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Coal Trains on the Columbia River Sub
EMD SD70ACe # 9257 runs in Distributed Power Mode on a empty coal train heading East through Quincy, WA
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Well, here it is November and we are on the cusp of another winter. Almost time to take some (hopefully) good winter train shots. It's been a full Summer and so far Fall of train chasing, either in Montana (twice) or Spokane and all the areas in between. I have lot's of photos to get up and posted. However, this time I am going to try and get them a little more organized so that they can be viewed not only by Railroad by also by Locomotive type. It may take a while longer to get them posted but I think it will make the site easier to navigate and also for you, the viewer to find what you are looking for. So, look for some improvements to the site as the days, weeks and (hopefully not) months go by!
Kevin Dellinger-a.k.a. Wenatchee
Coming soon (I hope, lost license agreement not withstanding) will be a new feature for me. Great Northern Tech is officially a registered business in the state of Washington and I will soon begin selling prints, posters etc in high resolution of some of the pictures that I have taken that you perhaps have seen on this web site, and some that have not been posted on this site (got to hold back some of the best to sell, right?). It does take time to square away the user license agreements etc. etc. with the respective Railroads. So, in the coming months please look for the active link to my Purchase Photo's Page.
Rail News
Possible Central Pacific trestle unearthed
Monday, November 10, 2008
| SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The California State Railroad Museum has found what it believes is an early trestle used by the Central Pacific Railroad, the Sacramento Bee has reported. While preparing a site to be the future home of a railcar maintenance shop, the museum found decayed wood buried underground. The location of the wood corresponds with early CP maps showing a long trestle across China Slough, a waterway that once drained into the Sacramento River. As the city expanded, the slough was filled in and the tracks were relocated. "We're about 80 to 90 percent sure that this is a piece of the transcontinental railroad of the Central Pacific," said Kyle Wyatt, the museum's curator of history and technology. Though a wagon bridge also crossed the slough nearby, Wyatt believes the spacing of supports indicates the heavy-duty construction of a railroad bridge. Archaeologists will probe the discovery for a couple more weeks, taking photographs and searching for more bridge supports, before it's covered up to enable continued construction. |
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Port prepares to buy rail line
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
| COOS BAY, Ore. - The Port of Coos Bay, Ore., has agreed to pay as much as $16 million for the 111-mile line that reaches the port from Eugene, Ore., based on a federal ruling, the Associated Press has reported. The line hasn't seen service since September 2007 when its current owner, RailAmerica's Central Oregon & Pacific, shut it down owing to unsafe tunnel conditions. The Surface Transportation Board has ordered CO&P sell the line to the port, and the board will decide on a price. When that happens, the port will have 10 days to accept or reject the price, then 90 days to complete the purchase. If the port rejects the price, CO&P will be granted permission to abandon the line. The port has already raised objections to the STB's process for determining salvage value of the line, which will be the price it will have to pay. It notes the board isn't taking into account the costs the railroad would incur in removing bridges, for example. The port hopes to operate freight service over the line to ensure customers can ship by rail. It plans to repair the tunnels and the line so as to allow 25-mph speeds. |
