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High Desert Rails Updates

15 October 2007 This round of updates completes the photographs provided by Wayne Monger, with these images focusing on the Oregon Eastern Division of the Wyoming/Colorado Railroad. High Desert Rails also recently obtained a huge collection of slides taken by the late John Henderson that feature many of the railroads covered in this website. The first of these- images from the Condon, Kinzua & Southern Railroad- are included in this round. The sheer volume of slides will keep us busy for years to come. New pages in the Condon, Kinzua & Southern section: Tracks in Thirty Mile Canyon Tracks around Condon Kinzua sawmill Trackage around Kinzua Mill Kinzua Enginehouse Miscellaneous Maintenance-of-Way CK&S Flatcar Ballast Hopper Side Dump Hoppers Snowplow Mack Railbus #5 In addition, the Condon, Kinzua & Southern/Kinzua Pine Mills front page has been extensively re-worked, with much new information provided. Additional photos have also been added to the following page: Heisler #102 New pages in the Oregon Eastern Division of the Wyoming/Colorado Railroad section: Locomotive #1608 WYCO Freight Operations Scrapping the Burns Branch- WYCO UP Scrapping the Burns Branch Updated pages in the Oregon Eastern Division of the Wyoming/Colorado Railroad section: 1990 Re-Railment Special The long-promised Sumpter Valley page is likely to come next, although we admit we have said that before. The remainder of the John Henderson slides cover a wide variety of subjects, including the City of Prineville, Oregon California & Eastern, Union Railroad of Oregon, Klamath Northern, Mt. Emily Lumber, and a huge volume of work of the Union Pacific in the Blue Mountains and on the Condon Branch. Thank you for looking!

1 April 2007 As promised back in January, here are some more Wayne Monger photos, plus some bonus material from Cliff West. This update will focus on the Oregon & Northwestern. New pages: Wayne Monger Oregon & Northwestern Photos from the 1970's 2nd to Last O&NW Freight Saving the O&NW Baldwins O&NW Roster Shots by Cliff West

3 January 2007 Other projects have kept us away from this web site for a full year now. We are back with a new round of updates. New pages: Union Pacific Burns Branch photos, February 1984 Lake County M-O-W Equipment New photos or update information: Oregon California & Eastern/Weyerhaeuser Cabooses Oregon California & Eastern Boxcars Oregon California & Eastern Maintenance of Way has been broken up into separate pages. Oregon California & Eastern History, 1925-1975 Oregon California & Eastern History, 1975-1985 Union Pacific Front Page Lake County Railroad Front Page Lake County Railroad Locomotive #1761 Additional updates covering the Sumpter Valley, Oregon & Northwestern, and Oregon Eastern Division of the Wyoming/Colorado Railroad will be made in the very near future.

13 January 2006 New sections: Lake County Railroad- January 2006 Derailment

10 January 2006 New sections: Big Creek & Telocaset Burlington Northern Santa Fe and Predecessors Brooks-Scanlon Lumber Company Klamath Northern Mount Emily Lumber Company Modoc Northern Oregon Pacific Shevlin-Hixon Lumber Company High Desert Rails now has pages up for all railroads we wanted to cover except for the Sumpter Valley. A page featuring that railroad will be added as time permits. We also have more material to add to the existing pages on the same schedule. Thanks for looking, and be sure to drop us a line if you have any questions/comments.

30 October 2005 New pages: City of Prineville Railroad- Current Freight Operations City of Prineville Railroad- Two GP-20's Together Weyerhaeuser Timber Company Locomotive #6 New photos or update information: Weyerhaeuser Timber Company #4 Weyerhaeuser Timber Company Commute Coaches Oregon, California & Eastern/WTCX Maintenance-of-Way

22 October 2005 New pages: Oregon Eastern locomotive #2072 Lake County Railroad locomotive #1761 New photos or update information: Oregon Eastern Division, Wyoming/Colorado Railroad

15 October 2005 New sections: Nevada-California-Oregon Harriman's Cross-State Railroad Southern Pacific Lake County Railroad

31 July 2005 New section: City of Prineville Railroad

16 July 2005 New Pages: Oregon, California & Eastern slug #7607 Weyerhaeuser Woods Railroad Locomotive #312 Leased Locomotives on the Oregon, California & Eastern Weyerhaeuser Timber Company Outfit Cars New Photos or Information on these pages: Oregon, California & Eastern Locomotive #7601 Oregon, California & Eastern Locomotive #7602 Oregon, California & Eastern Locomotive #7604 Oregon, California & Eastern Locomotive #7605 Oregon, California & Eastern Locomotive #7909 Weyerhaeuser Woods Railroad Locomotive #102 Weyerhaeuser Woods Railroad Locomotive #103 Weyerhaeuser Woods Railroad Locomotive #105 Weyerhaeuser Woods Railroad Locomotive #310 Oregon California & Eastern- Maintenance of Way Oregon California & Eastern- Cabooses

15 July 2005 Major update with a lot of new information to the Union Railroad of Oregon page.

4 June 2005 New Pages: Oregon California & Eastern Time Table and Train Orders Wyoming/Colorado Railroad- Empty Roadbed Wyoming/Colorado Railroad Locomotive #6083 New Photos or Information on these pages: Oregon California & Eastern- Maintenance of Way Oregon California & Eastern- Cabooses Oregon California & Eastern- Log Cars Oregon California & Eastern- Commute Cars Oregon & Northwestern- Summit Station Oregon Eastern Division, Wyoming/Colorado Railroad Home Page

22 May 2005 New section: Oregon Eastern Division, Wyoming/Colorado Railroad New Photos or Information on these pages: Oregon & Northwestern Homepage Oregon & Northwestern- Summit Station

21 May 2005 New section: Jack Bowden's Oregon California & Eastern Photos New Pages: Oregon California & Eastern #2904 Weyerhaeuser Timber Company 2nd #3 Weyerhaeuser Timber Company #8 Weyerhaeuser Timber Company Commute Coaches Union Pacific Heppner Branch Photos by Marc Entze Condon Kinzua & Southern Today Kinzua Mural New Photos or Information on these pages: Oregon California & Eastern Homepage Oregon California & Eastern #2950 Oregon California & Eastern #2954 Oregon California & Eastern #7909 Weyerhaeuser Timber Company #4 Oregon California & Eastern Cabooses Weyerhaeuser Timber Company Log Cars Oregon California & Eastern Cabooses Oregon California & Eastern Maintenance-of-Way

15 May 2005 New section: Union Pacific New section: Malheur Railroad New section: Oregon & Northwestern/Edward Hines Lumber Company

26 March 2005 More aerial photos by Louis K. Thelen

20 March 2005 New page for Louis K. Thelen photos of the Oregon California & Eastern Photo added to Oregon California & Eastern #7601

5 March 2005 Oregon California & Eastern section added New page for Condon Kinzua & Southern/Kinzua Pine Mills 3-truck Shay #3 Photos added to Condon Kinzua & Southern/Kinzua Pine Mills 3-truck Heisler #102

16 January 2005 New Page as of today.

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