Re: Did Amtrak use old track #1 over Donner Pass?
Author: Mike Pechner
Date: 01-12-2019 - 18:15

Sandy let me into the office but I never bothered her while she was working the board. I thank Dick for his correct spelling of the "Teals." I initially I did not have a letter to be on the property. I kind of flew under the radar. However when I because SP's meteorologist for the Hill, I really didn't need permisson because most of the operating folks knew me, and like Dick Dorn, afforded many rides on Flangers, Spreaders and yes,rotaries. Stein did have a letter but he didn't need it. What suprised me about Norden it that during the 1970's and 80's, I never saw another railfan wander into the Operators shack. It was simple curiosity in the late 1960's that I ventured down the long covered steps into the Woolworth Building and eventually to the Operators sack. I met Dick on one of those visits. On some weekends I would stay with Harry and Mary Hanns and He would stay with Shorty. Around 1978, I had my own phone installed in Harry's train room so that I could do my forecasts from Norden.



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  Did Amtrak use old track #1 over Donner Pass? I already know 01-10-2019 - 22:45
  Re: Did Amtrak use old track #1 over Donner Pass? Craig Tambo 01-11-2019 - 03:09
  Re: Did Amtrak use old track #1 over Donner Pass? WAF 01-11-2019 - 07:17
  Re: Did Amtrak use old track #1 over Donner Pass? Espee99 01-11-2019 - 10:00
  Re: Did Amtrak use old track #1 over Donner Pass? Mistertower 01-11-2019 - 11:55
  Re: Did Amtrak use old track #1 over Donner Pass? Craig Tambo 01-11-2019 - 13:16
  Re: Did Amtrak use old track #1 over Donner Pass? WAF 01-11-2019 - 14:47
  Re: Did Amtrak use old track #1 over Donner Pass? George Andrews 01-11-2019 - 16:40
  Re: Did Amtrak use old track #1 over Donner Pass? mappy 01-11-2019 - 18:06
  Re: Did Amtrak use old track #1 over Donner Pass? SP 0-6-0 01-12-2019 - 13:12
  Re: Did Amtrak use old track #1 over Donner Pass? WAF 01-12-2019 - 15:43
  Re: Did Amtrak use old track #1 over Donner Pass? Dick Dorn 01-11-2019 - 18:14
  Re: Did Amtrak use old track #1 over Donner Pass? George Andrews 01-11-2019 - 19:37
  Re: Did Amtrak use old track #1 over Donner Pass? Mike Pechner 01-11-2019 - 22:34
  Re: Did Amtrak use old track #1 over Donner Pass? OTN 01-11-2019 - 22:45
  Re: Did Amtrak use old track #1 over Donner Pass? Mike Pechner 01-12-2019 - 17:56
  Re: Did Amtrak use old track #1 over Donner Pass? Chris Walker 01-12-2019 - 00:07
  Re: Did Amtrak use old track #1 over Donner Pass? WAF 01-12-2019 - 08:24
  Re: Did Amtrak use old track #1 over Donner Pass? Dick Dorn 01-12-2019 - 10:57
  Re: Did Amtrak use old track #1 over Donner Pass? WAF 01-12-2019 - 11:36
  Re: Did Amtrak use old track #1 over Donner Pass? Mike Pechner 01-12-2019 - 18:15
  Re: Did Amtrak use old track #1 over Donner Pass? WAF 01-12-2019 - 18:25
  Re: Did Amtrak use old track #1 over Donner Pass? Dick Dorn 01-12-2019 - 21:04
  Re: Did Amtrak use old track #1 over Donner Pass? WAF 01-13-2019 - 06:59
  Re: Did Amtrak use old track #1 over Donner Pass? Eric Gonzales 01-13-2019 - 04:06
  Re: Did Amtrak use old track #1 over Donner Pass? Dick Dorn 01-13-2019 - 07:54
  Re: Did Amtrak use old track #1 over Donner Pass? OTN 01-13-2019 - 14:58
  Re: Did Amtrak use old track #1 over Donner Pass? (Original poster) 01-13-2019 - 16:09
  Re: Did Amtrak use old track #1 over Donner Pass? B Douglas Jensen 01-24-2019 - 05:48


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