PACIFICNG.ORGCALIFORNIACONTACTHAWAIIUTAHWASHINGTON Latest Blog Post. Gallery and Forum Restored. Tue, 21 Jan 2020. This is a long overdue post. Six months late in fact. After being broken from a software update, the gallery and forum are one again functional. There are still a few minor issues to resolve. In the gallery, some thumbnails are still broken or have been replaced with

white squares.

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On March 28, 1878 the Pacific Lumber & Wood Co. incorporated. The company began construction on a railroad from the log chute to the woods. In August they purchased a second hand Porter 0-4-0T locomotive from the Sutro Tunnel Company of Dayton Nevada. The locomotive received a new wooden cab and a diamond stack.

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Baynes Sound, Vancouver Island. 1875 - 1878. Dolly Varden Mines Railway. 36" Gauge. The Dolly Varden Mine proceeded some of the richest silver ore ever discovered. In 1917 the company constructed a railroad from the mine to an ore bunker and wharf at Alice Arm. Operations were short lived and the line shut down due to litigation

in 1921.

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The first dredge in the Sacramento area was a bucket-line dredge, brought to the American river in 1899 by the Colorado-Pacific Gold Dredging Company to work the river around Mississippi Bar. In 1899 Robert G. Hanford came to California from Idaho where he

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California \ Brookings Lumber and Box Co. Brookings Lumber & Box Company. By Randy Hees. L ogging in the San Bernardino Mountains started in the Mexican era, with Mormons logging using primitive methods. In 1890, James and C.D. Danaher purchased 1600 acres of land from David Seely. Shortly after the purchase they organized the Highland Lumber Company and in 1892, the first sawmill

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Eureka and Palisade Railroad. O rganized in 1873 by the Glimer and Salsbury, owners of two stage companies and J. P. Withington, a Hamilton hotel owner, to serve the mines in the Eureka Mining District in central Nevada. By November work commenced on the line from a connection with the Central Pacific railroad at Palisade.

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Brooks Locomotive Works was founded by Horatio G. Brooks, the former Chief Engineer of the New York & Erie Railroad (NY&E) in 1969 shortly after the NY&E vacated its shops in Dunkirk, New York. By leasing the NY&E shops Brooks had a ready-made facility for locomotive construction and labor force and the doors were opened on November 11,

1869.

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California \ Truckee Lumber Company Truckee Lumber Company. By Andrew Brandon. T he beginnings of the Truckee Lumber Company date back to March 1867, when Brickell & Geisendorfer erected a sawmill on the Truckee river at Coburn’s Station (later called Truckee). Their primary customer was the Central Pacific Railroad, to whom they provided timbers and crossties.

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Monolith Portland Cement Co. By Randy Hees. I n 1921 the Los Angeles Municipal Cement Mill was no longer needed for the L.A. Aqueduct project and sold to the U.S. Potash Company. After a short year of ownership, the property was transferred to the newly organized Monolith Portland Cement Company. 1 Following the change in ownership, a series of improvements were made to the mill and

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Greenhorn Railroad. C harles W. Kitts began logging Nevada County in the 1870s. He served as the county recorder and was able to purchase 2000 acres of Sugar Pine timberland along Greenhorn Creek. At the junction of Missouri Canyon and the Greenhorn, Kitts constructed his sawmill. John Kidder of the Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad lent PACIFICNG.ORGCALIFORNIACONTACTHAWAIIUTAHWASHINGTON Latest Blog Post. Gallery and Forum Restored. Tue, 21 Jan 2020. This is a long overdue post. Six months late in fact. After being broken from a software update, the gallery and forum are one again functional. There are still a few minor issues to resolve. In the gallery, some thumbnails are still broken or have been replaced with

white squares.

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On March 28, 1878 the Pacific Lumber & Wood Co. incorporated. The company began construction on a railroad from the log chute to the woods. In August they purchased a second hand Porter 0-4-0T locomotive from the Sutro Tunnel Company of Dayton Nevada. The locomotive received a new wooden cab and a diamond stack.

