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Re: PG & E Birney update
Very nice. I particularly like the raised trolley pole platforms.
? ?Dan. Lee, San Jose
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Launch Countess
Friends, The SN's motor?launch Countess, was not often photographed, but Ken Jenkins lensed her in August 1940 at Mallard. The reeds suggest why she was so elusive--it probably took Jenkins a slog through some pretty swampy stuff to get this photo.? Countess was the second of three launches owned?by the OA&E/SF-S/SN. The earliest was Laguna, which was purchased used by the OA&E as a fill-in after the first ferry Bridgit was lost to a fire in 1914. Countess was also a used?boat, bought by the SF-S in 1920. She served until 1942. The final launch was a mysterious boat named Legonia which was sold off in 1946. When not used in shuttle service during Ramon's downtime, the launches were used as workboats and were available for charter by (gulp: ?) duck hunting clubs. Yours Aye, Garth Groff Mallard Lodge ?? |
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Re: Horses...
Bill and Friends, According to MARYSVILLE & YUBA CITY RAILROAD by Kirby M. Harris, the line used mules right from the start. There is no mention of horses in this work. I don't know much about equines, but I suspect mixing horses and mules on the same team would be a no-no. This booklet is a very complete history of the company. It was originally?published as WESTERN RAILROADER issue 319 (or v.28, no.8) in August 1966. It was later reprinted with a heavier cover. If you can find this work, it is well worth having in your collection. Woodland had its own horsecar line before the Northern Electric interurbans came to town. Their one surviving car was restored and displayed in the now-defunct?Hayes Antique Truck Museum at Woodland. I do not know where it went. My photo shows the car before restoration when it was "stored" at the Yolo County Fairgrounds in the mid-1960s Yours Aye, Garth Groff ?? On Thu, Mar 2, 2023 at 9:34?AM Bill Shippen <pitstopharold@...> wrote: Yes, now that I look closer the long-eared critter appears to be a mule. I'm not really into this kind of subject so appreciate your comment. Now that I look at some other prints I have of this operation it appears they used mules and horses.? BTW, after NE took over this company some of the "horse cars" were reused as lineside passenger shelters. (Not confirmed by photographs but from various historical writings.) |
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Vallejo & Northern Woodland station.
Here is a postcard I just picked up showing what became SNs Woodland station. V&N views, even converted ones like this are rather uncommon. I had no idea this building had V&N markings but yet here it is.?
? This building was eventually sold and repurposed then razed and rebuilt on the original foundation where it remains today. ~Bill? |
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Yes, now that I look closer the long-eared critter appears to be a mule. I'm not really into this kind of subject so appreciate your comment. Now that I look at some other prints I have of this operation it appears they used mules and horses.? BTW, after NE took over this company some of the "horse cars" were reused as lineside passenger shelters. (Not confirmed by photographs but from various historical writings.)
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On Mar 1, 2023, at 11:47 PM, Bill Shippen <pitstopharold@...> wrote:
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Ken Harstine