"Anybody know what happened to the old engines that were stored on the tracks the tack cars are now occupying? Are they gone for good? I went there two days ago to take measurements off some of the SD-9's but didn't see them."
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J. Sebastien commented on Andrew Roth's video
Taste of the South: An NS GP38-2 Running on the NWP
"People we are talking about trains and sharing information on this website not saving lives or curing cancer. I agree with Mark. Be cool!"
J. Sebastien commented on Scott Kremer's status"Shit if that's the case get them outta there. LPG is no joke"
J. Sebastien commented on Scott Kremer's status"I was under the impression they were empty tank cars."
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SMARTTrain Learning Curve - People Behaving Badly
"It was 1985 that trains actually stopped running on those tracks. Not 1965"
J. Sebastien commented on Andrew Roth's photo
GP9 #1922 Hauling Tank Cars into Schellville
"Micheal I did see the schellville crews making track adjustments and tie replacements along what remains of the Sonoma Branch. Perhaps they are getting ready to store the dead locomotives on that line."
J. Sebastien replied to Richard Hill's discussion Last Passenger Train in Santa Rosa"Yes it was in the 50's. i dont know exactly when though."
"Richard:
You write "But we all decided to not get into politics on this site..."
I don't recall taking any such pledge.
Railroading, as most things in life, is inseparable from government and politics. NCRA, SMART, …"
Richard C. Brand commented on J. Sebastien's status"Fear of crude by rail is neither a politically left or right issue. It's driven by paranoid people across the political spectrum, most of whom listen to radio or read web sites that constantly push fear by focusing on disasters and…"
"The loonies everywhere are trying to stop oil trains. For example, in Benicia, Valero has for several years been trying to win approval to build a crude-by-rail offloading terminal. Two 50-car trains per day would be arriving at the…"
Michael H Harrison commented on J. Sebastien's status"Dave S. - That is my conclusion also. I have also noticed that many communities have a fear of oil trains based on a few bad incidents that involved derailments. Many communities either don't allow railroads to store empty or full tank cars…"
"A few years ago they couldn't manufacture tank cars fast enough to support the fracking boom, and then the Feds mandated revised designs to increased safety standards. Now with depressed crude oil prices, many fracking projects are…"
Michael H Harrison commented on J. Sebastien's status"I just looked on Google earth, I didn't realize that the Sonoma Track went back that far still. On google street view they have those old box cars shoved all the way to the end. "
Michael H Harrison commented on J. Sebastien's status"Richard, I think the dead line would roll again. Its very common that an engine would sit in the dead line for years and move with out a problem. Most recently they broke up the engines in Eureka.
I think parking the engines that they will…"
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Press Democrat article
Everybody please check out the article on the press democrat website with regards to smart construction. Then check out the coments people posted from thier Facebook followers, or should I say idiots.
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 8:08pm — 8 Comments
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- At 11:02am on May 24, 2013,
Andrew F. Laverdiere said… Hey there! Mind if I get some links to your Sausalito pictures for my Google maps project?
- At 6:07am on July 8, 2012,
Matt Helm said… - Thank you.
- At 10:31pm on April 24, 2012,
Mike Davis said… were you there last night? I didn't see you
- At 9:53pm on January 13, 2012,
Zachary M. Toler said… J, I commented on http://nwprr.net/photo/shellville-ca?commentId=3290209%3AComment%3A64520&xg_source=activity, but it appears it was deleted. Anyway, as far as other Alcos on our railroad, CWR had three ex ESPEE RS11s after they retired the Baldwins, and they would have at least frequented Willits. CCT 42 is an S1, and CCT 80 is an RS1, and they both reside on Willits. Other than these examples, and that photo my comment was deleted from (not by me), Alcos never came on NWP. As for SP’s fleet, check this out-http://espee.railfan.net/espee.html They had quite a few Alcos at one time.
Zachary M. Toler
- At 1:39am on July 19, 2011, Zachary M. Toler said…
The container port isn't gonna happen, and neither is the gravel opperation the NWP would need to maintain itself in the Eel, not if the afore mentioned folks have their way.
Zachary M. Toler
- At 1:31am on July 19, 2011, Zachary M. Toler said…
J, if they're so care free, why did they care enough to interfer with PL logging, and now to sue the NCRA? The growers may or may not have any influence over the RR, but the environmental groups who are opposing the RR sure do.
Respectfully,
Zachary M. Toler
- At 7:16am on June 29, 2011,
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Mark Drury
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