PACIFICNG.ORG

Baynes Sound, Vancouver Island. 1875 - 1878. Dolly Varden Mines Railway. 36" Gauge. The Dolly Varden Mine proceeded some of the richest silver ore ever discovered. In 1917 the company constructed a railroad from the mine to an ore bunker and wharf at Alice Arm. Operations were short lived and the line shut down due to litigation

in 1921.

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The first dredge in the Sacramento area was a bucket-line dredge, brought to the American river in 1899 by the Colorado-Pacific Gold Dredging Company to work the river around Mississippi Bar. In 1899 Robert G. Hanford came to California from Idaho where he

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California \ Brookings Lumber and Box Co. Brookings Lumber & Box Company. By Randy Hees. L ogging in the San Bernardino Mountains started in the Mexican era, with Mormons logging using primitive methods. In 1890, James and C.D. Danaher purchased 1600 acres of land from David Seely. Shortly after the purchase they organized the Highland Lumber Company and in 1892, the first sawmill

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Eureka and Palisade Railroad. O rganized in 1873 by the Glimer and Salsbury, owners of two stage companies and J. P. Withington, a Hamilton hotel owner, to serve the mines in the Eureka Mining District in central Nevada. By November work commenced on the line from a connection with the Central Pacific railroad at Palisade.

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Brooks Locomotive Works was founded by Horatio G. Brooks, the former Chief Engineer of the New York & Erie Railroad (NY&E) in 1969 shortly after the NY&E vacated its shops in Dunkirk, New York. By leasing the NY&E shops Brooks had a ready-made facility for locomotive construction and labor force and the doors were opened on November 11,

1869.

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California \ Truckee Lumber Company Truckee Lumber Company. By Andrew Brandon. T he beginnings of the Truckee Lumber Company date back to March 1867, when Brickell & Geisendorfer erected a sawmill on the Truckee river at Coburn’s Station (later called Truckee). Their primary customer was the Central Pacific Railroad, to whom they provided timbers and crossties.

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Monolith Portland Cement Co. By Randy Hees. I n 1921 the Los Angeles Municipal Cement Mill was no longer needed for the L.A. Aqueduct project and sold to the U.S. Potash Company. After a short year of ownership, the property was transferred to the newly organized Monolith Portland Cement Company. 1 Following the change in ownership, a series of improvements were made to the mill and

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Greenhorn Railroad. C harles W. Kitts began logging Nevada County in the 1870s. He served as the county recorder and was able to purchase 2000 acres of Sugar Pine timberland along Greenhorn Creek. At the junction of Missouri Canyon and the Greenhorn, Kitts constructed his sawmill. John Kidder of the Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad lent

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Baynes Sound, Vancouver Island. 1875 - 1878. Dolly Varden Mines Railway. 36" Gauge. The Dolly Varden Mine proceeded some of the richest silver ore ever discovered. In 1917 the company constructed a railroad from the mine to an ore bunker and wharf at Alice Arm. Operations were short lived and the line shut down due to litigation

in 1921.

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Class 10-24D Drawing 15. Baldwin Specifications for N-C-O Nos. 9, 10. Class 10-26D 258,263 Drawing 42. Baldwin Specifications for N-C-O Nos. 11, 12. 10-26D 285,286 Drawing 52. Baldwin Specifications for N-C-O No. 14. Class 10-28E 103. Baldwin Erecting Card for N-C-O No. 14. Class 10-28E 103 Drawing 20. Badlwin Drawing for tender tanks used

with

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On May 22, 1900 the Floriston Paper & Pulp Company opened. At the time it was the largest pulp mill west of the Mississippi. The company was known by several changes in ownership, being known as the Crown Columbia Paper Co., Willamette Paper Co. and finally, the Crown Zellerbach Corporation in 1928. The mill was hydroelectric, powered by

the

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Today most of what was the SC&F railroad is operated by the Santa Cruz, Big Trees and Pacific Railroad, owned by Roaring Camp Railroads, Inc. Revised: May 21, 2015. 1876 Biennial Report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners. MacGregor, Bruce. "The Birth of California Narrow Gauge", Stanford University Press, 2003.

