It has been a while since I have posted here. Major rehabilitation rail projects are in full swing along the Santa Cruz Branch Rail Line. The rail line between Watsonville and Santa Cruz will be open
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No - Roaring Camp does not have any rights to the railline south of Santa Cruz. PGR attorneys confirmed during their investigation. Roaring CAmp is an amusement park ride by a private operator.
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Yes, it is true that PGR is looking to leave Watsonville. In Nov/2019, PGR needed to refinance due to high interest rate loans. The lending bank required PGR to bring back Lon VanGemert to right t
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I just ran across the old thread below. Nice photos and content, Howard!
SLRG 3114 Arrives At Watsonville Junction
Author: Howard
Date: 11-23-2015 - 10:59
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Grand Canyon and inbound fast mail went via Fullerton, the rest are correct...
We used to have a lunch break just before noon, at Foothills Junior High School, where ome of the above mentioned fol
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You can access court records at www.pacer.gov but you must pay for access with a credit card. Costs are$0.10 per page, and if the file exceeds 30 pages, you only pay $3.00.
As of February, here is th
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Keith Ode Wrote:
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> What freight revenue traffic is expected to
> traverse the line between Santa Cruz and
> Watsonville? I don't understan
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Lots of rail related work scheduled for the Santa Cruz Branch Rail Line this year. The track between the Boardwalk and Capitola has already been upgraded to FRA Class 1 for the light rail demonstratio
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For me, I have restless driver syndrome. So anytime I can leave the driving to someone else, within reason, I do it.
Years ago I did a contract in El Paso and I took their Mesa Metro Bus line to w
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I'm not going to get into the argument about bus lanes on city streets. Those were after my time in the area, even in San Francisco.
But I do think that commute speeds, door to door or at least fro
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The Adult in the Room Wrote:
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> American Patriot/Trumpophile Wrote:
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American Patriot/Trumpophile Wrote:
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> The train is divided up by classes and the
> leadership types (parasites like Democrats today)
> con
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Mike Wrote:
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> Saw an article in the local paper(Walla Walla)
> about a new turbine for the Ice Harbor Lock and
> Dam on the Snake river. It
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The light rail vehicle will be coming in by tuck on a loboy trailer. It only weights 40,000 pounds and is 8 feet wide. I am working with the person representing the company and I brought in the compan
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Howard Wrote:
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> I noticed that there were no photos in the
> RAILPICTURES.NET database for the St. Paul &
> Pacific Railroad so I thought I
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Howard Wrote:
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> I noticed that there were no photos in the
> RAILPICTURES.NET database for the St. Paul &
> Pacific Railroad so I thought I
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I noticed that there were no photos in the RAILPICTURES.NET database for the St. Paul & Pacific Railroad so I thought I would submit a photo to get the database started.
PGR 1500 On Walker Street
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The City did what it was supposed to do. Designed the project, did the environmental work, held hearings, responded to the hearings with reasonable changes to the project that reduce impacts.
Rail
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I'd like to request permission from Howard Cohen to use one of his photos of the Branch Line in a proposal. Not sure how to reach him other than on this board.
-LizB
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I suppose I should offset my Red-Pill rage induced Karma from my contribution to the moon landing post by presenting this offering to the AP gods.
Howard Wise doing his thing in West Oakland back
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Once an hour is ugly, but nothing from midnight to 5 is vastly worse. Having to leave a Merle Haggard concert maybe 1/3 of the way through to make the last train across the Bay sucked big time.
Wh
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Who needs it Wrote:
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> The last time I went to see the UP 844 in Everett,
> WA, I saw some BNSF MOW employees gathered along
> the tracks. I
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