Re: Northern Electric 3rd Rail Details
Garth, thanks for this drawing.? Can you make out the dimensions listed for the 3rd rail height above the running rails and the offset distance from the inside of the running rails to the center line
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nathandaily@...
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Eats on the SN
Back in the day of civility transportation, one could enjoy the following gastronomic delights while enjoying a trip on the SN.
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Bill Shippen
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Park Hotel Follow-up
Friends, Out of curiosity, I did some internet searching to learn more about the Park Hotel. It is sort of a side issue to our interest in the Sacramento Northern. But it was the "nicest" hotel in
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Garth Groff and Sally Sanford
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Northern Electric Streetcar
Friends, Today I offer the last of the Northern Electric photos I found searching Wikimedia Commons for Sacramento and also all the larger towns the NE/SN served. This particular view is a postcard
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Garth Groff and Sally Sanford
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Re: Northern Electric Demo Car 90
Bill, It is also possible that PG&E's archives are in the hands of some university, museum or library. A lot of companies have unloaded their history files in recent years, possibly to save money or
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Garth Groff and Sally Sanford
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Re: Northern Electric Demo Car 90
Thanks for the beautiful pictures. Next to the Bidwell this is a favorite of mine. PG&E shows up on the back of several views I have of NE. The archives, if they're still intact, would be either in
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Bill Shippen
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Northern Electric Demo Car 90
Friends, Yesterday on Wikimedia Commons I found these three photos of Northern Electric's demonstration car 90. They were apparently published around 1912 in PACIFIC SERVICES MAGAZINE, a Pacific Gas &
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Garth Groff and Sally Sanford
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Re: Northern Electric and Floods, 1914-15
Very nice views. My granny moved to Colusa just before the flood and as a young kid I remember her stories. Please keep posting as your subjects are of major interest. I have several hundred SN, ect
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Bill Shippen
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Northern Electric and Floods, 1914-15
Friends, While searching for inclined railways under 'Pacific Gas & Electric' on *Wikimedia*, I came upon some Northern Electric photos that were completely new to me. Here follow the first two, which
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Garth Groff and Sally Sanford
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Re: SN Bus schedules poster
Yonder back in the late 1920's there were company bus operations, using a Faegol bus. Eventually SN used ACF (American Car & Foundry) coaches from San Francisco to Pittsburg starting in 1936. They
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Bill Shippen
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SN 407 at Chico
Very rarely seen in Chico, Baldwin VO-1000 number 407 is shown at Mulberry in 1972.
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Bill Shippen
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Re: SN Bus schedules poster
Cool ! That's so interesting ! wrote:
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Philip Schmierer
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Re: SN Bus schedules poster
May 13, 1938. SN and predecessors had bus service prior to the end of intercity passenger operations. This schedule is very hard to find, especially in this condition. Will research more and report
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Bill Shippen
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Re: SN Bus schedules poster
Looks like the date in the lower left hand corner is May of 1938, that's using a hand held magnifying glass . I can't make it out clearly as it pixelates when trying to blow it up to a larger size.
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Philip Schmierer
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Re: SN Bus schedules poster
So cool. What year was this? How did it relate to train service? pitstopharold@...> escribi¨®: > > >
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Daniel Levy
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SN Bus schedules poster
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Bill Shippen
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SN TT Poster
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Bill Shippen
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SF-S Broadside
Here is a rarity among broadsides, especially from San Francisco Sacramento Shortline. Enjoy. ~Bill Shippen
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Bill Shippen
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SNRR Ticket
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Bill Shippen
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Re: PG&E Birney
Thanks Bill! Michael
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michael.starkey <michael.starkey@...>
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