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Nostalgia & History > SP Visitor to the NWP during the 86 FloodingDate: 03/06/21 17:50 SP Visitor to the NWP during the 86 Flooding Author: spider1319 These images were taken in March of 1986 when the North Bay experienced an unusual amount of winter rainfall.The eastbound sprint or hauler is seen just south of Schellville surrouded by water.The 4800 class power lasted a short time being assigned to Petaluma which was different from the usual SD9,GP9 and SW1500.Bill Webb
  Date: 03/06/21 18:10 Re: SP Visitor to the NWP during the 86 Flooding Author: phthithu Wow more amazing NWP pics Spider! Thanks for sharing these are incredible.
Date: 03/06/21 18:37 Re: SP Visitor to the NWP during the 86 Flooding Author: Milwaukee It's amazing how fast traffic off the NWP dried up. Was that a common length of train at the time?
Date: 03/06/21 19:02 Re: SP Visitor to the NWP during the 86 Flooding Author: 3rdswitch Awesome pair.
JB Date: 03/06/21 19:51 Re: SP Visitor to the NWP during the 86 Flooding Author: sp8234 Nice shots, Thanks for posting.
In the late 70s, Very early 80s it was common to see 3-5 long (80-100 cars) freight trains on a Friday or Saturday night. Mostly with big power & then the SD9s came back. Tim Hanesworth Date: 03/06/21 20:50 Re: SP Visitor to the NWP during the 86 Flooding Author: billmeeker Milwaukee Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > It's amazing how fast traffic off the NWP dried > up. Was that a common length of train at the > time? Didn't SP impose a surcharge on loads coming off the north end of the NWP around 1983-84? That pretty much put the kabash on the big trains originating off the NWP. Date: 03/06/21 22:09 Re: SP Visitor to the NWP during the 86 Flooding Author: Fiftyfooter The NWP Redwood Line built the Bay and souranding areas! They even had Ferry Boats back in the day to shuffle lumber cars! It was amazing how much lumber they pumped out of there in the 70s and 80s!
Date: 03/06/21 23:01 Re: SP Visitor to the NWP during the 86 Flooding Author: DFWJIM The NWP also handled alot of gravel, perishable and feed business through the 80s.
Posted from Android Date: 03/07/21 07:22 Re: SP Visitor to the NWP during the 86 Flooding Author: WAF Looks like the Eureka Southern was out of service, probably due to slides. This is traffic generated on the south end
Date: 03/07/21 21:50 Re: SP Visitor to the NWP during the 86 Flooding Author: dmaffei Enjoying your NWP photos and others. The last switch job to San Rafael was a favorite
https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?11,5168529,5168529#5168529 Thanks Bill |