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At the NCRA December 10 meeting, Jake Park was quoted as saying "we are currently updating spur into the facility". That was nearly two months ago, and I haven't seen anything. Maybe I am not…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Peter Donahue Fan Feb 4, 2015.
Several years ago Novato threatened NCRA with a lawsuit, NWP negotiated and the result was the Novato Consent Decree which NCRA agreed to and thereafter continued their pursuit of railroad…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Michael H Harrison Feb 17, 2014.
Yep I sure did get it and have acopy of it in my wallet! Thanks for that effort!!! They say winter is coming back to the Sierras, so I don't know how long before I can get down that way. Probably April or late May, I think the road to Wingo opens Memorial Day. Mid May we have to be in Las Vegas for our duaghters graduation from Med school, FINALLY!! :-) Anyway when I get down there I'd like to meet Gary Kiser, never met him and anybody else that would have memories of my Grandparent place, Neumans in Schellville. I remember Mike Kiser, he was a year ahead of me in school, telling me back in the mid 60's they had a bunch of old cars, trucks and tractors on the old home place, but I never got out there either. Mike had yard care business in school and drove an old 38 or 39 Dodge humpback panel truck with dead two tone paint, green on top, black on the bottom. I've never seen another one.
Yes there is a senority roster. I have yet to hear of a railroad that doesn't have one. I'm very low in senority, hence my looking into jumping to Amtrak.
OK Jim, time will tell how the switches and spurs play out between Ely and Corona Rds.
Ron
I don't spend a whole lot of time at it. Working for the railroad, I hardly have the time.
Didn't see your comment from December, so sorry for the late reply. Anyway, six axle units are actually much better when it comes to switching, it's just that a lot of yards have poor track conditions which is why switchers have historically tended to be four axle units. Notice how in hump yards, where tracks tend to be more cared for, it's usually six axle units doing the switching.
In regards to my comment, I was considering jumping to Amtrak at the time, but decided not to take the pay cut and stay with freight.
Howdy Jim......No hoghead jobs up here, eh? Still have a lot of folks laid off from cuts last three years due to the economy. It looks like it is coming back slowly, and the grain contracts are improving somewhat. Containers are steady, and some merchandise running. .....Kamloops is up on the high desert area of B.C... Good place to hang, but it gets hot in summer. Take it easy.......
Yes.....well.....Kamloops is where I am in B.C. Sonoma is a great place to drink wine.....and I was with the wineries a while, then in healthcare in Sonoma Co. Canada is a peaceful place and the high desert surrounding Kamloops is in my nature. Always liked the NWP, and worked for them back in the late 90's before the collapse. Now I hang around the old CP Rail most of the time, and the rockies area.
Yes Jim I model railroad in HO scale, I have no room to run my HO trains, but I buy and store for the time being, hoping to build a layout some day, I guess after all my kids move out.
Jim, I agree that things are looking hopeful for spur tracks in that area. don't know if Lagunitas does enough volume to make use of rail shipping but it is nice to know it might be there if they or Adobe Creek might be able to use it. Alan
Jim, there is one more possibility on the North side of Santa Rosa. There is a spur track right next to the wharehouse building that's located just south of the Piner Rd. crossing and the tracks are still there. Alan
Jim, I went on a recon mission this afternoon. Of the 4 spur tracks between Sebastopol Rd. and Todd Rd. NONE are currently connected to the main. The one on the east side of the track located at the dead end of Talmadge has been completely ripped out, no evidence that it ever existed but I know it was there and saw it with my own eyes less than 1 year ago. The one that might service the garbage company ( located just south of Robles Av. grade crossing) appears to be the one best suited to being re-installed and might be the only one with the possibility of being used In the near future. That's all I've got just wanted to let you know. Alan
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