Foothill Rails--Site News
Whats New?
These are the latest updates or changes to this site.
This site is updated whenever I can (at no regular interval).
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Aug. 16, 2008
Amador Central:
Added a new reference to the "References" page.
Thanks to Doug Stark for an image of boxcar #1037.
Extra Board:
Added a couple new caboose images to the "More" page.
Shortline Rosters:
Added a roster for Yosemite Mtn & Sugar Pine complete with images.
Added images of Hetch Hetchy #6 at EPTM, Grand Continental #1804, Iowa River #3004,
Louisville & Nashville #1519, Yreka Western #1172, Oakland Terminal #102, SP #6595 and
caboose Yosemite Valley #15 at EPTM to the Hetch Hetchy, McCloud, Cal Northern, Oro Dam,
Yreka Western, Oakland Terminal, NWP and Yosemite Valley rosters.
Shortline Media:
Added a couple new book listings.
Additionally I've been working to add more interlinking between features to help
navigation and continuity. And as always, more minor revisions and corrections took place.
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July 23, 2008
Amador Central:
Added some scans of a few ticket stubs and a freight bill.
Diamond & Caldor:
Totally revamped the photo page again. Added several new images.
Michigan-California Lumber:
Added the latest edition of George's Tales Of The Woods. Read about a summer
love interest, the local swimming hole complete with bathing suit clad women,
and lion hunting.
Thanks to Doug Jensen for some new images on the photo page.
Mountain Quarries RR:
Totally revamped the photo page and added a couple new images.
Extra Board:
Added several new pics to the "More" page. These are some more from my adventures
you've read about in my blogs.
Shortline Rosters:
Thanks to John Lewis for shots of Midwest Central #9 for the West Side and HHYV rosters.
Added photos of OMLX #1752, Appalachicola #713, ATSF #222, Diamond International #796, DMIR #130,
KBSR #324, NYOW #501, Sac Northern #301 with PNC painted on it, Sac Northern boxcar #2350,
RARW #107, Western Pacific #608, Yosemite Valley #s 11 & 26:1 to the Calfornia Northern,
NWP, Santa Cruz Big Trees & Pacific, Diamond Match, Modoc Northern, Sacramento Valley, STE,
and Yosemite Valley rosters.
Also made updates to Modoc Northern, Cal Northern, South Pacific Coast, Oroville Dam, and
Yreka Western rosters.
Many new corrections and minor changes as well throughout the site.
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May 25, 2008
Camino,Placerville & Lake Tahoe:
Added image of 44tonner #101 to photo and roster pages.
Michigan-California Lumber:
Thanks to George Parker for his fourth installment of George's Tales Of The Woods.
This episode is about the Shay type locomotive.
Shortline Rosters:
Added a Stan White image of Fordyce & Princeton #662 to Hammond & Feather River rosters
courtesy of Gus Puth.
Added images of LLPX #1513 & 1515, Twin Mountain Rock #602, Napa Valley #51, Parr Terminal #3,
and Tooele Valley #104 to the California Northern, Napa Valley, Parr Terminal & Pickering rosters.
Split the Napa Valley RR and the Napa Valley Wine Train into separate rosters.
Updated several rosters including Caltrain, San Francisco Belt, and Modoc Northern.
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April 13, 2008
Amador Central:
Added a few pics of the brick plant at Ione.
Diamond & Caldor:
Added a new video listing to the References page.
Michigan-California Lumber:
Posted the third installment of George Parker's Tales Of The Woods.
Extra Board:
Added a ton of new photos to the Auburn, Folsom, Jamestown, Abandoned ROWs and
More pages. Special thanks to Ken Martin for shot of CB&Q caboose in Brownsville.
Shortline Rosters:
Major update to Stockton Terminal & Eastern roster.
I now have the entire photo history of Sacramento Valley #105 available.
Added a pic of Reading #607 to finish off the photo history of Sierra Northern #47.
New shot of DMIR #152 added to Modoc Northern roster.
Also linked or added many rolling stock images to Hetch Hetchy, Sierra, Pickering and West Side rosters.
Books:
Renamed this section "Shortline Media" and added a list of videos covering Nor-Cal shortlines.
Also many new alterations, rearrangements, corrections, etc throughout site.
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March 09, 2008
Michigan-California Lumber:
Added the second installment of George Parker's Tales Of The Woods.
Thanks to Beth Squires for updating the model products page.
Misc:
Renamed this section the 'Extra Board'.
Added new photos to the Auburn and More pages.
Added new maps to most pages.
Shortline Rosters:
Added new roster for Sacramento Valley RR with photos.
