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Hey Zac:

Have a idea.  I've been thinking of hiking various parts of the old NWP trackage and see how they look and maybe run across some things to take pictures of.  I was going to do this in sections and I was wondering if you are up to maybe going along?  Maybe could even get KT (Dad) to trot along with us.  Could maybe do this on some good days during the week or maybe on some weekends.  I was going to try it myself, but, would be nice to have company.  Maybe some of the…

It looks like the CFNR has an opening for conductor/engineer. Posted on 2/14/12. Simply choose California as the search parameter and it will come up.

http://www.railamerica.com/Employment/Opportunities.aspx

Seems like NWP runs at anytime now.  Yesterday, they came by about four PM during the Super Bowl game.  I've seen or heard them on other days other than M,W, and F as well.  Yet other than grain hoppers and a wood car I don't see much other business. I hope they have a few Novato customers.

Not sure if it is correct to post pictures taken from another site or not.  Since they are on the internet, does this make it ok to share with other railroad people who loves to see these old locomotives.  I figured if they were available to see, than others who were not aware of the site could see them in this format.

If someone can give me a legal interpretation about this, I would sure appreciate it.  If it isn't legal, than, I apologize and will not do it anymore.  Don't…

Hi all: 

I ran across this item yesterday.  This was in the State of Washington.  The article read as:

In 1924, Mark Reed  (son-in-law of Sol Simpson who founded Simpson Timber Co.) teamed up with lumberman Henry McCleary to build two new lumbermills in Shelton. One for hemlock and one for fir. The Northern Pacific Railroad extended its branch line to Shelton in 1926 and the city enjoyed regular passenger train service.

The article did not provide any…

No photos or videos posted since January 18th. Storm damage?  Been 2 weeks since last posted rail movement over NWP tracks. Anyone have photos/videos to post? 

  I take it that photo #490 was taken somewhere within California. No information shown on photo site.

Anyone have some photos of NWPRR railroad action since Jan. 18th.? Should have been some runs since.

Hey guys,

Aparently NWPco will paint all of its motive power using 1922 as the template, which means recently purchesed Genset 2009, now 2011, will be in scarlet grey.

NWPCO says they will not be using the black widow scheme because they do not want to accossiate themselves with John Darling's NWPY of 1996-2001.

There is a slight chance that SD9 in Yreka is headed to the NWP for SMART construction service, but niether SMART or the construction company have any…

After the fix "my favorites" link still went to Utube. I still needed to link through to another page on the website to get on. Then I clicked the "Main" tab to bring up the homepage. Then I clicked add to favorites. Got message... this one already there... want to override?... clicked yes. Signed off website. Clicked on favorites. Main page comes right up. All is good.

This is what I get for posting when I'm tired.  The name given in the Times-Standard, Dec. 23, 2011, is "Hambro Group, but in the article it is spelled, "Hasbro Group", several times, so assume, "Hasbro", is correct.  Don't know the address, but it is located in the area called, "Korblex", which stood for, "Korbel Exchange", the interchange with the now-gone Arcata & Mad River Rail Road.  I emphasize, they did not dismantle their siding, but the mainline out front, (about 250 ft. of…

Saw something yesterday that got me a little hot.  The mainline in front of the plant was torn up, most of the iron was cut up and gone.  As I was surveying the damage, a security guard talked to me.  He said Haskell was doing it and the right people were notified and put a stop to it.  I hope the rail authority will put on a rare display of guts and force them to pay for the damage.  This would put a chill on those who think the track structure is there for them to steal.

Here's some more interesting Marin County info.

http://www.ststlocations.com/Resume/Indies/TheOldRailroadTracksOfMarinCounty/

Doe's anybody know what schedule if any the trains are on?

And what frequency they are using?

Is the Wilfred Detector still working?

Where was 1922 stored?  I know they had a derelict located behind Petaluma station.  I don't know where it went too after it was used for police training.  But 1922 seems to have just appeared.  Was that kept at Shelville?

Thank you, powerpawsnw, for your comments.

With no color chips preserved, I'll attempt some educated guesses.

Since redwood figured very prominently in, "The Redwood Empire", I'll submit that the dark green was closely matched to the foliage of the redwood tree.  In Fred Stint's book, NWP, vol 1, page 141, we find Nos. 52 and 53.  No. 52 seems to have little contrast between the greens, but the shadows are well-lit, indicating a bright, overcast day-great for showing detail,…

Back when I worked at California State Railroad Museum in the 1980s-90s, one of my happier chores was to fine-filter the tens of thousands of historic photographs that landed in the research Library's collections from many old-timer railfans and their widows. A lot of them came in all lumped together or in wildly mixed arrays.

One pair…

As some of you know I am putting together a video of the NWP working tittle "From Ruth Rockerfeller to NWPco". IT will include a brief history from ruth to NWPY. I have a few pictures of Ruth but I would like to get more pictures and or video of her to be used in this video. The video will be a fundraiser for the NWPRRHS as I give them to the NWPRRHS at no charge to them, it is 100% profit to the group.

Unfortunatly I was working during the time of the ES, NCR, and NWPY and do not…

They came high balling thru N. Mcdowell Petaluma  @ about 5PM Saturday.  Was this a special run?