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Construction of track began at Norfolk, the railroad's port on August 16th, 1876. Norfolk, located at confluence of the Third Napa Slough and Sonoma Creek, an area now known as Wingo, was the site of a gathering of railroad buildings including a wharf, warehouse and car-sheds. On November 24, 1876 this first section of track had been

completed

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Beginning 1888 the voices calling for improvements led to the Harbor Commission developing a plan in 1890 to create a rail operation along East Street, fed by ferries. It would be known as the State Harbor Belt Railroad and funded, built and operated by the State. The line would be 3-rail to support both narrow and standard gauge cars.

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California \ California & Nevada Railroad. California & Nevada Railroad. by John Hall. T he California and Nevada Railroad was incorporated March 25, 1881. Its purpose was “to construct a narrow gauge railroad from a point at or near San Francisco through the southern portion of Alameda County to the town of Modesto; thence northeasterly through Stanislaus county to a point at or near Sonora

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Reference \ Paint and Color \ H.W. Johns' Asbestos Roof Paint H.W. Johns Asbestos Roof, Railroad and Seaside Paints. Circa 1883. From Andrew Brandon Collection. H.W. Johns Manufacturing Company. Henry Ward Johns founded the H.W. Johns Manufacturing Company in the basement of his home in New York City in 1858, at age 21.

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California \ Truckee Lumber Company Truckee Lumber Company. By Andrew Brandon. T he beginnings of the Truckee Lumber Company date back to March 1867, when Brickell & Geisendorfer erected a sawmill on the Truckee river at Coburn’s Station (later called Truckee). Their primary customer was the Central Pacific Railroad, to whom they provided timbers and crossties.

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Greenhorn Railroad. C harles W. Kitts began logging Nevada County in the 1870s. He served as the county recorder and was able to purchase 2000 acres of Sugar Pine timberland along Greenhorn Creek. At the junction of Missouri Canyon and the Greenhorn, Kitts constructed his sawmill. John Kidder of the Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad lent PACIFICNG.ORGCALIFORNIACONTACTHAWAIIUTAHWASHINGTON Latest Blog Post. Gallery and Forum Restored. Tue, 21 Jan 2020. This is a long overdue post. Six months late in fact. After being broken from a software update, the gallery and forum are one again functional. There are still a few minor issues to resolve. In the gallery, some thumbnails are still broken or have been replaced with

white squares.

PACIFICNG.ORG

On March 28, 1878 the Pacific Lumber & Wood Co. incorporated. The company began construction on a railroad from the log chute to the woods. In August they purchased a second hand Porter 0-4-0T locomotive from the Sutro Tunnel Company of Dayton Nevada. The locomotive received a new wooden cab and a diamond stack.

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The first dredge in the Sacramento area was a bucket-line dredge, brought to the American river in 1899 by the Colorado-Pacific Gold Dredging Company to work the river around Mississippi Bar. In 1899 Robert G. Hanford came to California from Idaho where he

PACIFICNG.ORG

Construction of track began at Norfolk, the railroad's port on August 16th, 1876. Norfolk, located at confluence of the Third Napa Slough and Sonoma Creek, an area now known as Wingo, was the site of a gathering of railroad buildings including a wharf, warehouse and car-sheds. On November 24, 1876 this first section of track had been

completed

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California \ Brookings Lumber and Box Co. Brookings Lumber & Box Company. By Randy Hees. L ogging in the San Bernardino Mountains started in the Mexican era, with Mormons logging using primitive methods. In 1890, James and C.D. Danaher purchased 1600 acres of land from David Seely. Shortly after the purchase they organized the Highland Lumber Company and in 1892, the first sawmill

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Eureka and Palisade Railroad. O rganized in 1873 by the Glimer and Salsbury, owners of two stage companies and J. P. Withington, a Hamilton hotel owner, to serve the mines in the Eureka Mining District in central Nevada. By November work commenced on the line from a connection with the Central Pacific railroad at Palisade.

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Brooks Locomotive Works was founded by Horatio G. Brooks, the former Chief Engineer of the New York & Erie Railroad (NY&E) in 1969 shortly after the NY&E vacated its shops in Dunkirk, New York. By leasing the NY&E shops Brooks had a ready-made facility for locomotive construction and labor force and the doors were opened on November 11,

1869.

