Set in 300 acres of stunning Hertfordshire countryside, The Grove is the ultimate five star retreat. Lovingly restored, the former home of the Earls of Clarendon is situated just 18 miles from London, and is home to an award winning spa, championship golf course and three mouth-watering restaurants.
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The final leg of our week-long West Virginia road trip took us from Parkersburg to New River Gorge, the most spectacular finale to our vacation.
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The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway was a famous southern line that operated from Norfolk to Chicago and through much of Michigan.
The Norfolk Southern Railroad rail yard in Roanoke,Va as seen from the air.
Westbound Santa Fe freight approaches Cajon Summit. Train stopped at Cajon Summit, brakemen on top to set retainers. Meeting the eastbound Chief. Meeting the eastbound Chief. Setting retainers at Cajon Summit. Summit, California - Cajon Pass Starting down Cajon Pass. Going down Cajon on the South Track - MP57. Near MP 60, South Track - San Gabriel Mountains in the distance. Alray Pine Lodge, California Between Pine Lodge and Cajon - Note the debris barriers along the riverbank. Cajon, California - North Track on the right. Brake Club in hand at Cajon. Cajon, California Guard at the bridge at Devore. Jack Delano never seemed to have rested with his camera. His photography for the Farm Security Administration, and the Office of War Information impress with his thoroughness and attention to detail. Looking at his photos of the Santa Fe, taken in 1943, in the Library of Congress Archive, Delano apparently rode cabooses from Chicago to California, excepting for one photo that was taken from a observation platform.
This is part 2 in the overview of the Milwaukee Road from Plummer to Spokane. See the post from yesterday for an Introduction, and the pros and cons. An overview of the towns – the “geography” To understand the layout potential, here are the major layout design elements the layout would include: Plummer: A wye was located here on the MILW. UP’s line from Kellogg joined in at the East leg of the wye so trains could run over the MILW line toward Manito to then get on UP to Spokane. There was one traditional industry in Plummer: a stud lumber or planer mill at Plummer that was switched by UP and was located off of the abandoned UP line to Tekoa (1955). The mill was owned by the Plummer Indian Reservation and was supplied with mostly 50ft boxcars and 53-6 flatcars. UP and MILW interchanged cars to and from each other at Plummer: Leachman said there was “milling in transit” veneer and plywood occasionally interchanged there to St Maries Plywood and then re-shipment to Eastern points (but most UP-MILW interchange was done at East Spokane). Plummer had continuous train order office coverage. Here is an internet photo of Plummer turn arriving from Spokane taken by “cz17” – with mainline across front of image and rear of wye in background. Also, the lead GP9 is sitting on the switch to the UP Wallace Branch: Worley: Located on the MILW between Plummer and Manito, this is site to several grain elevators and a double-ended industry track. This is where grain hoppers and boxcars were spotted and pulled – by the MILW Plummer turn. Google earth shot from 2011: Mozart: Located 1 mile West of Worley on the MILW between Plummer and Manito, this is site to one grain elevator and a double-ended industry track. This is where grain hoppers and boxcars were spotted and pulled – by the MILW Plummer turn. Manito: Here is where the MILW tracks meet the UP line from Tekoa. Here is a Leachman shot of the UP Kellogg Local returning to Spokane. The train is presently on MILW ROW and will enter UP at the junction switch in the foreground. The line at right is the UP branch toward Tekoa. Mica: Siding located here. Also, a UP served brick plant is located here. Shot of a MILW road train cresting the grade here (likely a detour - this was not a regular occurrence during my planned era although was in 1976-77) (source: Ebay): Part of the route between Mica to Spokane includes a 6 mile canyon with a steep grade of 1.7%. Leachman photo of EB train 387 (Kellogg Turn) from 1975: Dishman: Where the wye is located between the UP line between Manito and Spokane, and the MILW leg toward Coeur D’Alene and Metaline Falls. Rob Leachman photo from 1975: Spokane: MILW had a “modern” 1950s built 9 track yard in Spokane, with 2 support tracks and 2 engine facility tracks. All double ended. MILW’s main score in Spokane was building the auto destination unloading facility at the yard. At the time auto business was highly lucrative and MILW served it well by being a direct carrier right from Chicago as well as interchange cars from SP that originated at assembly plants in California with SP-MILW interchange at Portland. UP had rights to switch the unloading facility as well and likely served it daily, since both these carriers mostly marginalized BN in the PNW for auto traffic. Rob Leachman has estimated the split of cars as 66% MILW and 33% UP. Dan Holbrook photo from loco facility – April 1974: North of Spokane yard North and East of the MILW yard is a spur that has several shippers on it, including a large grain elevator and a pea producer. There was a former NP now BN industry spur that crossed the MILW spur at grade near Northwest Pea and Bean. Possible BN ops added on. Need to understand what these industry names were - looking for help here as well. Metaline Falls Branch: MILW branch to Metaline Falls began at Dishman. Rail mileage was 120 miles to Metaline Falls. Rob Leachman said that he recalls the train being 25-30 cars when he saw it at night. Dishman to Newport – no online business. Cusick had a Diamond Match sawmill that closed in the 1950s. Newport: had a mill? Usk: Woodchips loaded here to go to Tacoma. Lumber loaded here to go East. Lumber on flats and in boxcars. Ione: had a mill? Metaline Falls: Lehigh Portland Cement had a large cement plant (closed prior to 2000 but they used the silos for cement storage brought in by old 3 bay hoppers – owned by Lafarge). Cement loads were generated in MILW and BN coverd hoppers and were either interchanged at Spokane or went West at Plummer. Report of DRGW hoppers supplying coal, and Rob Leachman said inbound MILW coal came from “somewhere east of Deer Lodge”. The next installment will talk about the train symbols and locomotives in more detail. Thank you for reading. This information was assembled with the assistance of Rob Leachman, Matthew Sugerman, and Dan Holbrook. Thanks guys!
On April 6, 2016, BNSF locomotives gather at the Galesburg, Illinois, locomotive facility. As is normal today, GE products outnumber EMDs. Quite a (orange) difference 25 years makes… www.flickr.com/photos/mikedanneman/27201805195/in/photost...
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Try the railroad a different way. Hop aboard the Skunk Train Rail Bikes for a human-powered adventure along old logging railroads.