[or-roots] An SP&S Train Depot
Barbara Wulf
wulf at bendbroadband.com
Thu Sep 14 18:33:16 PDT 2006
According to this map SP & S thought they went through Lebanon.
http://www.spshs.org/res/map2.html
Barb
wulf at bendbroadband.com
http://home.bendcable.com/wulf/Project/siteMapNoImage.htm
----- Original Message -----
From: glenkc7mbm at comcast.net
To: or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us
Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2006 6:01 PM
Subject: Re: [or-roots] An SP&S Train Depot
Barbara
The Old SP&S did not run thru Lebanon that was the Oregon Electric they used SP&S Locomotives.
Glenkc7mbm Portland
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Glen A. Jones
-------------- Original message --------------
From: "Barbara Wulf" <wulf at bendbroadband.com>
> We lived at Lebanon Oregon just across Hwy 20 from the SP&S tracks. There
> was a crossing on each side of the house. When we would go back to visit my
> parents, my husband would complain about the whistle going all night. I
> never heard it. For me it was just one of the home noises.
>
> Barb
> wulf at bendbroadband.com
> http://home.bendcable.com/wulf/Project/siteMapNoImage.htm
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bernard Verbout"
> To:
> Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2006 8:21 AM
> Subject: Re: [or-roots] An SP&S Train Depot
>
>
> > Charlene
> > Thanks for the interesting emai l, int eresting story. My
> > father in law and the family lived in a Railroad House just next to the
> > tracks in Linnton and the whole house shook and rattled everytime the
> train
> > went by, got used to it though.
> >
> >
> > > [Original Message]
> > > From: Charlene Renne
> > > To:
> > > Date: 9/13/2006 10:28:09 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [or-roots] An SP&S Train Depot
> > >
> > > My father also worked for the SP&S. Lovingly referred to in our family
> > as
> > > "the Slow, Poor & Stingy". After the war he was a lineman on the
> railroad
> > > and we lived in a converted caboose. It was quite nice. There was
> > another
> > > car behind us where my mother cooked for the crew. Guess we were really
> > one
> > > of the "box car" kids before the books. We lived on the Wn side of the
> > > Columbia in little places (then) like Walla Walla, Wishram, Plymouth.
> > We'd
> > > take the ferry across the river to buy groceries and some times I'd get
> a
> > > ride to school on the "speeder car".
> > > We lived about 10 feet of the main line,we had a "path", and no running
> > > water. When it was time to move, an engine would pull us down to the
> > next
> > > job side track. Once we actually lived in a one room railroad house,
> > again
> > > about 10 feet from the tracks. The window box was the refrigerator and
> > > when it froze outside the milk cream would push the paper cap about an
> > inch
> > > beyond the bottle. We lived on the railroad the year the Columbia
> froze.
> > > We mo ved to San Diego the year dad got frost bite from being stuck out
> in
> > a
> > > storm for several hours. Lots of fond childhood memories.
> > >
> > > Renne' in Eugene
> > >
> > > Original Message -----
> > > From: "Bernard Verbout"
> > > To:
> > > Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 9:27 PM
> > > Subject: [or-roots] An SP&S Train Depot
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > This email where someone is looking for information about a
> > train
> > > > depot got me to thinking about my deceased Father in Law who was an
> > > > employee of the Spokane Portland and Seattle Railroad (SP&S) for many
> > > > years
> > > > and once lived in a "Railroad House" in Lin nton, Oregon. Across the
> > > > railroad tracks was a small SP&S Depot. Linnton is actually is a part
> of
> > > > Portland very often referred to as if it is a separate city on the
> > > > outskirts of Portland. My Father in Law was a Section Forman who had
> > also
> > > > lived in a Railroad House in Westport, Oregon and had worked between
> > > > Astoria and Portland during his many years empoyeed by SP&S. I am
> > > > interested in anything relating to this small depot, the railroad
> house
> > or
> > > > possibly any information from possibly a SP&S Historical Society,
> > railroad
> > > > club or former SP&S empoyees.
> > > > You have been very helpful in some of my genealogy research
> > and
> > > > I am hoping for your assistance in this matter.
&g t; > > >
> > > > Bernie Verbout
> > > >
> > > >> [Original Message]
> > > >> From: Sue Steward
> > > >> To:
> > > >> Date: 9/13/2006 8:12:09 PM
> > > >> Subject: Re: [or-roots] 1930 Pendleton Train Depot
> > > >>
> > > >> Umatilla County Historical Society Museum. 108 South West Frazer,
> > > > Pendleton,
> > > >> Oregon 97801. P.O. Box 253, Pendleton, Oregon 97801. Phone:
> > 541-276-0012;
> > > >> Fax: 541-276-7989. E-mail: uchs at oregontrail.net
>
> > > >>
> > > >> You might try contacting the historical society to find out about a
> > > > picture.
> > > >>
> > > >> Sue > > > >>
> > > >> -----Original Message-----
> > > >> From: or-roots-admin at sosinet.sos.state.or.us
> > > >> [mailto:or-roots-admin at sosinet.sos.state.or.us]On Behalf Of D. J.
> > > >> Brotherton
> > > >> Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 8:10 AM
> > > >> To: Oregon Mailing List
> > > >> Subject: [or-roots] 1930 Pendleton Train Depot
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> Does anyone know where I can find a picture of the Pendleton Train
> > Depot
> > > >> around 1928-1930? I have not had great luck googling?
> > > >>
> > > >> Dolores in Colorado
> > > >> djbrtb at kci.net
> > > >>
> > > >>
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