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California \ Truckee Lumber Company Truckee Lumber Company. By Andrew Brandon. T he beginnings of the Truckee Lumber Company date back to March 1867, when Brickell & Geisendorfer erected a sawmill on the Truckee river at Coburn’s Station (later called Truckee). Their primary customer was the Central Pacific Railroad, to whom they provided timbers and crossties.

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Monolith Portland Cement Co. By Randy Hees. I n 1921 the Los Angeles Municipal Cement Mill was no longer needed for the L.A. Aqueduct project and sold to the U.S. Potash Company. After a short year of ownership, the property was transferred to the newly organized Monolith Portland Cement Company. 1 Following the change in ownership, a series of improvements were made to the mill and

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Greenhorn Railroad. C harles W. Kitts began logging Nevada County in the 1870s. He served as the county recorder and was able to purchase 2000 acres of Sugar Pine timberland along Greenhorn Creek. At the junction of Missouri Canyon and the Greenhorn, Kitts constructed his sawmill. John Kidder of the Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad lent PACIFICNG.ORGCALIFORNIACONTACTHAWAIIUTAHWASHINGTON Latest Blog Post. Gallery and Forum Restored. Tue, 21 Jan 2020. This is a long overdue post. Six months late in fact. After being broken from a software update, the gallery and forum are one again functional. There are still a few minor issues to resolve. In the gallery, some thumbnails are still broken or have been replaced with

white squares.

PACIFICNG.ORG

On March 28, 1878 the Pacific Lumber & Wood Co. incorporated. The company began construction on a railroad from the log chute to the woods. In August they purchased a second hand Porter 0-4-0T locomotive from the Sutro Tunnel Company of Dayton Nevada. The locomotive received a new wooden cab and a diamond stack.

PACIFICNG.ORG

The first dredge in the Sacramento area was a bucket-line dredge, brought to the American river in 1899 by the Colorado-Pacific Gold Dredging Company to work the river around Mississippi Bar. In 1899 Robert G. Hanford came to California from Idaho where he

PACIFICNG.ORG

Construction of track began at Norfolk, the railroad's port on August 16th, 1876. Norfolk, located at confluence of the Third Napa Slough and Sonoma Creek, an area now known as Wingo, was the site of a gathering of railroad buildings including a wharf, warehouse and car-sheds. On November 24, 1876 this first section of track had been

completed

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California \ Brookings Lumber and Box Co. Brookings Lumber & Box Company. By Randy Hees. L ogging in the San Bernardino Mountains started in the Mexican era, with Mormons logging using primitive methods. In 1890, James and C.D. Danaher purchased 1600 acres of land from David Seely. Shortly after the purchase they organized the Highland Lumber Company and in 1892, the first sawmill

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Eureka and Palisade Railroad. O rganized in 1873 by the Glimer and Salsbury, owners of two stage companies and J. P. Withington, a Hamilton hotel owner, to serve the mines in the Eureka Mining District in central Nevada. By November work commenced on the line from a connection with the Central Pacific railroad at Palisade.

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Brooks Locomotive Works was founded by Horatio G. Brooks, the former Chief Engineer of the New York & Erie Railroad (NY&E) in 1969 shortly after the NY&E vacated its shops in Dunkirk, New York. By leasing the NY&E shops Brooks had a ready-made facility for locomotive construction and labor force and the doors were opened on November 11,

1869.

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California \ Truckee Lumber Company Truckee Lumber Company. By Andrew Brandon. T he beginnings of the Truckee Lumber Company date back to March 1867, when Brickell & Geisendorfer erected a sawmill on the Truckee river at Coburn’s Station (later called Truckee). Their primary customer was the Central Pacific Railroad, to whom they provided timbers and crossties.

