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10-27-2007 - 21:17
shortline sammie
1141. Re: Amtrak Derailed???
Had the opportunity to observe the location of the derailment on Friday after all of the white hats and white trucks had gone. The siding at South Coalca follows the main track through a left hand cu
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10-24-2007 - 08:03
shortline sammie
1142. Re: GPRR Coaches Gone
Pretty hard to miss even with your eyes closed. Hope they plan to do something to protect them fromthe taggers---they are a paint magnet as they sit now.
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10-19-2007 - 08:06
shortline sammie
1143. Re: GPRR Coaches Gone
I caught a glimpse of at least two of them (I think) on a Portland & Western southbound train in Brooklyn Yard in Portland yesterday. Wasn't paying too much attention but they were quite high and lig
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10-19-2007 - 07:58
shortline sammie
My understanding and have seen in practice is that the components of anti freeze (ethylene glycol primarily) will destroy the rod and crankshaft bearings if mixed with the oil in even minute quantiti
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10-14-2007 - 08:46
shortline sammie
Peninsula Terminal Co. in north Portland, Oregon is a little over a mile long. Originally a part of the Portland Union Stockyards, they operated with steam until the mid 1960's when they used a GE 50-
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10-10-2007 - 21:33
shortline sammie
Kind of reminds me of an early response to the Sacramento trestle fire earlier this year. When there is a need there always seems to be a way!!
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10-10-2007 - 21:31
shortline sammie
1147. Re: GGRM GP-9 3194
Don't be so hard on us shortlines! I'm assuming the 3194 still has a high hood to house the steam generator. Removing this much weight would require a certain amount of ballast to be added and if the
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10-01-2007 - 08:59
shortline sammie
The light bulb has been invented, and at least four different entities, with far more experience than the present idiots, have failed in even being able to operate a railroad THAT WAS STILL INTACT.
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10-01-2007 - 08:50
shortline sammie
A section of 49 CFR (I don't have the book in front of me now) allows railroads to form their own police departments which are generally commissioned by the governor in one of the states the railroad
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09-30-2007 - 19:29
shortline sammie
1150. Re: ncra
I believe thy head resideth in the sand if you think the NWP is a viable railroad in any way shape or form.
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09-29-2007 - 19:03
shortline sammie
1151. Re: RIP NCRA
Actually the LAST THING they want to have to do is actually run a railroad. If it ever should be up and running it won't be long for them to realize it was a bad idea, is losing big bucks and they wi
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09-27-2007 - 20:49
shortline sammie
1152. Re: Duh to Infinity
We don't kiss--we're business people who know how to run a railroad without being obligated to anyone who might want to compromise our integrity.
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09-27-2007 - 06:50
shortline sammie
UP owns at least the first couple of miles from Eugene to Danebo and some kind of interest in the CoosBay bridge although they may have "donated" it to the state or whoever has the deep pockets to mai
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09-26-2007 - 20:58
shortline sammie
Railroads have been serving shippers since the first rail was laid. What we shortlines need is some sort of consistent help or program from the state/feds. Seems like whoever kisses ass best gets th
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09-26-2007 - 20:52
shortline sammie
shortline railroading is a crap shoot at best! You have those that are dedicated to preserving/providing service then there are those such as the Fortress investment group that bought RailAmerica who
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09-06-2007 - 07:32
shortline sammie
The whole NWP debacle gets wierder all the time. I wouldn't worry about quiet zones unless you have something to run that makes more noise than a speeder, which is probable the most likely traffic on
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09-02-2007 - 08:52
shortline sammie
It also helps to drive a "plain jane" WHITE Chevrolet or Ford pickup with a 18" VHF whip antenna on the roof (it doesn't even have to be hooked up to a radio) and carry a clipboard or one of the alumi
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08-18-2007 - 21:25
shortline sammie
The SW-8's for sale are the 602 which has friction bearing trucks and is offered loaded on a flat car FOB Canby, OR asking $50,000. OPR 803 is now on friction bearing trucks; $100,000 loaded on flatc
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08-16-2007 - 09:21
Shortline Sammie
Oregon Pacific has purchased ex-Cedar Rapids & Iowa City "CRANDIC" SW-8 #91 for use on the Molalla Division. This locomotive is historic in that it was the first diesel purchased in 1953 to dieselize
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08-16-2007 - 09:07
shortline sammie
I doubt that the STB will allow the southern end of CORP to be discontinued due to the amount of money that was spent on the line and promises that were made. Unlike the NWP, this is a good case for t
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08-03-2007 - 20:33
shortline sammie
Railroad bridges are built to withstand many times their actual expected loading. The Sacramento bridge (I don't have expertise on highway bridges; I do on railroad bridges) would have most likely ca
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08-03-2007 - 07:33
shortline sammie
News reports (for what they're worth) said the bridge was under repair and that several lanes were closed. I wonder if the additional traffic (trucks in particular) caused an eccentric overloading of
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07-28-2007 - 16:18
shortline sammie
1163. Re: FRA Rules
Wonder how many of those trackhoes in multiple it will take to operate freights over Ridge Hill!!!
Shortline Sammie
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07-26-2007 - 23:47
shortline sammie
Since the Mt. Hood is 20+ miles long, according to the "rule of 100" they would need 2,000 revenue freight moves a year just to stay in business, pay the insurance and the help, and maintain the track
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07-26-2007 - 23:00
shortline sammie
There were several investors in the original Mt. Hood purchase. They received a RRIF loan several years ago to do some maintenance, refinance their original loan and I believe buy the GP? whatever it
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07-20-2007 - 20:45
shortline sammie
Why don't you guys (girls?) just knock it off. This has always been a most professional forum and your bantering back and forth is a waste of bandwidth.
Brian is having his moment of glory; he put
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07-20-2007 - 07:26
shortline sammie
We know some truckers (I have proof from law enforcement reports) like railroads very much because that gives them a source of locomotive horns to steal to make their chrome trucks more obnoxious.
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07-19-2007 - 06:24
shortline sammie
Someone once said "UP numbers their locomotives with four digits; their cars with six digits and their employees with nine!!"
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07-18-2007 - 21:29
shortline sammie
In Reality NO STATE should be in the shortline business!!! States get in the business only as a last ditch effort to retain rail service to a particular location or region. Nobody in state government
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07-18-2007 - 21:07
shortline sammie
Just as ST2K indicated, the application of the "UPY" prefix allows the UP another 9,999 locomotives since they obviously have more than 10,000 locomotives under "UP" reporting marks and needed the add
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