Major updates to McCloud & Modoc Northern rosters.
Added photos of Sierra Northern #47, Sac Northern #407 & #654, NWP #4324, P&SR #1
at Purdy in Mojave, and 8 MET boxcars to the appropriate rosters.
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Feb. 17, 2008
Michigan-California Lumber:
Added, what I hope is the first of many, a story by former Michigan-California
employee George Parker about his time on the bridge crew.
Also added a photo of Pino Grande to the photo page thanks to George.
Shortline Rosters:
Added images of Prescott & Northwestern #25, DMIR #156, Cal Western #s 56 & 62, Sierra 44,
Port of Tacoma #704, Birmingham Southern #650, Corn Products #511, SP #1951, & Conrail #7821
to the Sac Northern, Cal Northern, Cal Western, Sierra, Yreka Western, Modoc Northern, Yolo Shortline,
PARR Terminal & Eureka Southern rosters.
A huge thanks to Derick Sturke for photos of Sierra #s 40 & 44 scrapped recently at Oakdale.
Also Sierra #47 was relettered for Sierra Northern so added this to proper rosters.
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Jan. 26, 2008
Books:
Added several new listings.
Amador Central:
Thanks to Dave Leland for an image of #12 as QRR #12 in Susanville,CA.
Also added an image of #10 in what appears to be brown primer.
Diamond & Caldor:
Added a new magazine artlcle to the references page.
Michigan-California Lumber:
Added new 45mm guage listing on the Model products page.
Misc:
New image of SP caboose #1091 on display added to the Oroville page.
Shortline Rosters:
From my collection comes several new images. CFNR #107, Pactiv #T500, CRIP #1349, STE #12, OMLX #3825,
ATSF #2115, Pickering #1 & 3, ATSF #2641, ABL #2144, LLPX #1514, SMVR #30, NWP #4327, Caltrain #927,
ACE #3101 & 3105, YW #602 and several freight cars to the California Northern, Diamond Match, CCT, STE,
NWP, YSLR, Pickering, SCBT&P, ABL, MET, Caltrain, ACE, SN and Yreka Western rosters.
Thanks to the following for these new images:
Steve Carter, STE #777, STE roster
Colin Marsden, SJVR #107, CFNR roster
Rick Morgan, ABL #D5 & 105, Alameda Belt Line roster
Keith Belk, ATSF #3063, STE #1909 & 2077, CFNR & STE rosters
Craig Walker, AMTK #594, SF Belt #23, Sierra and State Belt rosters
Ty White, ACE #3106 to Altamont Commuter Express roster
Larry Larson, USAF #1240 & 1605, ACE #3104, Caltrain #920, 923, 928, Tacoma Eastern #439
Sacramento Southern, ACE, Caltrain and Yreka Western rosters
Ralph Back, ATSF #2600, Santa Cruz Big Trees & Pacific roster
Rob Sarberenyi, ABL #105, Alameda Belt Line roster
Brian Ambrose, POT #703, Yreka Western roster
Paul Graf, SJVR #107, STE #1919, California Northern & STE rosters
Mark Jozwiak, Terre Haute Brazil & Eastern #100, PARR Terminal/Richmond Pacific roster
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David Anderson, Fillmore & Western #3502, CFNR roster
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Dec. 25, 2007
Added new section for Books covering
any Northern California shortlines.
Amador Central:
Thanks to Grant Vogel for a pic of 2-6-2 #9:1 as Kettle Moraine Scenic #9. Added this
to photo, roster and survivors pages.
Sacramento,Placer & Nevada:
Edited the history brief to include that the road was 5' guage and had no rolling stock
or locos of its own.
Shortline Rosters:
Added pics of Lehigh Portland Cement #1, DM&E #3803, Port of Tacoma #5703, Spreckels Sugar #1,
Petaluma & Santa Rosa #3, CNW #s 4412 & 4417, Sierra "blackjack" hopper to the Almanor, Eureka Southern,
Yreka Western, Yolo Shortline, Petaluma & Santa Rosa, California Northern and Sierra rosters
respectively.
Also did the usual numerous other corrections, changes and updates throughout the site.
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Nov. 22, 2007
Amador Central:
Added Harold-King decal listing to model products page.
Linked rolling stock images to roster.
Camino,Placerville & Lake Tahoe:
Added Harold-King decal listing to model products page.
Linked rolling stock images to roster.
Mountain Quarries RR:
Updated dispostion info for #202.
Shortline Rosters:
Added an image of Cherry River Boom & Lmbr #2 to the Modesto & Empire Traction roster from Paul Greathouse.
Added new image of Clover Valley Lmbr #4 to Clover Valley Lmbr and Feather River Lmbr rosters.