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Monolith Portland Cement Co. By Randy Hees. I n 1921 the Los Angeles Municipal Cement Mill was no longer needed for the L.A. Aqueduct project and sold to the U.S. Potash Company. After a short year of ownership, the property was transferred to the newly organized Monolith Portland Cement Company. 1 Following the change in ownership, a series of improvements were made to the mill and

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Greenhorn Railroad. C harles W. Kitts began logging Nevada County in the 1870s. He served as the county recorder and was able to purchase 2000 acres of Sugar Pine timberland along Greenhorn Creek. At the junction of Missouri Canyon and the Greenhorn, Kitts constructed his sawmill. John Kidder of the Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad lent

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Construction of track began at Norfolk, the railroad's port on August 16th, 1876. Norfolk, located at confluence of the Third Napa Slough and Sonoma Creek, an area now known as Wingo, was the site of a gathering of railroad buildings including a wharf, warehouse and car-sheds. On November 24, 1876 this first section of track had been

completed

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Class 10-24D Drawing 15. Baldwin Specifications for N-C-O Nos. 9, 10. Class 10-26D 258,263 Drawing 42. Baldwin Specifications for N-C-O Nos. 11, 12. 10-26D 285,286 Drawing 52. Baldwin Specifications for N-C-O No. 14. Class 10-28E 103. Baldwin Erecting Card for N-C-O No. 14. Class 10-28E 103 Drawing 20. Badlwin Drawing for tender tanks used

with

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Today most of what was the SC&F railroad is operated by the Santa Cruz, Big Trees and Pacific Railroad, owned by Roaring Camp Railroads, Inc. Revised: May 21, 2015. 1876 Biennial Report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners. MacGregor, Bruce. "The Birth of California Narrow Gauge", Stanford University Press, 2003.

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Beginning 1888 the voices calling for improvements led to the Harbor Commission developing a plan in 1890 to create a rail operation along East Street, fed by ferries. It would be known as the State Harbor Belt Railroad and funded, built and operated by the State. The line would be 3-rail to support both narrow and standard gauge cars.

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On May 22, 1900 the Floriston Paper & Pulp Company opened. At the time it was the largest pulp mill west of the Mississippi. The company was known by several changes in ownership, being known as the Crown Columbia Paper Co., Willamette Paper Co. and finally, the Crown Zellerbach Corporation in 1928. The mill was hydroelectric, powered by

the

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A s the fabled Comstock boom began to wane, the management of the Virginia & Truckee Railroad took interest in recent silver strikes to the south of the Comstock Lode near Candelaria. These remote strikes relied on slow and costly wagon-teams to haul silver and gold ore to mills. A narrow-gauge railroad they believed, would provide an economical transportation system for bringing ore to the

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California \ California & Nevada Railroad. California & Nevada Railroad. by John Hall. T he California and Nevada Railroad was incorporated March 25, 1881. Its purpose was “to construct a narrow gauge railroad from a point at or near San Francisco through the southern portion of Alameda County to the town of Modesto; thence northeasterly through Stanislaus county to a point at or near Sonora

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Reference \ Paint and Color \ H.W. Johns' Asbestos Roof Paint H.W. Johns Asbestos Roof, Railroad and Seaside Paints. Circa 1883. From Andrew Brandon Collection. H.W. Johns Manufacturing Company. Henry Ward Johns founded the H.W. Johns Manufacturing Company in the basement of his home in New York City in 1858, at age 21.

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California \ Truckee Lumber Company Truckee Lumber Company. By Andrew Brandon. T he beginnings of the Truckee Lumber Company date back to March 1867, when Brickell & Geisendorfer erected a sawmill on the Truckee river at Coburn’s Station (later called Truckee). Their primary customer was the Central Pacific Railroad, to whom they provided timbers and crossties.

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Greenhorn Railroad. C harles W. Kitts began logging Nevada County in the 1870s. He served as the county recorder and was able to purchase 2000 acres of Sugar Pine timberland along Greenhorn Creek. At the junction of Missouri Canyon and the Greenhorn, Kitts constructed his sawmill. John Kidder of the Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad lent PACIFICNG.ORGCALIFORNIACONTACTHAWAIIUTAHWASHINGTON Latest Blog Post. Gallery and Forum Restored. Tue, 21 Jan 2020. This is a long overdue post. Six months late in fact. After being broken from a software update, the gallery and forum are one again functional. There are still a few minor issues to resolve. In the gallery, some thumbnails are still broken or have been replaced with

white squares.

