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Northwestern Pacific Today: Tie Distribution Progresses Northward to Novato and Petaluma
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A Record of the Rehabilitation and Operation of a shortline railroad serving the San Francisco Bay Area and California's North Coast Region. Sunday, June 21, 2009. Tie Distribution Progresses Northward to Novato and Petaluma. During the week of June 14, Balfour Beatty forces distributed ties on the 11 miles of Northwestern Pacific mainline between Ignacio and Haystack Bridge on Petaluma's south side. Presently there is no ideal means of interchanging cars between the NWP and California Northern near Lomb...
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Northwestern Pacific Today: May 2009
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A Record of the Rehabilitation and Operation of a shortline railroad serving the San Francisco Bay Area and California's North Coast Region. Thursday, May 28, 2009. Conditions in the Lower Eel River Canyon. As seen on May 27, the Northwestern Pacific mainline has succumbed to a washout and the encroachment of vegetation in the vicinity of the Burger Creek Slide, immediately north of Tunnel No. 16 and Dos Rios (Christian Goepel photo). Those interested in the railroad’s north end can watch a short m...
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Northwestern Pacific Today: NCRA Announces Lombard-Windsor Reconstruction Progress
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A Record of the Rehabilitation and Operation of a shortline railroad serving the San Francisco Bay Area and California's North Coast Region. Thursday, June 11, 2009. NCRA Announces Lombard-Windsor Reconstruction Progress. At the monthly North Coast Railroad Authority meeting held in Healdsburg yesterday (June 10), NCRA Project Manager Dave Anderson reported that reconstruction of the 62 miles of Northwestern Pacific mainline infrastructure between Lombard and Windsor by contractors is on schedule. The NC...
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Northwestern Pacific Today: August 2009
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A Record of the Rehabilitation and Operation of a shortline railroad serving the San Francisco Bay Area and California's North Coast Region. Tuesday, August 18, 2009. Ballasting and Tamping Transforms Mainline. Ballasting and tamping of the Northwestern Pacific mainline from Lombard compass west to Ignacio by Balfour Beatty forces continues in earnest. In the above view made on August 13, the tamper and ballast regulator work near Schellville (David Baldwin photo). North Coast Railroad Authority. In the ...
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Northwestern Pacific Today: Work Train Operations Reach Petaluma
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A Record of the Rehabilitation and Operation of a shortline railroad serving the San Francisco Bay Area and California's North Coast Region. Wednesday, June 3, 2009. Work Train Operations Reach Petaluma. Returning to Schellville, No. 2502 and crew pass the NWP depot at Grant Avenue in downtown Novato. The golden flanks of Mt. Burdell are visible in the background. North Coast Railroad Authority. June 3, 2009 at 5:00 PM. No accidents, or wierd stares in Novato? June 7, 2009 at 12:05 PM. I am a San Francis...
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Northwestern Pacific Today: June 2009
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A Record of the Rehabilitation and Operation of a shortline railroad serving the San Francisco Bay Area and California's North Coast Region. Sunday, June 21, 2009. Tie Distribution Progresses Northward to Novato and Petaluma. During the week of June 14, Balfour Beatty forces distributed ties on the 11 miles of Northwestern Pacific mainline between Ignacio and Haystack Bridge on Petaluma's south side. Presently there is no ideal means of interchanging cars between the NWP and California Northern near Lomb...
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Northwestern Pacific Today: July 2009
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A Record of the Rehabilitation and Operation of a shortline railroad serving the San Francisco Bay Area and California's North Coast Region. Tuesday, July 14, 2009. Work Train Operations Reach Santa Rosa. The following photo essay - presented chronologically - provides a glimpse of operations for the last three weeks. On June 30, the work train passes the handsome Mission-style NWP depot at Petaluma and will soon dump ties between that station and Penngrove to the north (Kevin Sheridan photo). After plan...
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Northwestern Pacific Today: Tie Work Complete, Ballasting Commences
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A Record of the Rehabilitation and Operation of a shortline railroad serving the San Francisco Bay Area and California's North Coast Region. Saturday, August 1, 2009. Tie Work Complete, Ballasting Commences. Balfour Beatty crews dump rock in front of the Schellville depot on July 29, the first day of ballasting (Nate Muhlethaler photo). After dumping two loads of rock at Brazos on July 31, the Balfour Beatty work train - pictured near Ramal - returned to Schellville for reloading. Rock is trucked fro...
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Northwestern Pacific Today: Images: NWP History and Clouds on June 10
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A Record of the Rehabilitation and Operation of a shortline railroad serving the San Francisco Bay Area and California's North Coast Region. Thursday, June 11, 2009. Images: NWP History and Clouds on June 10. A weathered and moss-covered Northwestern Pacific post and crossbuck proudly protects a lightly used grade crossing in Geyserville (milepost 75.8). Scores of these markers once peppered the railroad, but their numbers have dwindled to a mere handful over the years. Called on November 8, 1958. But th...
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Northwestern Pacific Today: Northward, Ho! Work Train Operations Reach Santa Rosa
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A Record of the Rehabilitation and Operation of a shortline railroad serving the San Francisco Bay Area and California's North Coast Region. Tuesday, July 14, 2009. Work Train Operations Reach Santa Rosa. The following photo essay - presented chronologically - provides a glimpse of operations for the last three weeks. On June 30, the work train passes the handsome Mission-style NWP depot at Petaluma and will soon dump ties between that station and Penngrove to the north (Kevin Sheridan photo). After plan...