Re: ron's questions
Author: Joe Cullum
Date: 07-22-2019 - 05:56
Jeff,
Amazing to see all the changes. I took my kids to ride the Blue Goose. I remember it was around the early 90s. We rode in a Milwaukee Road coaches. They had some SP commuter subs too.
I see that only the bag remains. But what happened to the rest of their passenger equipment?
So who did Kyle sold it to and who owns it know? I forgot Kyle was bought by someone else!
Jeff Moore Wrote:
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> To ron....yes, YW had a second SW-8, but they cut
> that one up ten or more years ago, it was one of
> the first pieces to go after CORP stopped running
> over the hill and they started junking everything
> to pay the bills. The SD-9 departed well before
> that, Modoc Northern actually purchased it shortly
> before they imploded but never moved it out of
> Yreka, then Western Rail picked it up along with
> MN's two other SD-9s it and sent it off to
> Washington. Age of Steam did finance repairs to
> the #21 to help get the #19 off the road, it sat
> at the location shown on the map next to the
> Montague brown trout ponds for a while after that
> movement but then reportedly has been moved back
> to the Yreka shop. Only other equipment still on
> the property is their ancient ex-GN ore jenny
> ballast hopper and a SP Economy baggage car they
> acquired from CSRM many years ago.
>
> To a couple other questions, yes they used to haul
> inbound propane to the dealer next to the
> interstate south of the shop, and a mine up in the
> Trinities did periodically ship out gondolas of
> gold concentrate loaded at the depot, but
> obviously none of that traffic has moved in 10-15
> or more years now. There used to be some very
> sporadic shippers near the end of the line, but
> they haven't been active in more like 25-30 years.
> And they would have to rebuild trackage to
> reestablish service to any of them, given that the
> only rails left in Yreka run down into the shop.
>
>
> Jeff Moore
> Elko, NV