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4 car of concrete ties due Thursday, don't know times

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.

The first car has arrived on the CFNR and we will be picking it up tomorrow around 10am with an estimated delivery time to Santa Rosa of between 4 and 5pm, however when 1922 made a trip to Windsor last December I was told would arrive between 4-5 P.M. and it ran through Penngrove around 3:30. I would expect it as early as 3 P.M.

I don't see any freight hauls other than the grain loads.  Are they able to deliver anything else anywhere on the line.  With the Dairy Farmers in tough straights the need for grain may soon diminish.

My daily commute takes me through Schellville and in the mornings I go through pretty early so 1922 and the Red Bandit are usually just sitting quietly in their cage. On the way home in the afternoon I always look to see if 2009 is out and about and sometimes she is back in the cage but facing north instead of south (I assume she turns around at the Novato "Y"? Please forgive my novice terminology if I'm incorrect). I haven't seen 1922 move from the back of the cage in a long time but this…

Hi-

I'm new to the forum and am working on plans to build 20'x20' layout based on the cfnr.  I'm looking for a copy of the 1995 Pentrex vidoe of the cfnr.  Does anyone have a copy I can purchase, rent or borrow?

Thanks,

Jon

Whidbey Island, WA

I just won a chance to go to state history day with my historical paper on the Transcontinental Railroad. To go to state I have to improve my paper by adding sourches and information. If anybody has friends, relatives, books, and connections I could tap into for information, please post and contact me for information.

Mike Davis

Hi to all:  Been working security @ night the past 3 days, so, have not been able to check messages. Glad to hear from all of you.

In my 50 plus years of being around rr tracks and even when I was a kid living next to the Sacramento Northern and the main line for Southern Pacific, I have never seen anyone get busted for walking the tracks anywhere and with the NWP tracks here now, I don't think anyone would say anything about a few guys walking (mostly in plain view of the highways)…

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…