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2719 Louis Rugani
mrcooby Offline Send Email
Feb 3, 2009
6:28 am
Thanks to all who voted in this poll, which closes Friday. If you missed it, please click the link below. It's a chance to revive this nearly-dormant 1855...
2720 seeadler14 Offline Send Email Feb 3, 2009
11:42 am
Greetings I have just posted a few photos of the Poughkeepsie RR Bridge fire. The bridge burned in May of 1974, and ended service over the hudson River by then...
2721 seeadler14 Offline Send Email Feb 3, 2009
11:46 am
Travels with Pop I've had more than just a passing interest in trains, railroads and photography since I was a small boy. That interest can be directly...
2722 rbhubbell Offline Send Email Feb 4, 2009
1:15 pm
I was there as a kid on the day that it burned. My family used to buy lumber in wholesale lots from a dealer located just north of the bridge. I always...
2723 seeadler14 Offline Send Email Feb 7, 2009
12:48 pm
2724 roderick
yorkkentsussex Offline Send Email
Feb 25, 2009
4:59 pm
hi there! im a new guy. just how much trackage of the old cnw, has gone for good. are there any books on this subject. thanks for any help. roderick....
2725 D.T
nebraskarookie Offline Send Email
Feb 26, 2009
12:31 am
I don't know about the C&NW as a whole, but there is a nice book called "The Cowboy Line" about the line across northern Nebraska. ... From: roderick To:...
2726 Paul Horst
prhorst Offline Send Email
Feb 26, 2009
1:28 am
Always good to hear from a fellow C&NW fan. I've written a book on a small (70 miles) branch of the Chicago & NorthWestern titled "The Midland Branch" in Iowa....
2727 LaVerne Brummel
hiawatha1958 Offline Send Email
Feb 27, 2009
12:01 am
Hi Roderick, I recommend the "Abandonments Book" which lists all lines and trackage abandoned by the C&NW. The book came out in 1999 and is available from the...
2728 roderick
yorkkentsussex Offline Send Email
Feb 27, 2009
5:32 pm
to the 3 lads who have got in touch with me, thank you all for your advice. as regards the book i am very interested, how much from the states to the uk? ...
2729 LaVerne Brummel
hiawatha1958 Offline Send Email
Feb 28, 2009
1:02 am
Roderick, The website for the C&NW Historical Society is: http://www.cnwhs.org/ And there are yahoo groups for those interested in the C&NW. Verne Brummel, ...
2730 keithjohns43 Offline Send Email Mar 8, 2009
3:24 am
I was wondering if any of the members ever plan any train watching or rail fan trips to some of the popular current or former train watching locations or...
2731 Stephen Hjellum
stephenhjell... Offline Send Email
Mar 8, 2009
3:27 am
some day hopefully in the not too distant future Stephen Hjellum ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
2732 Daniel Humphrey
kslrr Offline Send Email
Mar 8, 2009
4:42 pm
A good trip would be to follow the route of the California Southern from Perris to Ocean Side (Fallbrook Jct). The California Southern was a Sante Fe...
2733 Andrew
laverdiereaf Offline Send Email
Mar 11, 2009
6:50 pm
My name is Andrew Laverdiere. I've been contributing to Greg's website for a short time now when I found that I had photographed an old railroad bridge in...
2734 Eric Fleet
fleet_eric Offline Send Email
Mar 12, 2009
3:22 am
My friend who is contributed to this website below gave me his 32 pictures of the old railroad wooden trestles and iron truss crossing Hatchie River near...
2735 donaldburt Offline Send Email Mar 17, 2009
1:58 am
Greetings All; My name is Donald Burt. I am a manager of computer technicians for the New York City Metro Area. I live in Whitehouse Station, NJ along New...
2736 Don Vaughn
juicecars2003 Offline Send Email
Mar 21, 2009
2:01 am
Greetings, Andrew and Donald - welcome to the group. While I am not a moderator/owner, I post now and again from the midwest, northern Iowa specifically these...
2737 donaldburt Offline Send Email Mar 21, 2009
2:16 pm
Group, In a reversal of the trend it appears that some of the abandoned Lackawanna Cutoff is finally being rehabilitated! ...
2738 Don Kirk
don_l_kirk Offline Send Email
Mar 23, 2009
11:59 pm
The Central Oregon & Pacific Railroad (CORP), had applied to abandon it's Coos Bay Line out of Eugene, Oregon; but on the last day the government gave the Port...
2739 Andrew
laverdiereaf Offline Send Email
Mar 24, 2009
5:04 am
... Gee. Why are the officials suddenly "discovering" that rail is an answer to insanely crowded highways. 8) Here in Northern California, some progress in...
2740 rbhubbell Offline Send Email Mar 24, 2009
11:56 am
I appreciate your enthusiasm Don, but this line is a long way from being restored. Someone is going to have to come up with millions to put the line back into...
2741 Don Kirk
don_l_kirk Offline Send Email
Mar 25, 2009
5:41 pm
From what has been said, much of, or most of the money is already available. They have been given the money designated to CORp, to build the Winchester Yard....
2742 Andrew
laverdiereaf Offline Send Email
Mar 30, 2009
6:09 pm
Hi all. I saw a rare sight yesterday as I was driving on the highway in Oakland. Imagine a Southern Pacific diesel engine, with the original paint...
2743 Thomas
derail0052 Offline Send Email
Mar 31, 2009
12:31 am
Andrew, it would be good to see once again a fresh coat of original SP paint. I work as an Engineer for the St. Croix Valley Railroad. We were promised an...
2744 Rob Swartz
tpwmon Offline Send Email
Mar 31, 2009
3:20 am
Wow, am I reading into this correctly that a fresh coat of vintage SP paint would be welcomed, but a more expensive (depending on the version chosen, of...
2745 Andrew
laverdiereaf Offline Send Email
Mar 31, 2009
5:51 pm
... To tell you the truth, I'm rather clueless about types of railroad engines and haven't gotten a hand on all the variations and the confusing number/letter...
2746 Adam
chessie3848 Offline Send Email
Apr 3, 2009
1:52 pm
Hi everyone! It's Adam from Ohio, and we have some interesting developments going on here. well, first off the state of Ohio is getting close to finalizing...
2747 Edward A. Black, Sr.
w6uyf Offline Send Email
Apr 3, 2009
3:23 pm
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2748 Jerry Jankura
toolznglue Offline Send Email
Apr 3, 2009
7:51 pm
... Hi, Adam: Can you provide a web site where you're finding this information? I'm in Strongsville and would be interested in reading about the location of...
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