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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Jan. 28, 2012
Mountain Quarries RR:
2012 is the 100th year of the Mountain Quarries RR. Several events are planned.
I've added a link to the first one, an art contest. Check it out and enter!
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Jan. 01, 2012
Extra Board:
Updated the El Dorado Western page with a few new images.
Added several new images to both the West Side Lmbr and More pages.
Added one new image to the Bagby page.
Added images of Folsom Prison steamer #1 to the Folsom page.
Shortline Rosters:
Added images of cabeese NWP #19 and SN #1638 while at Silverbend Farms in Clarksburg,CA to their respective rosters.
Updated the disposition for Modoc Northern #700.
Added builders numbers for Modesto & Empire Traction gensets #2003 and #2004.
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Dec. 01, 2011
Camino,Placerville & Lake Tahoe:
Added a new N scale listing to the Model Products page.
Extra Board:
Added a brand new page for the West Side Lumber.
Updated the Auburn page.
Shortline Rosters:
Added or updated images of Pickering #s 3 and 7:2, and Sierra #s 3, 34, 546, 613, 1265, caboose 7
and motorcar #8 to the Pickering and Sierra/Railtown rosters.
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Nov. 17, 2011
Amador Central:
Added image of Yreka Western #9 to the Photo and Roster pages.
Added new book listing to the Reference page.
Michigan-California Lumber:
Updated, corrected, and rewrote most of the text on the American River Land & Lumber page.
Added new HO scale listing to Model Products page.
Mountain Quarries RR:
Updated the roster info on locomotives #6 and #103.
Extra Board:
Added or updated three images on the Nevada City/Grass Valley page.
Shortline Rosters:
Thanks to Chris Kinoshita for an image of MET boxcar #13698.
Huge update to the Richmond Pacific roster including disposition updates and new photos of every unit.
Added images of MIRS #113, updated image of P & SR caboose #1, WSL flat #265,and YW #9 to the California Northern,
Richmond Pacific, Mare Island Rail Service, Petaluma & Santa Rosa, West Side Lumber, and Yreka Western rosters.
Updated the dispositions of Almanor RR #103 and #166, and Sacramento Valley:2 GP9s.
Updated the narrow guage units on the McCloud roster.
Added new roster for El Dorado Western RR.
Also did many other minor corrections and page interlinkings.
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Oct. 07, 2011
Michigan-California Lumber:
Added a new photo tour of Pino Grande.
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Sept. 25, 2011
Shortline Rosters:
Added new roster for the Mare Island Rail Service.
Added new pics of #112 and #502 and updated disposition of #113 on the Cal Northern roster.
Added several new images to the Roaring Camp & Big Trees roster.
Added several new images to the Santa Cruz Big Trees & Pacific roster.
Added pics of #423, 4449, and GMTX 128 to the Richmond Pacific roster.
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Aug. 28, 2011
Camino,Placerville & Lake Tahoe:
Updated photos of shay #2 at Travel Town.
Michigan-California Lumber:
Thanks to John Taubeneck for his Equipment Supplement.
Shortline Rosters:
Added Equipment Supplements to the Madera Sugar Pine and Pickering rosters from John Taubeneck.
Thanks to Chris Kinoshita for an image of caboose #100 on the Central California Traction roster.
Added new or updated photos of Fillmore & Western #3502, CWR #56, MET #2002, PE #1544, Pickering #2, Santa Maria Vly #1000,
STE #1, Ventura Co RR #103 and WSL caboose #7 to the California Northern, California Western, Modesto & Empire Traction, North Shore,
Pickering, Hetch Hetchy, Stockton Terminal & Eastern, and West Side Lmbr rosters.
Updated dispositions for California Northern #106, MET #s 604, 607, & 608, and YW #244 and added new listing for CCT genset #2101.
Shortline Media:
Added two new book listings.
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July 16, 2011
Extra Board:
Thanks to Steve Karoly for new images added to the El Dorado Western page.
Shortline Rosters:
Thanks to Stephie Kolata for images of US Sugar 159 for the Pickering roster.
Added new images of RPRX #5402 to the Modesto and Empire Traction roster and new images
of Turlock Western #26 and #4409 to the TW roster. Also new images of YSLR #135 added to the
Sierra Northern roster.
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June 25, 2011
Amador Central:
Added new images of Quincy RR #5 to the photo, roster, and survivors pages.