Added new rolling stock images to A&MR, McCloud, Yreka Western rosters from Craig Walker.
Also added rolling stock images to Sac Northern, STE, and Cal Western rosters.
Updated info on Modoc Northern, McCloud, M&ET, Caltrain, and Minerets & Western rosters.
Misc:
Added new image of Auburn depot, to show recent changes, on the Auburn page.
Added a link to a Youtube video for the Folsom Vly Ry on the Folsom page.
Updated info for loco on display in Georgetown for the Georgetown page.
Added new images from Foresthill and Penryn to the Other page.
Foothill Adventures Blog:
Several new postings have been added since the last site update. I will continue to add these
at completely random intervals and will not be announcing them here with the site updates.
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Oct. 07, 2007
Started a new blog about the workings of this site and more at Trainboard.com
Amador Central:
Added a pic of the Ione wye restoration underway.
Michigan-California Lumber:
Thanks to Beth Squires for sending me info on the new Accucraft Live Steamer
and pics of the one she owns. Also for a .pdf file about the effects of logging
in the Sierra.
Shortline Rosters:
Added pics of Cal Western #65, Amtrak #593, Schnitzer Steel #21, SP #3699, WP #561
and Yosemite Lumber #4 to the CW, Sierra, State Belt, NWP, STE and YLCo rosters.
Also started adding a few "bonus" pics of equipment to some rosters, CFNR, McCloud, STE,
NWP(orig), Eureka Southern and YV.
Misc:
Added a new page for Abandoned R-O-Ws.
Added some new pics to GV/NC page.
One new image on 'Other' page.
Additionally I've added a couple new links and made many more minor adjustments
and corrections.
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Aug. 26, 2007
Camino,Placerville & Lake Tahoe:
Added image of McCloud boxcar #7222 (ex CPLT)
Michigan-California Lumber:
Added new pics of #11 on display in Medford,OR.
Shortline Rosters:
Yreka Western roster got new shots of #19, #439 and Oregon Pacific #602.
California Northern roster now features shots of #4097,#4098 and TPW #2019 on CORP.
Added shot to Hammond roster of #17 at the Mt Rainier Scenic.
New shots of #102 at the Columbia Business Center in WA on the Pacific Lumber roster.
Pickering: New images of #10 on display in Elbe,WA and #8 stored in Cottage Grove,OR.
New image of Oregon Pacifc #1810 on the McCloud roster.
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Aug. 05, 2007
Amador Central:
Added new HO item to Model Products page thanks to Jeff Moore.
Camino,Placerville & Lake Tahoe:
New image of boxcar #7844 added thanks to Craig Walker.
Shortline Rosters:
Updated roster info on California Western #66 thanks to Don Brown.
Added pics of Georgetown Loop #8 on display in Georgetown to the West Side Lumber
roster thanks to Jeff Black.
Added pics of CCT #30 & 41 to CCT roster thanks to David Epling & Frank Brehm.
Added pic of B&O GP30 #6914 to California Northern roster from my collection.
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June 26, 2007
Amador Central:
Thanks to Bryce Denny, Jason Smith and Nathan D Holmes for new
images of six more AMC boxcars.
Diamond & Caldor:
New images of locomotives #6, 10 and 1001. Some rearranging of the
photo page as well.
Michigan-California Lumber:
New images of locos #4 and 5 as well as new shots from Camino and North Cable.
Rearranged photos as well.
Shortline Rosters:
Added new shots of STE #10 & 11, California Western #55, CPC #1(Sac Northern),
Sierra #42, 48 & 50, Caltrain #503, Modoc Northern #1011 and almost the entire
Modesto and Empire Traction roster. Builders photos of Pickering(Sugarpine) #4 and
Westside #10(lettered for Pickering).
New roster for the Oroville Dam RR.
Of course numorous updates and corrections to the rosters took place.
Misc:
Added an all new page for Oroville. Tons of new pics!
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May 29, 2007
Amador Central:
Rearranged photo page and added several new pics.
Added Model Products page.
Camino,Placerville & Lake Tahoe:
Added Sanborn map of Camino mill. Added model products page.
Diamond & Caldor:
Added Sanborn map of California Door Co. Added model products page.
Michigan-California Lumber:
Added Sanborn map of Pino Grande. Added model products page.
Shortline Rosters:
Updated Modoc Northern roster. Also added pics of ADN #102, Tidewater Southern #747, SN #712,
and Southern Pacific #1902 to the Hammond, TS, SN and PSR rosters.
Misc:
Added new pics or info to Folsom, Rocklin, Nevada City/Grass Valley and Georgetown pages.