PACIFICNG.ORGPACIFIC LUMBER AND SHIPPINGPACIFIC LUMBER COMPANYPACIFIC LUMBER COMPANY CALIFORNIAPACIFIC LUMBER COMPANY PACIFIC MO On March 28, 1878 the Pacific Lumber & Wood Co. incorporated. The company began construction on a railroad from the log chute to the woods. In August they purchased a second hand Porter 0-4-0T locomotive from the Sutro Tunnel Company of Dayton Nevada. The locomotive received a new wooden cab and a diamond stack. PACIFICNG.ORGNORTH PACIFIC COAST RAILWAYPACIFIC COAST RAILROAD COMPANY North Pacific Coast Railroad. B egun in 1874, the line ran north from Sausalito, a ferry ride across the bay from San Francisco. It crossed through then rural Marin County and skirted the eastern shore of Tomales Bay, turning inland across the verdant farms of Sonoma County. Passing through small communities such as Tomales, Freestone, Fallon

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Class 10-24D Drawing 15. Baldwin Specifications for N-C-O Nos. 9, 10. Class 10-26D 258,263 Drawing 42. Baldwin Specifications for N-C-O Nos. 11, 12. 10-26D 285,286 Drawing 52. Baldwin Specifications for N-C-O No. 14. Class 10-28E 103. Baldwin Erecting Card for N-C-O No. 14. Class 10-28E 103 Drawing 20. Badlwin Drawing for tender tanks used

with

PACIFICNG.ORGSONOMA VALLEY MAPVALLEY RESTAURANT SONOMA Construction of track began at Norfolk, the railroad's port on August 16th, 1876. Norfolk, located at confluence of the Third Napa Slough and Sonoma Creek, an area now known as Wingo, was the site of a gathering of railroad buildings including a wharf, warehouse and car-sheds. On November 24, 1876 this first section of track had been

completed

PACIFICNG.ORGBROOKS LOCOMOTIVE WORKS HISTORICAL PHOTOSBROOKS LOCOMOTIVE WORKS DUNKIRK NYNATIONAL LOCOMOTIVE WORKSKNOXVILLE LOCOMOTIVE WORKSAMERICAN LOCOMOTIVE WORKS PROVIDENCEAMERICAN LOCOMOTIVE WORKS SCHENECTADY Brooks Locomotive Works was founded by Horatio G. Brooks, the former Chief Engineer of the New York & Erie Railroad (NY&E) in 1969 shortly after the NY&E vacated its shops in Dunkirk, New York. By leasing the NY&E shops Brooks had a ready-made facility for locomotive construction and labor force and the doors were opened on November 11,

1869.

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California \ California & Nevada Railroad. California & Nevada Railroad. by John Hall. T he California and Nevada Railroad was incorporated March 25, 1881. Its purpose was “to construct a narrow gauge railroad from a point at or near San Francisco through the southern portion of Alameda County to the town of Modesto; thence northeasterly through Stanislaus county to a point at or near Sonora PACIFICNG.ORGJOHNS HOPKINS COVID 19 RESOURCE CENTERJOHNS HOPKINS MEDICINEJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY CORONA DASHBOARDWHERE IS JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYJOHNS MANVILLE ASBESTOS PRODUCTSJOHNS MANVILLE

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Reference \ Paint and Color \ H.W. Johns' Asbestos Roof Paint H.W. Johns Asbestos Roof, Railroad and Seaside Paints. Circa 1883. From Andrew Brandon Collection. H.W. Johns Manufacturing Company. Henry Ward Johns founded the H.W. Johns Manufacturing Company in the basement of his home in New York City in 1858, at age 21.

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California \ Truckee Lumber Company Truckee Lumber Company. By Andrew Brandon. T he beginnings of the Truckee Lumber Company date back to March 1867, when Brickell & Geisendorfer erected a sawmill on the Truckee river at Coburn’s Station (later called Truckee). Their primary customer was the Central Pacific Railroad, to whom they provided timbers and crossties. PACIFICNG.ORGOLD LUMBER MILLS IN OREGONOREGON CEDAR COMPANYOREGON LUMBER MILLS DIRECTORY California \ Brookings Lumber and Box Co. Brookings Lumber & Box Company. By Randy Hees. L ogging in the San Bernardino Mountains started in the Mexican era, with Mormons logging using primitive methods. In 1890, James and C.D. Danaher purchased 1600 acres of land from David Seely. Shortly after the purchase they organized the Highland Lumber Company and in 1892, the first sawmill PACIFICNG.ORGCALIFORNIACONTACTHAWAIIUTAHWASHINGTON Latest Blog Post. Gallery and Forum Restored. Tue, 21 Jan 2020. This is a long overdue post. Six months late in fact. After being broken from a software update, the gallery and forum are one again functional. There are still a few minor issues to resolve. In the gallery, some thumbnails are still broken or have been replaced with

white squares.

