Shortline Sammie Wrote:
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> To answer the poster's question...yes...I was born
> in Portland and lived most of my life in the
> Milwaukie area. I went to kindergarten in Oak
> Grove where i witnessed log trains coming across
> the trestle from Lake Oswego to the Menefee log
> dump. We took field trips to watch the steam
> powered loggers and i witnessed the first six-axle
> 5200 series Baldwin road switcher go on the ground
> at the west end of Menefee siding. I remember the
> two-track interchange with the Portland Traction
> Oregon City line at Island Station which was
> called "Milwaukie Interchange". In my collection I
> have the brass PRL&P switch lock from the
> Milwaukie Interchange derail.
>
> I have memories of a SP steam piledriver working
> on the Milwaukie trestle over Kellog Lake and I
> remember the Portland Traction streetcars sparking
> on the overhead and later the SW-1 switchers
> moving freight over the system.
>
> My 4000 plus photos have recorded probably the
> best years of my 76 years in the area.
>
> Graduated from Milwaukie High in 1962 worked for
> Portland Terminal for two years operating ALCO
> switchers...operated a steel fabrication business
> for 25 years and in 1991 purchased the Portland
> Traction Company rail operations and in 1993 the
> SP Molalla Branch. The line from Milwaukie to
> Boring was abandoned and removed for salvage
>
> At 76 years of age it's been an awesome run and am
> looking forward to another ten years of
> railroading.

a book, before you get to the EOL,for
historical purposes? ;-)