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The Train Sheet Preserving 'The Feather River Route The Train Sheet Preserving 'The Feather River Route" MA Y JUNE 1987 ISSUE No. 25 . $1.50 " , • Feather River Rail Society Preserving 'The Feather River Route" [JIWPLIVES The FRRS, a tax exempt public benefit California Corporation, BOARD OF DIRECTORS 1987 is the HISTORICAL SOCIETY for President and Founder Norman Holmes the WESTERN PACIFIC RAILROAD Secretary John J Ryczkowski and operates the PORTOLA RAIL- Director John Marvin ROAD MUSEUM in Portola, Calif. Director Wayne Monger Formed in February, 1983 with the purpose of Director J o hn Walker DEPARTMENT OFFICERS preserving railroad history in general and Museum General Manager Norman Holmes Western Pacific Railroad history in particular. Asst General Manager Hap Manit With 22 locomotives, 7 cabooses and over 45 Treasurer Bill Magazin differant types of equipment at the Portola Membership Charlene Marvin Museum the FRRS is a outstanding society. Operations Steve Habeck Steam service is provided by the Feather River Training John J Ryczkowski Short Line Railroad. Diesel Dave McClain The WP LIVES in Portola . ...................... Cars John J Ryczkowski ************ 105 Business Car Manager Doug Jensen PR John Walker Single membership dues are $15.00 per calendar On Site Caretaker Jim Ley year , and Life memberships are $300.00 Retail Sales Store Chris Skow ************ Our Mailing address is .. ... FRRS POST OFFICE BOX 8 PORTOLA CALIF 96122 ************ member ~ Our information phone number is ......... 916-832-4131 or call 916-832-4737 ************ TRAIN "THE TRAIN SHEET" is edited by John J Ryczkowski and assisted by Mary S Ryczkowski. Articles/ Info please write, The TRAIN SHEET t Post Office Box 1663, Sparks, Nevada 89432 Iourist Railway Association INc , ************ The Feather River Rail Society is not supported by, nor affiliated in any way, with the THE TRAIN SHEET Western Pacific Railroad ............ .. Volume No. 5 No. 3 Issue No . 25 ************ FRRS tax ID number is 68-0002774 900 issues printed From the PRESIDENT'S DESK Norman Holmes of operating groups. Efforts on our part to acquire another steam As we enter our third season left, although some of these would engine for our museum were met with; "It's ours and even if it rots, some of you may wonder as to be nice to have. it's going to stay here. " So it the direction the museum is head­ Regarding "foreign" locomotives, looks like our destiny is to become ing regarding equipment acquisitions. to continue old and create new one of, if not the, outstanding die­ With the arrival of the Alaska F7 interest in the museum we now sel locomotive museum in the units and now a Long Island FA, have been acquiring a few loco­ country. and a Milw. U25B it look like we motives that are of a type no are abandoning the WP. Not so. longer in existence on western Equipment notes Our primary focus is still on WP roads. These can be painted to and will continue to be on the WP. represent western railroads. The The Western Nebraska Tech­ The group purchase of 805A for the museum is evolving into one of the nical College has donated a for­ museum represents the last major largest collection of first and mer Milwaukee U25B to our mu­ piece of WP equipment still avail­ early second generation diesel seum. Our Society has purchased able. WP's U23B's, GP35's, and power in the nation. If we had a former LfiN Alco FA from the GP40' s probably will not be ac­ started 30 years ago we would Long Island Railroad for a very cesible to us because the railroad have steam engines. As it is we reasonable price. Details regard­ does not own them. They are/were are fortunate to have one steam ing these newest additions to our owned by leasing companies who engine in the museum. Steamers collection will be printed in the probably wouldn't be interested that have escaped the scrappers next Train Sheet. in donating. We have most of the torch are, for the most part, un­ WP freight cars we need and there available. Either they are rusting So much has been done recently are very few WP passenger cars away in parks or are in the hands that it is hard to keep track (no THE TRAIN SHEET ISSUE No . 