PACIFICNG.ORGPACIFIC LUMBER AND SHIPPINGPACIFIC LUMBER COMPANYPACIFIC LUMBER COMPANY CALIFORNIAPACIFIC LUMBER COMPANY PACIFIC MO On March 28, 1878 the Pacific Lumber & Wood Co. incorporated. The company began construction on a railroad from the log chute to the woods. In August they purchased a second hand Porter 0-4-0T locomotive from the Sutro Tunnel Company of Dayton Nevada. The locomotive received a new wooden cab and a diamond stack. PACIFICNG.ORGNORTH PACIFIC COAST RAILWAYPACIFIC COAST RAILROAD COMPANY North Pacific Coast Railroad. B egun in 1874, the line ran north from Sausalito, a ferry ride across the bay from San Francisco. It crossed through then rural Marin County and skirted the eastern shore of Tomales Bay, turning inland across the verdant farms of Sonoma County. Passing through small communities such as Tomales, Freestone, Fallon

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Class 10-24D Drawing 15. Baldwin Specifications for N-C-O Nos. 9, 10. Class 10-26D 258,263 Drawing 42. Baldwin Specifications for N-C-O Nos. 11, 12. 10-26D 285,286 Drawing 52. Baldwin Specifications for N-C-O No. 14. Class 10-28E 103. Baldwin Erecting Card for N-C-O No. 14. Class 10-28E 103 Drawing 20. Badlwin Drawing for tender tanks used

with

PACIFICNG.ORGSONOMA VALLEY MAPVALLEY RESTAURANT SONOMA Construction of track began at Norfolk, the railroad's port on August 16th, 1876. Norfolk, located at confluence of the Third Napa Slough and Sonoma Creek, an area now known as Wingo, was the site of a gathering of railroad buildings including a wharf, warehouse and car-sheds. On November 24, 1876 this first section of track had been

completed

PACIFICNG.ORGBROOKS LOCOMOTIVE WORKS HISTORICAL PHOTOSBROOKS LOCOMOTIVE WORKS DUNKIRK NYNATIONAL LOCOMOTIVE WORKSKNOXVILLE LOCOMOTIVE WORKSAMERICAN LOCOMOTIVE WORKS PROVIDENCEAMERICAN LOCOMOTIVE WORKS SCHENECTADY Brooks Locomotive Works was founded by Horatio G. Brooks, the former Chief Engineer of the New York & Erie Railroad (NY&E) in 1969 shortly after the NY&E vacated its shops in Dunkirk, New York. By leasing the NY&E shops Brooks had a ready-made facility for locomotive construction and labor force and the doors were opened on November 11,

1869.

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California \ California & Nevada Railroad. California & Nevada Railroad. by John Hall. T he California and Nevada Railroad was incorporated March 25, 1881. Its purpose was “to construct a narrow gauge railroad from a point at or near San Francisco through the southern portion of Alameda County to the town of Modesto; thence northeasterly through Stanislaus county to a point at or near Sonora PACIFICNG.ORGJOHNS HOPKINS COVID 19 RESOURCE CENTERJOHNS HOPKINS MEDICINEJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY CORONA DASHBOARDWHERE IS JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYJOHNS MANVILLE ASBESTOS PRODUCTSJOHNS MANVILLE

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Reference \ Paint and Color \ H.W. Johns' Asbestos Roof Paint H.W. Johns Asbestos Roof, Railroad and Seaside Paints. Circa 1883. From Andrew Brandon Collection. H.W. Johns Manufacturing Company. Henry Ward Johns founded the H.W. Johns Manufacturing Company in the basement of his home in New York City in 1858, at age 21.

