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05-13-2008 - 18:37
shortline sammie
Until tey can assign a STCC code, they will just have to bootleg on one of the speeders trailers!!
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05-12-2008 - 19:21
shortline sammie
1082. Re: NWP and Farming
What's problematic with all of this "rock-sand and gravel" business is that it will --scratch that--WOULD move in 286 capacity short hopper cars. These cars require certain operating paramater restri
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05-06-2008 - 07:26
shortline sammie
1084. Re: You can try
Mike:
you can "tone me up" at raskell@canby.com
Dick
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05-01-2008 - 19:14
shortline sammie
I doubt the demand for 53-footers would justify the cost of making them "legal"; class I's disposed of most of their 53-footers several years ago due to lack of demand and their age approaching the en
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04-30-2008 - 20:11
shortline sammie
Today I received a complimentary copy of the Altamont Press Northwest Region #8 timetable. I must say it is a work of art. Being in the railroad business I really didn't realize how many shortlines
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04-30-2008 - 19:27
Shortline Sammie
Jeff's posts are always among the most rational of all that I read...and I read them all. Jeff has a unique ability to connect with history and also a unique ability to disconnect from the many "flam
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04-27-2008 - 22:36
Shortline Sammie
1088. Re: Fixing CORP
But do we have any convicts with tunnel engineering or construction experience???
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04-22-2008 - 22:47
Shortline Sammie
I am in Denver for, among other things, the annual UP Maintenance of Way surplus equipment auction. Thought maybe if any of you were in the area it might be an interesting way to waste some time. Mo
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04-17-2008 - 07:48
Shortline Sammie
Mr. Murray is soooo correct in his last post. We refused to lease our lines and bought them outright and in our purchase agreements we demanded certain concessions from the Class I; one of which was
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04-15-2008 - 07:31
Shortline Sammie
As to using an industry's spur "for free" to store cars, that isn't the case. Most all Industry Track Agreements contain a clause that the "railroad can use the track if not to the detriment of the i
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04-14-2008 - 19:38
Shortline Sammie
I don't believe the 70 tonners will mu with EMD's...the 70 tonners have a 7-notch throttle where the EMD's have 8 notches...I may be wrong because the M&ET put AAR control stands in the 70-tonners and
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04-13-2008 - 07:04
Shortline Sammie
It's not quite as simple as that. First, CORP has to file for abandonment of the line citing a miriad of facts and figures. They also have to certify that no traffic has moved over the line for two
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04-08-2008 - 18:57
Shortline Sammie
Well "Dude" my information was about as accurate as anyone elses. Both the north and south Z trains were first priority according to local managers that I deal with on the UP regularly. What happene
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04-05-2008 - 18:57
Shortline Sammie
The first southbound train to open the Frazier slide left Willsburg Junction tonight at 18:30 in the form ofthe ZBRLC-05 led by UP 5123 and UP 4685.
Somewhere arount 50-60 cars in tow.
Good news
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04-04-2008 - 09:46
shortline sammie
It's true that the cost to ship by rail is considerably cheaper so long as it is not JIT (just in time) transportation where the shipper/consignee require it to be at a certain place at a certain time
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03-28-2008 - 18:07
shortline sammie
1097. Re: UP Cascades Slide
Wonder what the scenario with the slide would have been had it happened say twenty years ago before the UP with their deep pockets came along and bought the SP. Would the cash strapped SP have filed
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03-22-2008 - 08:26
shortline sammie
Mr. Root makes reference to the City of Prineville and Port of Tillamook Bay receiving hefty sums of money from the state of Oregon for their rehab projects; Mr. Immel mentions the need for all taxes
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03-19-2008 - 21:19
shortline sammie
I'd be a bit leery about asking the government for money that is bound to have strings attached, as I'm sure this does. I'm not familiar with UP's funding requests and don't care to knbow a whole lot
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03-10-2008 - 08:27
shortline sammie
GUNNER XV has precisely hit the nail on the head...it takes MONEY and COMMITMENT to take over a Class I castoff and succeed. Where the Class I' have a different department to handle each new problem o
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03-09-2008 - 09:51
shortline sammie
Former Oregon Pacific 1810 and slug 1010 have been interchanged to the BNSF for movement to a new Archer Daniels Midland grain elevator at Hugoton, Kansas. They will move over the BNSF via Denver thr
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03-08-2008 - 08:24
shortline sammie
I believe the line is officially "embargoed" which CORP intends to lift once the tunnel repairs are made. The longer the line remains embargoed the more into disrepair the rest of the line gets; ties
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03-02-2008 - 08:34
shortline sammie
Most likely they were moved to Milwaukie 'cause the rent charged by Rudie Wilhelm Warehouse Co. for dead storage was less than that charged at Tacoma.
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03-01-2008 - 19:11
shortline sammie
They were hit by the grafitti "artists" the second day they arrived several months ago.
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03-01-2008 - 07:26
shortline sammie
Rasputin is correct; the system HOModeler is refering to is the Oregon Pacific.
OPR utilizes two 75-watt Motorola MTR 2000 repeaters; one at the Milwaukie shops on 161.190 (72) and the second on
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02-26-2008 - 07:22
shortline sammie
I'll second (or third) it...thanks for allowing us to enjoy the Altamont Press website.
Shortline Sammie
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02-16-2008 - 07:16
shortline sammie
1107. Re: W&I on tv. con't
Typical shortline ingenuity and prioritizing!! Love it!! Put out the biggest fires first while still taking care of the customers.
Best of luck out there and STAY SAFE.
Shortline Sammie
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02-10-2008 - 19:48
shortline sammie
1108. Re: His Own San Simeon
Wonder if he got his drivers license problem straightened out in California or if he will be driven by a chauffer in a big black Caddie!!
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02-10-2008 - 09:47
shortline sammie
1109. Re: His Own San Simeon
"Disney like imagineering"...............We already have enough "Fantasylands"
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02-06-2008 - 07:27
shortline sammie
Well placed rumors that I have heard lately indicate it is 50-50 between rebuilding the POTB flood damage vs a rail barge operation from Garibaldi to somewhere around Astoria. The latter would requir
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