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May 05, 2007
Amador Central:
Added an image of boxcar #1049.
Diamond & Caldor:
Thanks to Steven Karoly for a new image of shay #4 under restoration.
El Dorado Lime & Mineral Co:
Added two new images from Bullard,CA.
Michigan-California Lumber:
Added "Mystery Photo" page.
Mountain Quarries RR:
Added "Mystery Photo" page.
Shortline Rosters:
Through tons of research I've added builder/serial numbers and build dates to most diesels
throughout rosters.
Added pics of Conrail #2262, Western Pacific #564, SP #3773, SP #2285, Sac Vly & Eastern #2,
and Bear Harbor #2 to the California Northern, STE, Sierra, Parr Terminal, SV&E and Bear Harbor rosters.
Misc:
Revamped the Colfax page with mostly new pics. Also added a few pics to the Newcastle page.
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March 24, 2007
Shortline Rosters:
Added a roster for the Dolbeer & Carson/Humboldt Northern.
Thanks to Jim Fitgerald for pics of ex Hammond locos #16 & # 17 at their current homes.
Added a couple pics from my collection of Pacific Lumber #105 and Tidewater Southern #745:2.
Links:
Routine link maintence performed.
Added links to several excellent sites from which I get a lot of research material.
I highly recommend checking them out.
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March 08, 2007
Shortline Rosters:
Added a roster for the Howard Terminal.
Added many pics from a trip to the greater Eureka,CA area. Included are NWP units
70,2872,3190,3779, and 3857, Hammond Lumber steamers #15 & #33, Arcata & Mad River #7,
Pacific Lumber #9 & #29. Also added a shot of POVA #101 to the Yreka Western roster.
Thanks to Bob Thompson for an image of Pacific Lumber #101 currently stored in Milwaukee,OR.
Thanks to Chris Blaschuk for images of Vancouver Wharves #821 & #823 which recently joined the
Modesto & Empire Traction roster as #1500 & #1501.
Thanks to Gary Waddell for updates on dispositions of California Northern GP15-1s #100-102.
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Feb. 13, 2007
Added a new section for the El Dorado Lime & Mineral Co.
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Jan. 28, 2007
The move is complete! I've tried to be very diligent, but if you find any
thing that doesn't work, email me.
Camino,Placerville & Lake Tahoe:
Added a new pic of CPLT #102. This is in a paint scheme I've not seen before.
Check it out.
Shortline Rosters:
Added a few new pics, Alameda Belt Line #D5, Tidewater Southern #746, Howard Terminal #9(P&SR),
Sacramento Northern #145, and MET #606 to the proper places in my rosters.
Also made many updates and corrections as usual.
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Dec. 23, 2006
Still in the process of moving but more and more is getting there.
Shortline Rosters:
Added pics of Sac Northern #147 and #652 in service to SN roster thanks to Rich Fowler.
Also added a couple more pics from my collection of CCT #40 & 50 and Pacific Lmbr #101.
Added new rosters for El Dorado Lime & Mineral and Shasta Lumber. Also updated rosters for
Sacramento Valley, California Central, Anderson & Bella Vista, and San Francisco & San Jose.
Another new project is in the works but I need help. I'm planning on adding a page for the
El Dorado Lime and Mineral Co railroad. I don't have much but if anyone can pitch in anything it
would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! :)
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Nov. 05, 2006
Ok, added a few stragglers from the last update.
Shortline Rosters:
Updated the Madera Sugarpine Lumber and Iron Mountain rosters.
Thanks to Tim Stricker for the IM info.
Added pics of Arcata & Mad River #102, California Western #s 45, 46, 57, and 61
thanks to Cliff West.
Added pic of Sac Northern #404 from my collection.
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Oct. 31, 2006
Many many changes are about for Foothill Rails. The site will slowly be moving
to Trainweb.org. Except for the adds at the top of each page, the change should not
be noticed. All original links will still work.
I've reworked a few of the "featured railroad" pages. Hopefully this will make
them more enjoyable/informative.
Diamond & Caldor:
Thanks to Steven Karoly for some new pics.
Michigan-California Lumber:
Added a new pic of #2 while at Railfair 1981
Shortline Rosters:
Added new rosters for San Joaquin & Eastern and Minerets & Western.
Made several dozens of corrections throughtout as usual.
Added approx 50 new images from my collection with the help of Jeff Black,
Ed Murphy, Jeremy Levish and Gary Waddell. Most of these are featured on the
California Western, California Northern, Central California Traction, Modesto
& Empire Traction, Stockton Terminal & Eastern and Sacramento Northern rosters
but there are more throughout the rosters.
