"don't get me wrong I would like to see the NWP RR reach Willits I'm just showing some of the problems the railroad will face trying to reopen the railroad to Wilits."
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Richard A Custer commented on e j christiansen's blog post Where's the freight?"Here some problems the NWP RR faces if it wants to reach Willits first between Cloverdale and Willits you would have to rebuild or repair all the tunnels and south of Squaw Rock tunnel is a bad spot the mountain keeps sliding down into the…"
Richard A Custer commented on e j christiansen's blog post Where's the freight?"Why would the CWR want to go to Cloverdale, it makes no sense."
Richard A Custer commented on Ron Close's photo
1st Carload Concrete Ties
"Back when I worked on the NWP the two tracks across from the depot were called track1 and 2 were used to hold and storage cars and to ran around rail cars also.The next track 3 went back next to the PMT dock for unloading and loading rail cars and…"
Richard A Custer commented on e j christiansen's blog post Where's the freight?"It's faster to truck loads to Oakland Ca. intermodal facility and load onto trains here. Then to load in Sonoma county because the NWP RR would handle the load to Napa Jct, and pass it onto the California Northern RR from Napa…"
Richard A Custer replied to simon schwartz-cutler's discussion largest steam locomotive to run on the NWP"At one time someone has posted a movie showing a cab forward on a redwood special to the NWP, I don't know if the cab forward went beyond schellville or not."
Richard A Custer commented on Jim Harville's photo
100_3774
"Before the modules were built the tracks crossed highway 101, the CWR super skunk train would back their train across highway 101. After turning their train and wait there until it was time to pull down to the depot and load and depart."
powerpawsnw commented on Richard A Custer's photo
CWR#10
"One comment: the T-section Bettendorf trucks under this caboose came from scrapped (ex-NYC/LS&MS, exx-Pacific Electric) CWR caboose No.09 bought in 1956 and retired in 1959. The 09 was a victim of the no wooden cabooses law introduced in…"
powerpawsnw commented on Richard A Custer's photo
CWR#10
"I'm still trying to decipher where CWR got this particular crummy. There's no solid paper trail (at least none discovered so far); it also showssigns of having had a set of baggage-type side doors at one time, and probably a different…"
Richard A Custer commented on powerpawsnw's photo
More NWP 1950s Models 015
"Check out espee.railfan.net/diesel_roter_index.html it shows some pictures of some sd-7 with ash can mars lights on both ends."
Fred Waldsmith left a comment for Richard A Custer"Actually Richard, I was Freddy Railroad in Eureka, a name Bill Gonsalves and Paul Schmidt gave me. I got Fast Freddy in LA when I could GO fast...lol"
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- At 11:45pm on April 26, 2012, Fred Waldsmith said…
Actually Richard, I was Freddy Railroad in Eureka, a name Bill Gonsalves and Paul Schmidt gave me. I got Fast Freddy in LA when I could GO fast...lol
- At 9:06pm on February 20, 2012,
Mark Drury said…
Hello Richard,
Are you a Comcast subscriber, by any chance? We've had about five people report connection problems with the network and all have been Comcast subscribers. I took a fairly lengthy look at this issue with another member and there doesn't appear to be much I can do on my end. You may try contacting Comcast to discuss the issue with them, and please let me know if you're not a Comcast user as we there may be something we can do for you. Regards,
Mark D.
- At 10:21am on February 4, 2012,
Mike Davis said…
Thank you very much, your photos are the best I have seen so far.
- At 8:22pm on January 30, 2012,
Can I use some of your photos in a powerpoint I'm working on about the NWP on the years 1980s-present? I will credit you are the photogrpher.
- At 5:43pm on April 25, 2011,
- Welcome to the NWPRR Network, Richard! Please take a look around and let me know if you have any questions or comments. We're adding content daily and actively recruiting new members -- please feel free to invite your own friends if you think they may be interested. Regards,
Mark Drury
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