Re: Is this Group dead.
These things go in surges and lulls . I started a Milwaukee Road list on Yahoo back then and the activity looks like a roller coaster. I'll bet if you ask a question about the SN, someone will pop up
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Philip Schmierer
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#697
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MoW 83
MoW 83. June 1956, unknown location. Can someone ID the location?
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Bill Shippen
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#696
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Re: Is this Group dead.
I have been lurking in the shadows. --Jim Baker? ?Whittier, CA
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Jim Baker
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#695
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Is this Group dead.
Last post Jul17. Anyone out there?
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Bill Shippen
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#694
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Re: Northern Electric Article
Thank you Garth, a true treasure of information. ~Bill Shippen
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Bill Shippen
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#693
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Re: Northern Electric 3rd Rail Details
I'm not sure what that diagram is actually showing.... but it is not third rail placement. Firstly the rails that sits on the white painted "rest" is both lower than the running rails and secondly
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Bilton
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#692
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Re: Northern Electric 3rd Rail Details
Here is the SN Standards drawing for 3rd rail setup. I got copies of a bunch of standards drawings years ago. ? Mike Dreiling
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Mike Dreiling
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#691
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Last Northern Electric pages 21-25
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Garth Groff and Sally Sanford
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#690
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Northern Electric pages 16-20
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Garth Groff and Sally Sanford
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#689
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Northern Electric pages 11-15
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Garth Groff and Sally Sanford
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#688
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Northern Electric pages 6-10
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Garth Groff and Sally Sanford
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#687
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Northern Electric Article
Friends, Some of you weren't able to open the Northern Electric article that I linked yesterday. I've been requested to post the relevant pages, but all the pages potentially are relevant to somebody.
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Garth Groff and Sally Sanford
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#686
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Re: Northern Electric Article
When I downloaded the file it became the whole 1912 six-month volume. There were some other interesting articles. The magazine was heavily based on West Coast sites. --Jim Baker, Whittier CA
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Jim Baker
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#685
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Re: Northern Electric Article
I can't get this to work. Can you copy the pertinent pages and post them? Bill Shippen
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Bill Shippen
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#684
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Northern Electric Article
Friends, As I was doing some follow-up to Nathan's question about the SN's 3rd rail, I found the source of the original article. It is from the JOURNAL OF ELECTRICITY, POWER AND GAS for 23 April 1910.
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Garth Groff and Sally Sanford
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#683
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Re: Northern Electric 3rd Rail Details
Nathan, My apologies for not getting back with you sooner. I've had a lot of non-train stuff on my plate, and your question slipped lower and lower in my in-box. Unfortunately, I don't have the
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Garth Groff and Sally Sanford
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#682
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Re: https://youtube.com/watch?v=bC8rga1lyR0&feature=share
Thank you Daniel, What do you think is the best scenery from the pre 1957 South end other than 40th and Shafter? Rockridge?
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J ROWE
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#681
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Re: https://youtube.com/watch?v=bC8rga1lyR0&feature=share
Thank you for sending this. Really enjoyed some of the history including why electric service lasted longer in Marysville / Yuba city and how the SN maintained its own brand until the WP merged with
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Daniel Levy
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#680
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https://youtube.com/watch?v=bC8rga1lyR0&feature=share
Great N-Scale?SN video on YouTube. I don¡¯t remember seeing it here. I almost used an ArnoldSteeple Cab for the SN. It looks like a nice engine.?
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Justin Rowe
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#679
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Re: SN 1642
Bill and Friends, I would say very rare, and also valuable if the slide has a processing date on it. I don't recognize the location. Attached are two photos of 1642 from my collection, both at West
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Garth Groff and Sally Sanford
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#678
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