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Updated
October 8, 2007
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The former
Southern Pacific
Siskiyou and Coos Bay lines with sections on the early months, signals
including semaphores and wig wags, signal maintainence, and a couple of
cab rides with friends who have become become engineers. |
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Pictures from
the late
80's until the takeover by CORP including coverage of the "Rainbow Era"
of diversely painted locomotives, the 4449's Spirit of the West tour in
1988 and a last look the combined power of the SP and D&RGW in the
Rogue Valley. |
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An largely
undiscovered
gem in the Blue Mountains of Oregon, the narrow gauge Sumpter Valley
Restoration
Railway features a wood burning Heisler and an elegantly rebuilt Alco
Mikado. |
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1960's and
70's blasts
from the past including: the New York Central in Rochester and
Syracuse;
the Lehigh Valley, Baltimore & Ohio and Erie Lackawanna in upstate
New York; the Illinois Central, Southern and Gulf Mobile & Ohio in
south Louisiana; and the Seaboard Coast Line in North Carolina. |
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Projects
include restoration
of a Baldwin switcher, building of an excursion railroad near Medford,
Oregon and rebuilding of a Willamette steam locomotive. |
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My HO model
layout based
loosely on the Rogue Valley in 1966. |
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Wood or
steel; standard
couplola, wide vision, or bay window; in service or off track; standard
and narrow gauge: a tribute to what many of us remember most
about
freight trains. |
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Some pages of
special
railroad experiences including a ride on the Portland & Western's
Eugene
Hauler, a Featured Picture, Operation Lifesaver presenter Jim Armstrong
and the OLI Special on the Union Pacific. |
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A modest
collection of
links which relate to Alpha Rail Net as well as some other interesting
rail-related links. |
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My name is
Larry Tuttle
and, if you're interested, I'll tell you a little about myself and this
site. |
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