Re: OA&E Postcards
Hi: What about the ICC/California Valuation records? Many times revenue structures will have details worthy of scrutiny. The size of a dock would be most important to business men of the day. Could be
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Bill Shippen
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Re: OA&E Postcards
Hi Bill, Thanks very much for the additional scan. I think this is going to end up being one of those "Why couldn't McCovey have hit the ball three feet higher!?" laments a la Charlie Brown in and old
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James Dolan
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Re: OA&E Postcards
You might want to see if CSRM in Sacramento or the state archives might have a plot or drawing. Have you checked Sanborn maps? California archives in Sacramento have many station plats however I don't
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Bill Shippen
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Re: OA&E Postcards
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Bill Shippen
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Re: OA&E Postcards
Hi Bill, Nice views! Thanks for posting. Is there any chance the Walnut Creek depot view actually extends a bit farther to the left of the scanned image you posted? I am building a model of this depot
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James Dolan
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NE Postcard at Durham
126 and 227. Note 227 has the large NORTHERN ELECTRIC on the side.? Enjoy.
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Bill Shippen
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OA&E Postcards
Michell company postcards. Enjoy
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Bill Shippen
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Re: OA&E 103
Thank you. Very similar to an N-Scale Kato Pocket Line steeple cab
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Justin Rowe
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OA&E 103
Friends, Photos of OA&E equipment are rather rare, but I do have this page from the RAILWAY AGE GAZETTE in my collection with a very clear image of freight motor 103 (after descreening). The motor was
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Garth Groff and Sally Sanford
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Re: 40th and Shafter, Transbay Terminal, and Trestle
Nice- thanks for sharing, Dan Lee. San Jose
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rrmaven
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40th and Shafter, Transbay Terminal, and Trestle
Hi all, Got a few cool slides and thought I would share. Anyone know where the trestle photo was taken? Daniel
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Daniel Levy
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Re: Old Maude and Substation 6
Bill and Friends, Substation #6 was located in Marysville, though exactly where I'm not sure, but likely among the industrial tracks behind and below the WP depot. According to notes I had when I
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Garth Groff and Sally Sanford
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Re: Old Maude and Substation 6
Because of this photo I just read Garth's 2011 article ¡°Substations of the Sacramento Northern" that he wrote for the Feather River Rail Society. According to thecarticle, substation #6 was in
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Steve
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Re: Old Maude and Substation 6
I'm thinking Yuba City Marysville however my reference material is in storage.? Let me look. Bet our SN master knows... On Sun, Feb 19, 2023
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Bill Shippen
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Re: Old Maude and Substation 6
Thanks for the photo, Bill. That is a real oldie. Where was substation 6? Jim Baker, Whittier, CA
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Jim Baker
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Re: Old Maude and Substation 6
Guess not.
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Bill Shippen
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Old Maude and Substation 6
Thought you'd like to see this Teresilk view of her pulling past Substation 6. ~Bill Shippen
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Bill Shippen
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SN N-Scale Caboose
One day maybe I will make a Perlman?green Haskell caboose. This may have been made by the retired high school teacher that made the other WP caboose, but earlier in his life. I have an imperfect
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Justin Rowe
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Re: 142 and 143 Updated
Folks: This is a Gildersleeve photo, supposedly in 1959. I doubt the date from looking at that Frisco boxcar. After looking at track maps and the orchard I'm going with the north end of either
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Bill Shippen
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Re: Ebay Photo Location?
Dan, Bill and Friends, The photo was shot by Kenneth C. Jenkins on 27 October 1940. Motor 109 was one of a large order of St. Louis trailer cars built in 1906 for the Philadelphia & Western. The P&W
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Garth Groff and Sally Sanford
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