August Trains Mag

[Anonymous]

The article "Oregon's Shortline Survivor" is great. I have riden parts of this line and I recommend the passenger trip to everyone. The tunnels are so small that we wondered how a dome car could fit but they did. The photo on pages 30-31was taken midway between Garibaldi and Bay city at Hobsonville Point with Tillamook Bay on the west of the tracks.
When one looks at the map, the question is why did the builders use a round-about way to reach the coast when a much shorter route was available. Several thoughts on this was: The rumor that the Hammond Lumber Company interests would build a line up the coast from Eureka between their California properties and their Oregon properties. Hammond had surveyed the route from Eureka to Crescent City, but this line and the line to Coos Bay took the only availabe routes.
The amount of timber along the route would give the line a tremendous amount of business for many years.
This route is the highest possible route for a railroad to the coast.
The GE 80 ton center cab diesel was saved and is on display at Discovery Bay near Port Townsend Washington along with several cabooses that is used to house ice cream and coffee shops for the tourist trade.

[cherokee woman]

I have really enjoyed this issue. Especially liked the article on pages
44 - 49 entitled "Hard traveling". And Ed King's "Didja bring one with ya?"
was very good reading also.

[eolafan]

WOW, 30,000 horses lead by an F45 and three way cars and all signals high green! What a rush!

[locomutt]

QUOTE: Originally posted by doghouse

Halifaxcn, what is an "FF?"

Try Firefighter!!

[locomutt]

QUOTE: Originally posted by halifaxcn

It was a GREAT editorial, I have copied it and hung it up here in my PD staton we don't have railroad in town anymore (Old B&M Bedford branch is a now the Minute Man bikepath). The question is how do you get it to every law enforcement agency in the Country? I know a lot of cops and FF's are rail fans, so maybe word will get out! I hope so!

Happy 229th B-Day America! Home of the Red White & Blue!

I'm not sure about your area,but I got the e-mail address for our P.D.
and sent them a copy of that. (simple matter of making a phone call)
I would suggest that all people copy that to file,and attach to an e-mail
to all Police departments.

I sent that to our P.D. Sat.after the mag. came in,and I have received a
reply from them that they did get it,and will be looking into that matter.

And yes,A very HAPPY BIRTHDAY to AMERICA !!!!!

[doghouse]

Halifaxcn, what is an "FF?"

[halifaxcn]

It was a GREAT editorial, I have copied it and hung it up here in my PD staton we don't have railroad in town anymore (Old B&M Bedford branch is a now the Minute Man bikepath). The question is how do you get it to every law enforcement agency in the Country? I know a lot of cops and FF's are rail fans, so maybe word will get out! I hope so!

Happy 229th B-Day America! Home of the Red White & Blue!

[chad thomas]

Well I guess that's my que science I'm not a subscriber I need to get my a$$ to the hobby shop and pick mine up.V

[Noah Hofrichter]

I got mine yesterday, I've liked the whole issue so far. Especially the cover story, and the little humorous anecdote.

Noah

[SchemerBob]

Still havn't got mine. Somehow the mail travels really slow out here![:(!]

[eolafan]

Mine arrived in the mail yesterday and I read most of it while trackside in the afternoon...a really good edition!

[Modelcar]

...Yeah, it'll probably be here Tuesday. And we'll look forward to that article.

[locomutt]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Modelcar

...Guess this is the month I must wait for my copy....Last 2 months it arrived early, before the first of the month.

Well Modelcar,maybe you will get yours Tues.as we got ours Sat.
The "Holiday" weekend must have caught up with a lot of us.

Really haven't had time(or made it) to read the mag. in depth,but
Mr. Wrinn's editorial is great,and maybe a copy of that should be
passed to every police department,and or other governing authorities
in the U.S. to read and take heed.

I believe Mr. Wrinn deserves the biggest "Kudos" and "Thumbs Up"
for adressing that so called sensitive topic that we can give him.[tup][tup][bow]

[Modelcar]

...Guess this is the month I must wait for my copy....Last 2 months it arrived early, before the first of the month.

[miniwyo]

Only got to read a little bit of the issue yet, but I read the colmn in the cover twice Kudos to the author of it and all I have to say about it is ITS ABOUT TIME that somone published somthing directed towards the police departments to raise awareness of our hobby. I paticularly like how he described us as a useful tool, All in all it looks like a good issue and it looks like it will be soem good reading!

[Anonymous]

The article about the bn line is pretty good

[Anonymous]

Just got mine today too. Looks interesting...

LC

[cherokee woman]

We got the August Trains mag in today's mail, along with the
August Model Railroader. Haven't had a chance to look too
far in it. But think everybody will like the editor's column on
the inside cover. A great big kudos to Jim Wrinn on that one!![bow][tup]