & Pacific, by then a subsidary of the Missouri Pacific, bought both the Midland Valley and the Kansas, Oklahoma and Gulf. The Santa Fe bought the...
1174 Mark Reynolds
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Feb 17, 2005
7:51 pm
Hello members, I am Mark I am the Operations Mgr. for Broadway Rail Equip. Inc. I am looking for some railroads that are still running the old Baldwin...
1175 James Kirk
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Feb 17, 2005
8:14 pm
SMS Rail Service  P. O. Box 711  510 Heron Drive, Suite 106  Bridgeport NJ 08014 Phone: 856-467-4800 Fax: 856-467-2121 www.sms-pennjerseyrail.com tT ...
1176 Lee Taylor
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Feb 17, 2005
9:02 pm
Mark, The Pemberton Township Historic Trust/North Pemberton RR Station would definitely be interested. We are in the process of restoring a wooden caboose....
1177 tarfh Offline Send Email Feb 19, 2005
10:34 pm
KLRR was apparently envisioned as a freight and passenger route connecting Klamath Falls, Oregon with the Southern Pacific world at Thrall, near Klamathon, in...
1178 x779@...
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Feb 20, 2005
2:24 pm
Who has read the fascinating new book on the CNYEALRR: "Faster Than The Limiteds", by William Shapotkin? http://www.groups.yahoo.com/group/AirLineRR ...
1179 Jeff
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Feb 24, 2005
5:42 am
Hi - I was doing some web surfing and came across this interesting series of photos of an abandoned railroad - my guess would be some sort of mining railroad...
1180 Jeff
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Feb 24, 2005
5:55 am
... John Signor's book: SP's Shasta Division, has photos and a map of this railroad. Jeff Asay - Granite Bay, CA...
1181 Ronald D Shook
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Feb 24, 2005
11:25 pm
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1182 Lee Taylor
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Feb 26, 2005
10:05 am
Guys, we need your help. If any of you could write letters of support for the Pemberton Township Historic Trust/North Pemberton Railroad Station, it would be...
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