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06-04-2021 - 21:05
George Andrews
Part of the decline of Trains Magazine, In My Humble Opinion, is the passing of David P. Morgan and more recently J. David Ingles. These two strong editors were the soul of the magazine for years. Als
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04-09-2021 - 12:00
Dick Dorn
Tom was a class act guy, a true gentleman. I count me blessings that I had the pleasure of seeing Tom and talking with him at SP Conventions and Winterail. He is a big loss to the railfan community.
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04-06-2021 - 13:06
WebDigger
On 04-05-2021 - 16:03, Nudge Wrote: http://www.altamontpress.com/discussion/read.php?1,223745,223745
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> Just heard that Tom Dill passed away th
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04-05-2021 - 16:03
Nudge
5. Obit
Just heard that Tom Dill passed away this AM. I was told the "C" came back. So sad. Worked with him on the Coast as a fireman and in the PNW in engine service. He left the Coast I think in 69 or 70 an
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05-04-2020 - 23:33
Bruce Kelly
Thanks George. I guess I might know some of the story and vaguely recall the rest. Books, magazines, and my own notes and photos from the way back when should help fill in the blanks. The connector ne
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11-27-2019 - 20:50
George Andrews
7. Re: Alturas
Used for turning helper locomotives. An excerpt from the book The MODOC -- Southern Pacific's Backdoor to Oregon, by Jack Bowden & Tom Dill:
" Most westbound trains coming out of Klamath Falls requ
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11-17-2019 - 19:43
Erik H.
Riverson Wrote:
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> Did the SP&S (et.al.) have a connecting line to the Southern Pacific Westside line in or near
> Forest Grove, OR?
Accord
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06-29-2018 - 14:47
Matt C. Batryn-Rodriguez
I cant help much with the MoPac, Rock, or Frisco. Only book I've read on the MoPac was "The Rebirth of the Missouri Pacific, 1956-1983" by H. Craig Miner, which was a decent corporate history, but se
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10-24-2017 - 19:13
George Andrews
Per Jack Bowden & Tom Dill's book The MODOC, this line was a dumping ground for drunks and other habitual rules offenders. Kinda strange though; given the bleak surroundings, harsh weather, and heavy
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10-27-2016 - 19:23
Redneck Railfan
George Andrews Wrote:
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> Let's not forget those in the Midwest ( Mike
> Schafer & Emery Gulash ) & South ( J. Parker
> Lamb)
> I also want t
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10-27-2016 - 18:16
George Andrews
Let's not forget those in the Midwest ( Mike Schafer & Emery Gulash ) & South ( J. Parker Lamb)
I also want to give a call - out to the rail photographers who combined their hobby with full - time ra
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09-03-2016 - 02:50
Chris Walker
15. Re: SP B units
The OP stated "he saw a picture of a Rotary with 6 B units" He also said "that many B units connected two rotary" In that, there lies a contradiction.
He did not state whether these were in actio
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05-07-2015 - 22:26
Craig Tambo
Lots of guys chased the Modoc in the waning days of steam. I went up there four times in the late '80s and shot plenty of Kodachrome, and was far from the only one. And, Jack Bowden and Tom Dill did a
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02-11-2015 - 12:07
1stcajon
George Andrews Wrote:
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> -- Blair Koostria & Art Jacobson, for their work
> on the last days of Milwaukee Road Lines West.
> -- Warren Wing,
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02-11-2015 - 08:22
George Andrews
-- Blair Koostria & Art Jacobson, for their work on the last days of Milwaukee Road Lines West.
-- Warren Wing, for all his NorthWest images as well as the James Turner collection he acquired.
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12-23-2013 - 15:05
KRK
Hey "Reader Dude" and 'Koda Chrome' too...
I don't have any chip--just plain truthful facts from other sources like Frank Maffei, Tom Dill, the engine crews in question, Dave Maffei and a host of oth
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09-15-2013 - 07:34
Tom Moungovan
There is a new thread out on the steam page of Train Orders..."The Last 3 Cab-Forward Train On The Modoc".
The poster mentions that Guy Dunscomb and John Hungerford were the participants. There wa
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05-09-2013 - 18:04
Kenn
SP Modoc line had a balloon at the summit of Sage Hen near Likely, obvious on Google Earth. The other two summits had Ys for the helpers, I have no idea why there was a balloon at this location. I'm
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05-06-2013 - 20:17
George Andrews
The book Southern Pacific in Oregon, by Ed Austin and Tom Dill, covers some of the logging lines around the Silverton area, as well as the narrow gauge lines that became part of the Eastside branches
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07-08-2011 - 22:21
John Sweetser
Jim wrote:
>The Tom Dill SP books and the GN and NP books are really good in general - both photo quality and captions. I could search through with a fine tooth comb and have trouble finding even
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07-06-2011 - 17:22
Jim
I'm pretty impressed with Tom Dill's work. The Four Ways West Southern Pacific books are really good. Joe Shine's own GN and NP books are well done also.
I'm happy to pay $40-60 for a book. I ju
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07-06-2011 - 11:53
Jim
Good comments. Lucky you, half the Four Ways West books I've gotten are either dented up badly or have manufacturing defects. And it's been that way from several different book distributers, so I ca
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07-06-2011 - 07:49
Jim
"What Joe is doing is correct."
Great, then maybe he can start taking better care of the books when he ships them. At least half of the Four Ways West books that I've received had damage to the b
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05-31-2010 - 08:05
Tony Johnson
Guy Dunscomb was the best of the best. You'd want him for a close freind even if he wasn't a railfan.
Tom Dill, Stan Kistler, Joe Strapac, Tom Moungovan have also been great to me.
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01-28-2009 - 22:50
John Sweetser
There are several photos of the West Oakland roundhouse in John Signor's "Southern Pacific's Western Division" book. A color photo of the roundhouse can be found in Tom Dill's "Southern Pacific's His
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03-25-2008 - 08:45
George Andrews
Steve, you are somewhat correct as to reasons why the original railroad to Portland was built thru the Rogue River area. An excellent explanation is contained in " The Southern Pacific in Oregon " , b
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