Misc:
Added approx 50 new images. Most are on the NEW Jamestown page. Several more
added to the "Other" page.
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Aug. 10, 2006
Amador Central:
Added image of #11 in previous duty as AD&N #178 from my collection.
Diamond & Caldor:
Thanks to Tom Moungovan for a shot of centercab #1001 while in Portland.
Shortline Rosters:
Added pics of Cal Northern #105 & #201, CNW #4419, 4422, 4423 & 4424, DMIR #138,
and SJVR #110 to California Northern roster from Gary Waddell, Don Bowen and my own
collection.
Added a shot of Sacramento Northern #711 to the SN roster from Gary Waddell.
Added a shot of Yolo Shorline #132 in previous life as Cotton Belt(SSW) #3644
from Jeff Black.
Added a roster for the Sacramento Southern with a few pics.
Links:
Added a new link to Don Bowen's "Don's Darkroom".
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July 15, 2006
Shortline Rosters:
Thanks to Joey Kirstine for shots of all 4 Napa Valley FAs in both Via and CN paint.
Thanks to Gary Waddell for a shot of McCloud #37 and some more CFNR roster info.
Added from myself, several new pics to the CCT roster of every unit in use currently
along with some new pics of Sierra #46 and California Northern #4097 to their rosters.
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July 03, 2006
Diamond & Caldor:
Added a pic of the trailer for railbus Tally Ho which is currently under
restoration at the El Dorado Co. Museum, Placerville,CA.
Camino,Placerville & Lake Tahoe:
Added a pic of the original depot foundation which can still be found along
Mosquito Rd in Placerville,CA.
Misc:
Added several new pics to 'Nevada City/Grass valley' and 'Other' pages.
Shortline Rosters:
Added rosters for Diamond Match Co and Yosemite Lumber.
Added several new pics to California Northern, Yolo Shortline, STE, Sierra,
Sac Northern and MET rosters from myself and Jeff Black.
Thanks to Cliff West for pics of Oregon & Northwestern #4 and Oregon, Pacific
and Eastern units 10, 12, 14, 21, 602 and steamer 19 which were added to their
appropriate spots in the MET, McCloud, State Belt and Yreka Western rosters.
Thanks to Gary Waddel for pics of LLPX 171, Napa Valley 70 & 72, California
Northern #s 108, 109, 113 and Sac Northern units 402 & 146 added to appropriate
spots on the California Northern, Sac Northern, Napa Valley and NWP rosters.
Thanks to Stan Jackowski for a shot of California Northern #202 as she is now
with a chopnose and Mosaic markings.
Many, many more corrections and additions throughout rosters too. Especially the
histories of YSLR 132 & 133 thanks to Jeremy Levish. I had them switched. Oops. :)
Also added a few new links.
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June 13, 2006
Shortline Rosters:
Added new rosters for Turlock Western, Bayside Lumber, California Redwood,
Sacramento Valley & Eastern and Yosemite Shortline. Many pics included.
Also continued to add additional pics of locos already featured. Many many
more updates/ corrections throughout rosters as well.
Added a couple new links as well.
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April 25, 2006
Michigan-California Lumber:
Added some new pics from Martin E Hansen.
Diamond & Caldor:
Added pic of #10 thanks to Louis Stradiotto.
Shortline Rosters:
Updated Colusa & Lake roster and several smaller updates throughout rosters.
Added pics to Sierra, Hobart Estates, Swayne Lumber and Westside Lmbr
from Martin E Hansen, Jeff Badger, and myself.
Updated California Northern SD40s. They've been renumbered and sublettered
for CFNR. #s are 4097 and 4098. Thanks to Jeremy Levish for help in
research and for pics!!
Also been adding/rescanning many pics of locos already featured in rosters.
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Mar. 27, 2006
Amador Central:
Added STB docket for Sierra Pacific Ind. abandonment exemption.
Michigan-California Lumber:
Added brochure for the Camino, Cable & Northern RR.
Mountain Quarries RR:
Added pic of new plaque placed at No Hands Bridge. (on bridge dedication page)
Added newspaper clipping scan about Flint history called Auburns POW Past.
Sacramento,Placer & Nevada:
Added pic of Eureka Shed to photo page.
Shortline Rosters:
Added roster for Caltrain. Added rosters for Altamont Commuter Express
and West Side & Cherry Valley to 'A' and 'W' roster pages. Tons of pics!!
Added pics of Southwest Forest Ind #12 to Hammond and Arcata & Mad River rosters.
Added many loco names throughout rosters and of course made many minor corrections.
All previous entries have been deleted.
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