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<DIV>Well I do not know about a S&P unless your thinking of the Southern Pacific it at one time did run thru Canby, the SP&S was the Spokane, Portland and Seattle an entirely different railroad.</DIV>
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<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">-------------- Original message -------------- <BR>From: cjp joppe <cjpjoppe@yahoo.com> <BR><BR>> When did S&P become SP&S? Or are they 2 different <BR>> RR's? <BR>> My "step"GGrandfather & GGmother worked together on <BR>> the S&P from about 1910-1927. Liveed in a RR car. He <BR>> ran a steam shovel that cleared the land & they hauled <BR>> a crew to lay tracks. Ran from Canby to California. <BR>> <BR>> --- glenkc7mbm@comcast.net wrote: <BR>> <BR>> > Bernie <BR>> > There are a couple of books out on the SP&S Railroad <BR>> > and a SPS Historical Society, do not have a phone <BR>> > Number but they have a small museum in with the <BR>> > Clark County Historical Society Museum in Vancouver <BR>> > Wash. <BR>> > I retired in 2004 after 38 years with the Railroad <BR>> > started out in 1966 with
the SPS. <BR>> > GlenKC7MBM Portland Oregon <BR>> > <BR>> > -- <BR>> > Glen A. Jones <BR>> > <BR>> > -------------- Original message -------------- <BR>> > From: "Charlene Renne" <EBERTBC@COMCAST.NET><BR>> > <BR>> > > My father also worked for the SP&S. Lovingly <BR>> > referred to in our family as <BR>> > > "the Slow, Poor & Stingy". After the war he was a <BR>> > lineman on the railroad <BR>> > > and we lived in a converted caboose. It was quite <BR>> > nice. There was another <BR>> > > car behind us where my mother cooked for the crew. <BR>> > Guess we were really one <BR>> > > of the "box car" kids before the books. We lived <BR>> > on the Wn side of the <BR>> > > Columbia in little places (then) like Walla Walla, <BR>> > Wishram, Plymouth. We'd <BR>> > > take the ferry across the river to buy groceries <BR>> > and som
e times I'd get a <BR>> > > ride to school on the "speeder car". <BR>> > > We lived about 10 feet of the main line,we had a <BR>> > "path", and no running <BR>> > > water. When it was time to move, an engine would <BR>> > pull us down to the next <BR>> > > job side track. Once we actually lived in a one <BR>> > room railroad house, again <BR>> > > about 10 feet from the tracks. The window box was <BR>> > the refrigerator and <BR>> > > when it froze outside the milk cream would push <BR>> > the paper cap about an inch <BR>> > > beyond the bottle. We lived on the railroad the <BR>> > year the Columbia froze. <BR>> > > We moved to San Diego the year dad got frost bite <BR>> > from being stuck out in a <BR>> > > storm for several hours. Lots of fond childhood <BR>> > memories. <BR>> > > <BR>> > > Renne' in Eugene <BR>> > > <BR>>
> > Original Message ----- <BR>> > > From: "Bernard Verbout" <BR>> > > To: <BR>> > > Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 9:27 PM <BR>> > > Subject: [or-roots] An SP&S Train Depot <BR>> > > <BR>> > > <BR>> > > > <BR>> > > > This email where someone is looking for <BR>> > information about a train <BR>> > > > depot got me to thinking about my deceased <BR>> > Father in Law who was an <BR>> > > > employee of the Spokane Portland and Seattle <BR>> > Railroad (SP&S) for many <BR>> > > > years <BR>> > > > and once lived in a "Railroad House" in Linnton, <BR>> > Oregon. Across the <BR>> > > > railroad tracks was a small SP&S Depot. Linnton <BR>> > is actually is a part of <BR>> > > > Portland very often referred to as if it is a <BR>> > separate city on the <BR>> > > > outskir
ts of Portland. My Father in Law was a <BR>> > Section Forman who had also <BR>> > > > lived in a Railroad House in Westport, Oregon <BR>> > and had worked between <BR>> > > > Astoria and Portland during his many years <BR>> > empoyeed by SP&S. I am <BR>> > > > interested in anything relating to this small <BR>> > depot, the railroad house or <BR>> > > > possibly any information from possibly a SP&S <BR>> > Historical Society, railroad <BR>> > > > club or former SP&S empoyees. <BR>> > > > You have been very helpful in some of my <BR>> > genealogy research and <BR>> > > > I am hoping for your assistance in this matter. <BR>> > > > <BR>> > > > Bernie Verbout <BR>> > > > <BR>> > > >> [Original Message] <BR>> > > >> From: Sue Steward <BR>> > > >> To: <BR>> > > >>
; Date: 9/13/2006 8:12:09 PM <BR>> > > >> Subject: Re: [or-roots] 1930 Pendleton Train <BR>> > Depot <BR>> > > >> <BR>> > > >> Umatilla County Historical Society Museum. 108 <BR>> > South West Frazer, <BR>> > > > Pendleton, <BR>> > > >> Oregon 97801. P.O. Box 253, Pendleton, Oregon <BR>> > 97801. Phone: 541-276-0012; <BR>> > > >> Fax: 541-276-7989. E-mail: uchs@oregontrail.net <BR>> > <BR>> > > >> <BR>> > > >> You might try contacting the historical society <BR>> > to find out about a <BR>> > > > picture. <BR>> > > >> <BR>> > > >> Sue <BR>> > > >> <BR>> > > >> -----Original Message----- <BR>> > > >> From: or-roots-admin@sosinet.sos.state.or.us <BR>> > > >> <BR>> > [mailto:or-roots-admin@sosinet.sos.state.or.us]On <BR>> > Beha
lf Of D. J. <BR>> > > >> Brotherton <BR>> > > >> Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 8:10 AM <BR>> > > >> To: Oregon Mailing List <BR>> > > >> Subject: [or-roots] 1930 Pendleton Train Depot <BR>> > > >> <BR>> > > >> <BR>> > > >> Does anyone know where I can find a picture of <BR>> > the Pendleton Train Depot <BR>> > > >> around 1928-1930? I have not had great luck <BR>> > googling? <BR>> > > >> <BR>> > > >> Dolores in Colorado <BR>> > > >> djbrtb@kci.net <BR>> > > >> <BR>> > > >> <BR>> > > >> _______________________________________________ <BR>> > <BR>> > > >> or-roots mailing list <BR>> > > >> or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us <BR>> > > >> <BR>> > <BR>> http://sosinet.sos.state.or.us/mailman/listinfo/or-r
oots <BR>> > <BR>> > > > <BR>> > > > <BR>> > > > _______________________________________________ <BR>> > > > or-roots mailing list <BR>> > > > or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us <BR>> > > > <BR>> > <BR>> http://sosinet.sos.state.or.us/mailman/listinfo/or-roots <BR>> > <BR>> > > <BR>> > > _______________________________________________ <BR>> > > or-roots mailing list <BR>> > > or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us <BR>> > > <BR>> > <BR>> http://sosinet.sos.state.or.us/mailman/listinfo/or-roots <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> carole <BR>> cjpjoppe@yahoo.com <BR>> ... unwrap each day as a precious gift <BR>> <BR>> __________________________________________________ <BR>> Do You Yahoo!? <BR>> Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around <BR>> http://mail.yahoo.com <BR>> __________________________________
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