Extra Board:
With the help of Steve Karoly, I've renamed the Placerville & Sacramento Valley page to Placerville Branch and
changed all the links to this page to reflect the change and altered the new El Dorado Western and P & SV:2
pages with new or clarified info.
Shortline Rosters:
Thanks to Roberto Alaniz for images of all four CFNR GP15-1s on the DGNO and UP 1544 now added to
the California Northern roster.
Major update made to the Quincy RR roster with new pics of #3, #4, #5 and #1100 and more.
Added new pics of FRS8, McCloud 18 on the V&T, O&NW #4, boxcar MR #1236, NSRM #8, NVRR #51, SN #712,
WP #s 501 & 563, Spanish Peak Lmbr 2 under restoration, and Tidewater Southern MoW car #MW0565 to the
Hobart Estates, Clover Valley, McCloud, Yreka Western, NVWT, Sac Northern, Cent Cal Traction, Spanish Peak Lmbr,
and Tidewater Southern rosters.
Added new disposition for MET #613 to Modesto & Empire Traction roster.
Added new Genset info to the NWP:3 roster.
Split up the Sierra roster from those at Railtown.
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June 07, 2011
Mountain Quarries RR:
Added two new images to the Photo page thanks to Auburn SRA courtesy of Mike Lynch.
Updated the Mysteries Page. Thanks to Hal Hall for acting as guide.
Extra Board:
Updated the Placerville, Folsom, and Placerville & Sacramento Valley pages with new pics and info.
Added new pages for the El Dorado Western and Placerville & Sacramento Valley:2.
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May 25, 2011
Extra Board:
Updated and added new photos to the Grass Valley/Nevada City page.
Updated and new images on the Oroville page.
Shortline Rosters:
Added new images of California Northern #503 and Feather River Lmbr #1 display to appropriate rosters.
Added listings for new GP15s on the Richmond Pacific roster.
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April 24, 2011
Camino,Placerville & Lake Tahoe:
Added another HO listing to the Model Products page.
Michigan-California Lumber:
Added two new HO listings to the Model Products page.
Mountain Quarries RR:
Added a new image to the Maps and Photos page.
Updated the Mysteries page.
Updated the Historical Dedication page.
Edited the History Brief on Main page.
Extra Board:
Added several new/updated photos to the Grass Valley/Nevada City page.
Shortline Rosters:
Added new genset listings to the Modesto & Empire Traction roster.
Many other minor updates/corrections as usual throughout the rosters.
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Mar. 19, 2011
All roster stuff this time.
Shortline Rosters:
Several new rolling stock images on the California Western, NWP:2/North Coast, Pacific Lumber, and Petaluma & Santa Rosa rosters.
New image of #104 on the Arcata & Mad River roster.
New/updated photos of #42 and #80 on the Central California Traction roster.
New/updated photos of #53, #64, #65, and #66 on the California Western roster.
New images of California Redwood #101 and Caspar South Fork & Eastern #2 to proper rosters.
New/updated images of #3786, #3804, #3844, and #3850 on the NWP:2/North Coast roster.
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Mar. 06, 2011
Diamond & Caldor:
Added pics of flatcar #64 at Ardenwood Park in Fremont,CA to all appropriate pages.
Shortline Rosters:
A huge thanks to Wes Swanson and Don Gleason for pics of privately owned ex McCloud critters #s 2241, 4204, & 4251 on McCloud roster.
New rolling stock images added to North Shore, San Joaquin & Sierra Nevada, South Pacific Coast, West Side Lumber, Northwestern Pacific:1,
and Yosemite Valley rosters.
California Northern roster updated with new info and new pics of #109 and #505.
Added new roster for Northwestern Pacific:3 with several new pics.
Updated roster for San Francisco Bay RR with additional unit and pics.
Several new images and corrections to Napa Valley Wine Train roster.
New images of RPRC #2285, OTR #101, Pickering #12, SP #5472 & 5623, and SAV #1454 to the Richmond Pacific, Oakland Terminal,
Pickering, Northwestern Pacific:2, and Sacramento Valley:2 rosters.
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Feb. 06, 2011
Michigan-California Lumber:
Added a new listing on the References page.
Shortline Rosters:
Thanks to Andy Thomas for images of California Northern #503.
