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11-22-2019 - 22:25
Tony Johnson
Having mad a couple of visits in the early 1960s to the Martinez Bridge operator, at that time Coast Guard/SP rules stated something like the bridge operator had to stop rail traffic 25 minutes before
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11-18-2019 - 09:32
Tony Johnson
Excellent footage of places I've photographed the SP for decades.
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06-24-2019 - 18:50
tundraboomer
The topic of Margaret came up here in January. She seems to have scaled back on RR forum postings but AFAIK, she is fine. She posts to FB fairly regular. Her and I are not FB friends but we have mutua
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05-02-2019 - 23:32
Tony Johnson
94. Re: Tunnel 2, SF
I remember the spur inside the tunnel. It was built to serve a customer outside the east portal because the elevated mainline there wouldn't allow for anything else.Some buddies and I walked inside it
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04-18-2019 - 22:59
Tony Johnson
Wow! That train must have closed the yard at the plant. The crew must have spent an hour tying down the required hand brakes.
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04-15-2019 - 23:03
Tony Johnson
97. Re: Notre Dame
We visited Notre Dame in September, 2001. It was impressive, but the one at Chartes, France was our favorite.
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04-15-2019 - 14:45
Tony Johnson
98. Re: UP Steam
Hopefully they'll have more success than they did with the Rose Bowl Parade float.
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04-14-2019 - 17:03
Railbaron
Tony Johnson Wrote:
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> Last night I dreamed I was walking on a beautiful
> sandy beach... which explains the footprints I
> found in the litt
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04-14-2019 - 16:50
Tony Johnson
100. Re: GoodNight All
Last night I dreamed I was walking on a beautiful sandy beach... which explains the footprints I found in the litter box this morning.
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04-12-2019 - 14:02
Tony Johnson
In the Right Seat Wrote:
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> On May 16, 1946, the SP Owl ran with 42 cars.
At that length passengers at the head of the train arrived Los Ang
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04-06-2019 - 17:25
Tony Johnson
I received a reply to my e-mail from Sell "Nudge" Nugent.
Hey Tony.
Im glad to see you still have your hands in the Club. Like I said, you are one of the few that keeps everything together. No,
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04-06-2019 - 13:16
Tony Johnson
I sent an e-mail to his address last night asking if he's okay. Haven't heard back yet.
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04-01-2019 - 22:01
Tony Johnson
105. Re: Manned helpers?
From what I understand there are two reasons. (1) Not enough crews have qualified to run manned helpers, and (2) a resistance to implement the plan by dispatchers.
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02-08-2019 - 22:28
Tony Johnson
Nice shot of the train just starting up the shoo-fly from Searles Jct. Nine units with a short train shows there are sharp curves and a steep grade ahead.
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02-05-2019 - 19:47
Tony Johnson
In the last forty or so years the number of yards is fewer, thereby the need for switchers is reduced. However, a good used switcher will command six figures on the market.
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01-31-2019 - 20:51
Tony Johnson
109. Re: Avon, Ca.
Although the wood in worn and peeling, the depot looks great!
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01-08-2019 - 09:03
Tony Johnson
110. Re: "Scottish Rite"
Winterail at Corvallis High School is a much better place to have Winterails.
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01-06-2019 - 14:09
Jim Speaker
111. Re: Winter Rail
I will be there
Carol L Voss Wrote:
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> Tony Johnson Wrote:
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> > My wife and I
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01-05-2019 - 18:48
Carol L Voss
112. Re: Winter Rail
Tony Johnson Wrote:
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> My wife and I are going. It'll be our 34th
> Winterail.
Sadly, since it moved to Oregon and because of health issues
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01-05-2019 - 18:13
Tony Johnson
113. Re: Winter Rail
My wife and I are going. It'll be our 34th Winterail.
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01-05-2019 - 07:29
Tony Johnson
114. Re: A Modoc Memories
I enjoyed each time I railfanned the Modoc. One of the best was when the B&B Circus train ran on it. My biggest surprise was standing trackside at Sage Hen Summit and watching the train drop down into
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01-04-2019 - 00:09
Tony Johnson
synonymouse Wrote:
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> AFAIK Market St. was always standard gauge(save
> for that mutant duorail in the lower depths).
> Both the cable cars
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01-03-2019 - 20:07
Tony Johnson
Muni is standard gauge. Cable cars are 3-foot. The Sacramento cable cars use a connection off their line on Sacramento Street (can't remember the street name) to Muni's car barn.
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01-01-2019 - 09:15
Tony Johnson
I contacted Margaret last week. She says she is doing well, but is very busy with other things at this time.
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01-01-2019 - 09:12
Tony Johnson
Nudge, It was the the Big "E" Emporium that had the rood rides. I first rode them around 1952 or so, My mom worked at the Emporium.
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12-28-2018 - 10:11
Tony Johnson
It's been 60 years since I visited the bridge tender on the Martinez bridge, so my recollections may not be accurate I remember a light or bell notifying that a train was going to approach the bridge.
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