Nudge Wrote:
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> Many years ago, I purchased 20 acres in Washington
> State. I had plans for the future but that never
> took root.
>
> Well, I had to put in a well and of course all the
> stuff that goes with it. (regulators, pressure
> tanks, water & electric meters because it was
> going to be shared. ) I looked all over for some
> sort of building, even something I could throw
> together.
>
> Well, I was shooting the BS with my conductor on
> the way back to Portland from Eugene one night and
> he had a great idea. Go talk to the supervisor at
> the pig ramp and see what idea he may have. There
> were a bunch of scrap stuff they needed to get rid
> of.
>
> Cut to the chase, they had an "Old" 40' trailer
> (curved front) they needed to get rid of. I made a
> donation to the Little League club in the Portland
> area, and that trailer showed up 145 miles to the
> east on a flat bed. The old "Box" had two security
> doors on the rear and a small man door on the
> right side. It took about 3 hours to grade a
> spot, drag it off with a backhoe and put blocks
> around it. The wood floor was in great shape and
> the few of the steel angle iron were in the right
> place to weld brackets.
>
> I was by there some years ago, and it looks just
> like it did when I put it in over 30 yrs ago. You
> can even see the the old orange/black paint job
> through the trees from the logging roads.
>
> If there is a will, there is a way. I miss the
> old tie days on the Coast. The farmers and
> property owners got all the old used ties they
> wanted for free when a gang was working along
> their property. What we loved was every Friday
> employees got to pick what they wanted. There are
> farms & ranches with great looking fences up and
> down the Coast. (We even got 16 "Bridge Ties" off
> the bridge at Surf. Oh, and yes you better have a
> receipt for them. We were stopped by the Santa
> Maria Police on the way north and had to show them
> ownership. The CHP and a Special Agent got us
> again going up Cuesta grade but we knew them.
>
> That was the day the carriers "GAVE" employees
> stuff, rather than throw it away.
>
> And, the solid Redwood tunnel timbers that sit on
> a hill side just waiting.......
>
>
> Nudge

I would give anything to have this world back!