25 SHEET TWO pun intended). Besides the work . weekend reported elsewhere, John UPCOMING EVENTS Marvin hooked up two much-needed toilets, Ken Roller extended track Our second annual Feather Riv er July 4-5 Operating Weekend seven so parking space is now avail­ Rail Festival (Railfan's Day) will July 11 Railfan Day able for the Burro crane. Hap be held July 11 at the museum. Aug 1-2 Motor Car Races Manit, Jim Ley, and Norm Holmes This all day photo session will Aug 22-23 Railroad Days relocated a large amount of misc. give people an opportuni ty to take And remember we operate parts etc. to a box car and, yes, pictures of our equipment and oper­ the last weekend of each month several loads of junk to the dump. ations. We had 250 people in and have a work weekend every Doug Jensen and Steve Milward attendance last year and this year 3rd weekend of the month. worked on the shower car, lounge promises to be even better! car, business car, and diner in pre­ The Festival is a fund raising Come on up we would love to paration for the work weekend. event (last years profits went to­ have you and meet with you. Also assisting in various activities wards construction of the new The operating dept is always were John Walker, Dean Hill, Ken sidewalk on the SE entrance to looking for new members to Roller, Mat Parker, Gary Cousins, the museum), thus the museum join in in the operations ......... and possibly others. If we missed will be closed to the general your name, we're sorry, and thanks public. Entrance to the f estivi ties Please check your yellow 1987 for your efforts. will be $5.00 in advance or $7.00 calendar for all the events in Roger Hepkema did engineering at the gate. The operating crews Portola, if you need one or an work on the turnout location for will earn free passes for the day extra please drop us a note ....... the rip track switch and is doing otherwise all w-ill be asked to an updated layout for our entire pay the entrance fee. property. There are plenty of positions open on the operating crews; we need tour guides, car monitors, OUR MEMBERSHIP gate people, security, snack bar, and gift shop volunteers as well We are sorry to report that as train crews. There is a sign­ nearly 20% of our membership up sheet in the museum, or con­ have not renewed for 1987 (about tact me: John S. Walker, 1130 180 members). A final note will Galaxy Dr., Yuba City, Ca., 95991. be sent out to try to encourage Make plans to join us that day, their continued membership. This there will be plenty of great photo ~ dropout percentage is a little prospects, train rides, movies, slide The national Track Motorcar Champ­ high, but not unusual. Most organi­ shows, a raffle, and a night photo ionship Races will be held in Portola zations and publications have a session. on August One. certain percentage of non-renewals. But we got over 200 NEW members,~----------------------~ Approximately 420 ties were loaded Please plan on attending this so it seems that our membership is and moved to the museum with one growing and exci ting event....• stable at just under 700 members. small casually. Doug Peterson from For more information and car registration packets write to; We cannot be all things to all Lodi broke a finger when he got people, but we try to do the best it caught between two ties. He was Motor Car Races we can. We hope that all of our more upset that he couldn't do any Ron Butler members will share our enthusiasm work at the museum than about his 19969 Portola Dr in our endeavor to preserve the finger. Salinas, Calif 93908 FEA THER RIVER ROUTE. Wayne Monger and JOhn Walker or call 408-455-1475 painted "RAILROAD MUSEUM" in work number 408-757-2036 big, bold black letters on the hiway Additional life members: SEE YOU IN PORTOLA????? Andy Carlson side of the diesel shop and it's R.G. vonPrittwitz already attracted people to the Ruedi Muller museum. the old boiler area. Things are Robert Haynes Dave McClain, Brian Challender, where we can find them now andit Errol Spangler Renee McComb, Dave Waters, Ski, looks great. and Doug Jensen steam cleaned the Steve Milward organized the grounds 921, 1506, 1508, and 1517, and crew and with "Veector" Neves, L they look much better fir it. Rose Rimici, Gary Reich, Roger Hepkle:na, "WORK WEEKEND ONE" Hersted cleaned the cabs and and Dave Waters with burro service Doug Jensen windows of many of the locomotives. from Jim Ley, they went from one Steve Habeck attacked the "silver" end of the yards to the other raking Work Weekend One, simply stated, caboose and cleaned it from vest­ up debris and picking up spikes and was a great success. 44 people ibule to vestibule including the rails. This was a two day job in the showed up and earnestly put in a toilet system. hot sun that also saw a celibratory lot of sweat and labor. In 2 days Gary Cousins took the lead and with removal of the Pinto to the dump. we accomplished what would nor­ the help of Ron Bitler, (who with Luckily it was "free" week at the mally seem to take a year and it Dave Waters did a minor overhaul dump! f el t so good ....
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