Hi Richard, I don't want to sound like I am jumping on the pile here, but I was wondering when you said "nowhere in Oregon was coal mined in commercial quantities" whether you meant to bracket that to

And Richard, since it seems to be popular sport to go after you, don't you think that as an English Instructor the phrase "PACIFIC Northwest" is unnecessarily wordy when "Northwest" will

Richard, you wrote Columbia. Period. British Columbia is in the Pacific SOUTHwest. The Yukon is in the NORTHwest. You seem to be afflicted with the kind of geographical confusion that

The SP&S coal dock was built in Wishram at the NP's insistence, for the intended use of NP engines, which ended up rarely, if ever, using the Pasco-Vancouver(WA) line. It was torn down years later

Richard, I mention coal sources east of the Rockies because coal was (and still is) shipped from there to the Pacific Northwest. I am not afflicted with any geographical disabilities, but you seem to

Richard, One Seattle area railroad did burn coal, the Pacific Coast Railroad which hauled coal from the mines around Black Diamond. It later was acquired by the Great Northern in the 50's. Richard

Group, Didn't some states have laws proscribing the use of coal as locomotive fuel during the dry months of the year, in the hopes of minimizing the forest fire danger? I know that the GN was one

For shame.... and you live in the Northwest? Tsk tsk. In addition to the NP, the SP&S was also a substantial user of coal burning locomotives and had a large coal dock straddling the mainline in

I forgot to mention the Rick Bell of DCC Installs and Sales does not take credit cards, but does give a 20-25% discount. Jared Harper Athens, GA

Try Rick Bell at DCC Installs and Sales. I get 99.9% of my model RR supplies from him. His e-mail is dccinstallssales@.... He has a website. He's located in Martinez, GA. Jared Harper Athens,

Yep. We already had this discussion several years ago, when someone noted the presence of Canadian Pacific coal gondolas in consist lists. And a simple Google search will reveal the location of NP

The dishwasher here is doing the dishes (my wife refuses to do dishes, so when we redid the kitchen a Kitchen Aid dishwasher was spec'ed and installed... no more doing dishes in the sink!) We had the

Coal was mined commercially in Washington (state that is) on the PC railroad (In our period that would be the Pacific Coast, that Penn whatever has yet to happen) [The PC is the unknown railroad

Well, actually Richard you are incorrect again. The Northern Pacific, according to Mr. Warren McGee, a former NP employee and historian of great respect, has written that the NP had three different

Christmas present to Mama. I While I relax at the minutes allowed to rest for First, I contributed my famous (not kidding!) scalloped potatoes to my cousin's dinner table last night, two dishes worth,

You are correct. I've seen several of these AAR tank car lettering diagrams from various years and the underframe is never represented. The CBC caption says "For Explanatory Notes See Manual,...",

The cuisine of our ancestors was definitely not for the weak of diet... most people couldn't afford the luxury of wasting anything. And suet was high in calories, necessary for those winter nights

Bill Daniels wrote: An ingredient of MAJOR proportions in the old-fashioned mincemeat pie was SUET. Lots of it. Makes that winter dessert stick to your ribs. <g> Tony Thompson

Andy, Being from So Cal and now living in the Pac Nor West the folks up here do make the distinction specifically. They include Idaho, Washington, Oregon and a bit of the coastal areas of Nor Cal as

It's rare to find meat in any mincemeat pie anymore... I've had several when a friend of mine was in the grass-fed beef business a couple of years ago. Karen would take orders for them several weeks