[or-roots] Early Oregon Railroad

[David Patrick]

Hi
I am very interested in Oregon Railroad History,my family were railroad
people.I was aGandy Dancer,Hosler helper,firelighter and Roundhouse
Stationary Engineer.
My father lost his arm in a wreck at the Winchester Falls on Jan.1st
1916.The line was O&C.
David Patrick
dpatrick at calweb.com









----- Original Message -----
From: "Leslie Chapman" <khanjehgil at presys.com>
To: <or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us>
Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2004 07:46 PM
Subject: RE: [or-roots] Early Oregon Railroad


> Carole;
>
> A while back I think I posted some links on Oregon Railroad history, but
> can't swear to it, may have just been looking for a factoid I posted. I be
> too sick to want to chase it down for you now, but I know there is a lot
of
> stuff online about the subject, not just SP but precursors etc. Also you
> might want to look up address for Southern Pacific Historical society or
> some such. I know you can probably find a link to it through
> Modelrailroader.com.
>
> We train nuts have all sorts of historical stuff on our favorite railroads
> and if you send a copy of that photo to Model Railroader one of them will
> probably be able to tell you who is in the photo and what day of the month
> the photo was taken and where and all sorts of other details, and if they
> can't tell you they'll probably make something up.
>
> Les C
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cjp joppe
> Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2004 11:33 AM
> Subject: [or-roots] Early Oregon Railroad
>
>
> Greetings
> Does anyone have any contacts for Early 1900 Oregon
> RR? I have some photos of early steam shovels laying
> track for the S&P. My Grandmother's Stepfather Earl
> Hanson ran a crew and shovel that laid track from
> about 1916-1930. The only other identified individual
> in the photos is Clark Radford. I can attach a photo
> (s) (if that is okay) or willing to send to interested
> individuals.
>
> =====
> carole
> cjpjoppe at yahoo.com
> ... unwrap each day as a precious gift
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