Also added new images of Sacramento Valley #105 and Sierra Northern #47 & #134.
Made several small updates/corrections throughout rosters.
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Jan. 01, 2011
Happy New Year!!!
Camino,Placerville & Lake Tahoe:
Added new images of speeder #2 to Photo, Roster, and Surviving Equipment pages.
Diamond & Caldor:
Added a new On3 listing on the model page.
Extra Board:
Created a new page for the San Joaquin & Sierra Nevada/Kentucky House Branch.
Added some new pics to the More page.
Shortline Rosters:
Updated the dispositions for California Northern #s 100, 101, and 102.
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Dec. 11, 2010
Camino,Placerville & Lake Tahoe:
Image of boxcar #7741 added to photo and roster pages.
Extra Board:
One new image added to the Placerville & Sacramento Valley page.
Updated many photos from the NCNGTM on the Nevada City/Grass Valley page. Some include links to multiple pics.
Did a huge re-arrangement of the More page including several new images.
Shortline Rosters:
Thanks to David Baldwin for two new images of OMLX #4327 on the Great Western for the NWP/North Coast roster.
Added the following new images to the rosters from my collection:
WP #504 to the Sac Northern & Quincy rosters
#8013 to the Oroville Dam RR roster
Alaska RR #1804 to the McCloud roster
privately owned SNCT #51 to the Napa Valley Wine Train roster
Chicago & Northwestern #4416 to the California Northern roster
and OMLX #5305 to the NWP/North Coast roster.
I've also been adding more crosslinking between pages to help visitors find more info within the site.
Many many other minor changes or corrections have also been taking place as usual. :)
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Nov. 07, 2010
El Dorado Lime & Mineral Co:
Added several new images from a recent trip to the quarry itself.
Michigan-California Lumber:
Added a new HOn3 listing to the model products page.
Shortline Rosters:
Added listings for #2 and Granite Rock #10 to the Sacramento Southern roster, including pics.
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Oct. 07, 2010
Camino,Placerville & Lake Tahoe:
Added a new image of boxcar #7836.
Shortline Rosters:
Added images of Cal Northern #500, NWP #112 at CSRM, Sierra #18 and #36, Rayonier #38, Long-Bell #4
and Pickering #8 at Merrill,OR, and North Pacific Coast #12 at CSRM to the proper rosters. Added
several new images to the Modoc Northern roster.
Fixed many other errors or broken links. Feel free to drop me a line if you find something that doesn't work. :)
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Sept. 22, 2010
Mountain Quarries RR:
Added a new photo tour page. While researching this, I had to correct the number of trestles on
the line from 18 to 17.
Extra Board:
Added one new image to the 'More' page.
Shortline Rosters:
Split the San Francisco Belt and San Francisco Bay RR rosters.
Added new images of the entire new Placerville & Sacramento Valley roster.
Added new images of new Sacramento Valley #1433.
Fixed many broken links in several rosters.
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August 29, 2010
Amador Central:
Added a new image of 44tonner #8 to roster and photo pages.
New video listing on the References page.
Thanks to David Joslin for images of his HO scale Amador Foothills #10 on the Model Products page.
Shortline Rosters:
Added new roster for Bay Point & Clayton.
Major updates to the MET, Ocean Shore, Sacramento Valley(modern), and Weed Lmbr rosters.
Minor updates to many other rosters.
New pics added of Almanor 106 at Oregon Coast Scenic, California Redwood at Chiloquin,OR, Columbia
Business Center #102 and Oregon Pacific #101 for the Pacific Lumber roster, RARW #107 on the Sacramento Valley(modern),
and new images of California Northern #501.
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August 01, 2010
All roster updates this time.
Thanks go to John Whittingham for a new shot of Sacramento Southern #2030 and
Jim Hansen for an image of Montana Resources #295 for the Pickering roster.
Added a new roster for the Northern Redwood Lumber Co.
Updated most all Porter, Heisler and Vulcan listings throughout the rosters including a new entry on the MET roster.
Added new images of Fruit Growers Supply #3 at Pomona.
Updated the dispositions of three of California Northern's GP15's now on the Puget Sound & Pacific.
Added the recent move of #602 to WRIX on the Yreka Western roster.
Also thanks to Scott Thomas for reporting the move of CFNR #103 to Ventura Co RR.