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California \ Truckee Lumber Company Truckee Lumber Company. By Andrew Brandon. T he beginnings of the Truckee Lumber Company date back to March 1867, when Brickell & Geisendorfer erected a sawmill on the Truckee river at Coburn’s Station (later called Truckee). Their primary customer was the Central Pacific Railroad, to whom they provided timbers and crossties. PACIFICNG.ORGOLD LUMBER MILLS IN OREGONOREGON CEDAR COMPANYOREGON LUMBER MILLS DIRECTORY California \ Brookings Lumber and Box Co. Brookings Lumber & Box Company. By Randy Hees. L ogging in the San Bernardino Mountains started in the Mexican era, with Mormons logging using primitive methods. In 1890, James and C.D. Danaher purchased 1600 acres of land from David Seely. Shortly after the purchase they organized the Highland Lumber Company and in 1892, the first sawmill

PACIFICNG.ORG

Construction of track began at Norfolk, the railroad's port on August 16th, 1876. Norfolk, located at confluence of the Third Napa Slough and Sonoma Creek, an area now known as Wingo, was the site of a gathering of railroad buildings including a wharf, warehouse and car-sheds. On November 24, 1876 this first section of track had been

completed

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30" Gauge. Tramway operated by the Apollo Mining Company mine on Apollo Mountain to Delarof Harbor near the town of Unga. Likely horse drawn originally, a 0-6-0T steam locomotive arrived from Baldwin in 1897. The line remained in operation until about 1917. Unga Island, Aleutians East Borough.

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The first dredge in the Sacramento area was a bucket-line dredge, brought to the American river in 1899 by the Colorado-Pacific Gold Dredging Company to work the river around Mississippi Bar. In 1899 Robert G. Hanford came to California from Idaho where he

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California \ California & Nevada Railroad. California & Nevada Railroad. by John Hall. T he California and Nevada Railroad was incorporated March 25, 1881. Its purpose was “to construct a narrow gauge railroad from a point at or near San Francisco through the southern portion of Alameda County to the town of Modesto; thence northeasterly through Stanislaus county to a point at or near Sonora

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Today most of what was the SC&F railroad is operated by the Santa Cruz, Big Trees and Pacific Railroad, owned by Roaring Camp Railroads, Inc. Revised: May 21, 2015. 1876 Biennial Report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners. MacGregor, Bruce. "The Birth of California Narrow Gauge", Stanford University Press, 2003.

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The Oregon Improvement Company soon built larger facilities on the ruins, which would be designated Docks A and B. They were eventually replaced by Pier 48, built in the mid-1930s and currently operated the Port of Seattle in 1950. Both the Northern Pacific Railway and Oregon-Washington Railroad constructed their own lines into Seattle in

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California \ Brookings Lumber and Box Co. Brookings Lumber & Box Company. By Randy Hees. L ogging in the San Bernardino Mountains started in the Mexican era, with Mormons logging using primitive methods. In 1890, James and C.D. Danaher purchased 1600 acres of land from David Seely. Shortly after the purchase they organized the Highland Lumber Company and in 1892, the first sawmill

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The Towle Brothers Lumber Company. T he Towle Brothers Lumber Company got its start near Dutch Flat in the early 1860s. The company was founded by brothers: Allen, George, and Edwin Towle. Originally from Vermont, Allen was the first to move to California in 1859. He became involved with the local lumber industry and invited his brothers to

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Arizona \ Arizona Narrow Gauge Railroad Arizona Narrow Gauge Railroad. By Randy Hees P roposed to connect the Denver & Rio Grande with Tucson and on to the Gulf of California by a group of businessmen from Tuscon, lead by William H. Culver. The Arizona Narrow Gauge Rialroad was organized and incorporated in 1882 and recieved approval by the state legistlature on Feburary 16, 1883.

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Monolith Portland Cement Co. By Randy Hees. I n 1921 the Los Angeles Municipal Cement Mill was no longer needed for the L.A. Aqueduct project and sold to the U.S. Potash Company. After a short year of ownership, the property was transferred to the newly organized Monolith Portland Cement Company. 1 Following the change in ownership, a series of improvements were made to the mill and

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