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Re: NE in Oroville

No North End interchange with SP in Oroville through 1937 and the bridge
washout. SP interchanges were at Chico for Northbound SP, Marysville for E-W SP
(and the Oroville branch), and Sacramento for Southbound SP.

Here is the south Oroville trackage off of High street and over to the WP
interchange, and the old Swayne Lumber mill with its Narrow Gauge line that did
cross under the WP and headed into the hills to the east:

http://www.vintageairstream.com/Temp/GoogleEarth-Oroville.jpg

You can see the SP ROW and the old yard off on the right, along with the 2
canneries, the Swyane mill & Pond site, Coast Rock & Gravel, etc.

The fully interactive layout of this trackage for the North End SN is in the
Files section of our group.

RJ Dial



--- In SacNorthern@yahoogroups.com, "skipp025" <skipp025@...> wrote:
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> A friend just walked in with a section from a 1942 Oroville
> California Map. It looks like the NE went into Oroville,
> had at least one or two spur tracks and possibly interchanged
> with the SP?
>
> skipp
>





Fri Aug 14, 2009 2:21 am

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A friend just walked in with a section from a 1942 Oroville California Map. It looks like the NE went into Oroville, had at least one or two spur tracks and...
skipp025
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Aug 12, 2009
10:15 pm

Skipp, I don't remember where any documentation of a any interchange was, but it would not have been physical. I see no indication that the NE ever crossed the...
Biff Byrum
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Aug 13, 2009
12:23 am

If you had access to a fax machine...  I could fax over a copy of the map section I'm looking at.  Sure looks like the NE was connected or very close to...
skipp Isaham
skipp025
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Aug 13, 2009
3:22 pm

Skipp, If you have a 1957 or earlier ORER, you can find interchange points listed at the bottom of the administrative material after the car listings. I mine...
Garth G. Groff
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Aug 13, 2009
3:53 pm

All I have is the bottom right section of a USGS Oroville Map dated 1942. Looks like the NE came in from the West and both the UP & SP came in from the south. ...
skipp Isaham
skipp025
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Aug 13, 2009
4:54 pm

Skipp: The NE bridge was indeed washed out in December 1937 and never replaced. This is information that should be accessible to you at most Valley libraries,...
Tom Irion
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Aug 13, 2009
7:12 pm

Thank Tom,  Friend Bob says the Swain Lumber Company even ran their own narrow gauge line... in addition to a number of narrow gauge lines running above...
skipp Isaham
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Aug 13, 2009
7:28 pm

Is there a legal method for one railroad to cross the right of way of another when the first doesn't want to allow it? After 1911, railroad crossings were...
Tom Irion
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Aug 13, 2009
9:32 pm

I can't remember which Muni or Market Street Railway book it was in, but, out on Church st back in the teen's or twentys the Muni  tracks had to cross the...
THOMAS BIAGI
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Aug 14, 2009
6:57 pm

No North End interchange with SP in Oroville through 1937 and the bridge washout. SP interchanges were at Chico for Northbound SP, Marysville for E-W SP (and...
radiodial868
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Aug 14, 2009
2:21 am

RJ: According to entries in various ORERs, there was no a direct interchange between the SN and SP at Oroville. Exchange of cars was always handled by the WP. ...
Garth G. Groff
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Aug 14, 2009
11:00 am

Garth, I think we are in agreement - no direct X-change with SP in Oroville. What I'm referring to is that SN originating traffic car traffic bound for...
radiodial868
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Aug 14, 2009
12:51 pm

RJ, I think we may be at cross purposes. I was still thinking of Skipp's question. I see where you are coming from. Kind regards, Garth...
Garth G. Groff
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Aug 14, 2009
12:59 pm

Hello again, The portion of the map I have in hand from my friend Bob doesn't clearly label the SP and UP/WP lines coming up from the south and now it's...
skipp Isaham
skipp025
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Aug 14, 2009
3:06 pm

There used to be a switch ( still there but the point rails are gone) just east of the roundhouse in the Orovillle yard that went from WP to SP. Or am I nuts....
Grant Vogel
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Aug 14, 2009
3:28 pm

Grant: When the SP abandoned the portion of its Oroville Branch between Binney Jct. and Villa Verona (about 4 miles south of Oroville), they acquired trackage...
Tom Irion
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Aug 14, 2009
3:38 pm

Tom Could be. I saw that switch intact some years ago and just last year was there and it was dismantled. Thanks for the input. grant ... From: Tom Irion ...
Grant Vogel
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