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Re: Did Amtrak use old track #1 over Donner Pass?
Author: WAF
Date: 01-13-2019 - 06:59
Dick Dorn Wrote:
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> Well Wes I surely think you have the definitive
> spelling of Shorty's last name. I used to love to
> sit in the office and listen to Shorty's
> railroading stories. Wish I would have taken notes
> or recorded them but never did. He was indeed a
> great person and fun to be around. on occasions he
> would let me sit at the board and run the CTC
> machine which controlled from Fulda to Truckee.
> What a treat that was. I think that was pretty
> unique on the SP having an operator run 37 miles
> of railroad especially in the winter during snow
> fighting operations. Even into the 70's the
> Superintendent and other officials would be at
> Norden during storms to direct operations. I think
> that some time in the late 70's the officials
> moved to Truckee.
> Dick Dorn
Dick, did you know when he retired? He bid out of Norden to Colfax, but I think that opening brought Sandy in. My SP Bulletin collection is mostly complete until the mid 80s. I found that Harry retired in 1984. The officials were still at Norden until it closed in 85
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> Well Wes I surely think you have the definitive
> spelling of Shorty's last name. I used to love to
> sit in the office and listen to Shorty's
> railroading stories. Wish I would have taken notes
> or recorded them but never did. He was indeed a
> great person and fun to be around. on occasions he
> would let me sit at the board and run the CTC
> machine which controlled from Fulda to Truckee.
> What a treat that was. I think that was pretty
> unique on the SP having an operator run 37 miles
> of railroad especially in the winter during snow
> fighting operations. Even into the 70's the
> Superintendent and other officials would be at
> Norden during storms to direct operations. I think
> that some time in the late 70's the officials
> moved to Truckee.
> Dick Dorn
Dick, did you know when he retired? He bid out of Norden to Colfax, but I think that opening brought Sandy in. My SP Bulletin collection is mostly complete until the mid 80s. I found that Harry retired in 1984. The officials were still at Norden until it closed in 85
