More old Northern Electric Photos
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Friends,
Today's offering is a shot of motor 1000 (could just as easily be 1001) and a pile driver photographed near Marysville in 1907. At least that is what Demoro said on page 26 of his book. My image came from the Electric Railway Journal,?and has no information.?
In addition, I offer what is essentially the NE builder's photo of 1000, probably taken at Chico in 1906. An original of this photo was leant to me for copying by Mrs. Bert Pingree in 1980. Both Bert and his dad were long-term NE/SN employees, and the dad is somewhere among these fellows.
The bodies for NE motors 1000 and 1001 were built at the Diamond Match plant, and electrical gear was applied by the NE shops. If these motors look similar to PE 1599 and 1600, it is no accident. NE General Manager A.D. Schindler was a former PE man, and possibly brought the plans north with him, along with his passion for PE's famous pneumatic trolley poles (which didn't last long on the NE). NE 1000 was retired in 1923. Its body was sold to the Petaluma & Santa Rosa, which restored it to service. NE 1001 was wrecked in 1909, and not repaired. Its electrical gear was used to motorize combine 130.
Yours Aye,
Garth Groff ??
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