To all: Here's a note from Don Richardson, who relays a note from Stan Kistler, who relays some corrections from Mike Martin, after reading Don's "The Crap...
Hello group, I believe the fly-over bridge at Frost (MP39.1) in the early 50's would have been a ballast deck bridge as opposed to an open deck. This is based...
Gary - I'm pretty sure you are correct. It is ballasted now. Every bridge on the pass is ballasted to my knowledge. Ted York PPA Certified Photographer ...
Hello Gary, the 1st. District Track Charts, corrected to July 1952, identify the Frost flyover bridge as a "60.9' B.D.Th.G.on C." Ballasted Deck indeed... :) ...
Hi Gary, The bridge at Frost -- which I believe is bridge A-40X, but don't quote me -- definitely had a ballasted deck when I photographed it in the 1990s. I ...
That's smart, Otto, checking the track chart. If I'd had mine with me I might have thought of doing it, but you did. Those charts are a real trove of...
I might be stretching it, but if you look at page 98 in Santa Fe in The Mountains - it appears that the ballast continues on to the bridge. Anyway - I doubt...
... the Walker books taken from above the tracks looking down on the bridge. (I'm at the office now and can't recall which of the 3 books has the photos.)...
Gary - if you ever get board there are a few buildings yet to be done on my layout! Ted York PPA Certified Photographer Awarded First Place Portrait 2006 ...
Well Andy, when all else absolutely fails, I do check the actual records... ... In all seriousness, I did read that wonderful article you wrote for MR a while...
Just as a follow-up to the string on the Frost bridge, Chard's Cajon Pictorial on page 159 has the high view in the "early 50s" and also on the same page,...
After announcing this web page, Joe Warren sent me a close-up view of the smudge oil tanks behind the Mission Citrus Ass'n packing house. I've added it to the...
Otto, wish I had know about this event in advance, as we were in town. Did you get a closer look at the locomotive and caboose? Anyway, if anyone is planning...
Hi Gary, Jack W's SFA 20 is a great shot of the bridge too, but it's different from the one in the Duke/Kistler book. You might want to check that one out as ...
To all: Regarding Jim Lowman's message about buying the last softcover history book at the Redlands museum, as I said before, this is NOT the new history book...
What was the name, and author of the book please? Thanks, Ernie ... town. ... I ... been ... of an ... order ... send ... County ... little on ... an ... the ...
To all, As listed at this website: http://buckthornpublishing.com/orders.html The name of the large new history book on Cajon Pass is "Trails and Tails of the...
To all: Whoops, I really do know how to spell "Tales"! Let's try again: As listed at this website: http://buckthornpublishing.com/orders.html The name of the...
To all: ... THE CRAP SHOOTER AND SON PART 9 I hadn't seen the last of the Desert Wind, even at Amtrak. The way the operating crew contracts were set up, long...
John is right. I stand corrected on this issue. Now I'm glad that I couldn't buy one for my friend, since she liked the book that John had reviewed earlier;...
To all: Stan Kistler relayed Paul Brown's request for more information on the revival of the warbonnet paint scheme, and here is the reply from Mike ... ...
To all: For the most devoted researchers among us, here is an interesting note that was forwarded to me by Ed Von Nordeck. Thanks, Ed, John Thompson ... Big-10...
To all: I got a note from Bill Pearce that there are plans to digitize the microfilmed pages later this year. John Thompson ... From: Thompson, John A Sent:...
Talk about fast service! I ordered the book from the website on Monday, and the mailman delivered it today. Looks like a good read. Jim in San Bernardino CA...
Hi Group For those who are interested in subject of Beaumont Hill. I have started the Beaumont Hill yahoo group. It is dedicated to current and historical...
WOW! Me too. Two days after I ordered it, and it showed up. Ill start reading it tonight. Ernie from Riverside. P.S. It looks like they were prepping the way...
I have been looking @ modeling Cajon Pass in the similarity of Pelle Soeborg's Tehachapi Pass Layout. I would like some ideas, tips and suggestions on what...
To all: ... I have been looking @ modeling Cajon Pass in the similarity of Pelle Soeborg's Tehachapi Pass Layout. I would like some ideas, tips and suggestions...