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July 04, 2010
Amador Central:
Edited the rolling stock listings on the roster.
Camino,Placerville & Lake Tahoe:
Added yet another N-scale boxcar listing to the model page.
Diamond & Caldor:
Added a new listing on the model page.
El Dorado Lime & Mineral Co:
Did a huge update to the roster including new photos.
Mountain Quarries RR:
Updated the roster with a new Plymouth listing.
Extra Board:
Thanks to Justin Miller for a couple shots from Barber added to the Butte Co RR page.
Shortline Rosters:
Tons of new and corrected Plymouth listings throughout the rosters.
Added a new image of Hobart Southern #4.
Added an image link to the Long-Bell Lmbr & Weed Lmbr rosters of a yet unidentified Plymouth from their liniage.
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June 20, 2010
Amador Central:
Added listing for #335 to roster.
Camino,Placerville & Lake Tahoe:
New N-scale listing on Model Products page.
Diamond & Caldor:
Updated dispositons for the centercab diesels on the roster.
Extra Board:
New photos of the Towle Caboose added to the Towle Bros page and
a couple new boxcars added to the More page.
Shortline Rosters:
Thanks to John Taubeneck for adding Plymouth listings to my Weed Lumber and Long-Bell rosters.
A huge thanks to Allen Stanley for providing a large portion of his roster collections to help
add and correct listings all across the rosters.
Added new rosters for Birce & Smart, California Redwood and Westport Lumber.
New rolling stock photos added to the McCloud, Sacramento Northern and Yreka Western rosters.
Many many minor updates and/or corrections throughout the rosters.
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May 22, 2010
Diamond & Caldor:
Reworked the Diamond Springs section of the photo page with some new shots.
Michigan-California Lumber:
Added new listings to the model products page.
Extra Board:
One new image on the Towle Bros page.
Shortline Rosters:
Added new rosters for the Lamoin Lumber Co, Salmon Creek, MA Burns Lmbr and Castle Crag Lmbr.
Major updates to the Sacramento & Placerville, Sacramento Valley, San Francisco & San Jose and the San Joaquin & Sierra Nevada rosters.
Added new genset to CFNR roster and updated dispostion of NWP SD9 #4324.
Added three new boxcar shots to the Stockton Terminal & Eastern roster. #s are 1910, 2072, 2099.
Thanks to Andrew Brandon for a shot of the Glenbrook at Grass Valley on the NCNG roster.
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April 17, 2010
Michigan-California Lumber:
Added a new edition of Tales Of The Woods by George Parker. This one covers the speeder.
Ive also added a link to George's personal website to the main "Tales" page. Please visit.
Extra Board:
Updated the Placerville & Sacramento Valley RR page with some history notes and many new images.
Updated the Butte Co RR page with a small history note.
One new image added to More page.
Shortline Rosters:
Major update to Roaring Camp & Big Trees roster including three new images from John Goldie of
Bethlehem Steel #12, #14 and speeder #10 along with a new image from Roger Hogan of #60 at Georgetown,CO.
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April 02, 2010
Camino,Placerville & Lake Tahoe:
Added new listing on the Model Products page.
Extra Board:
Added new page for the Placerville & Sacramento Valley RR, aka SP Placerville Branch
One new image added to More page.
Shortline Rosters:
Major update to San Joaquin & Sierra Nevada roster.
Major update to Modesto & Empire Traction roster including dispositions of all 70tonners,
new listings of the Railpower Genset lease units, and new photos of #613, 1500, 1501, 2001,
RPRX units 5403, 5404, and 5406 as well as 12 more boxcar images.
New images of #678 and 777 to the Stockton Terminal & Eastern roster.
New images of #111 to California Northern roster.
Added photos of #35 at the NSRM to the Pacific Lumber roster thanks to Jeff Black.
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March 13, 2010
Just a small quicky update this time. :)
Diamond & Caldor:
Thanks to Mark Almer for a new image of #8
Shortline Rosters:
Added four new boxcar images to the Modesto & Empire Traction roster.
Several small minor updates throughout the rosters.
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Feb. 13, 2010
Amador Central:
Updated the model products page.
Camino,Placerville & Lake Tahoe:
Updated disposition for #101 on the roster.
Michigan-California Lumber:
Combined all of George Parker's stories into one page.
Updated roster info for #2.
Updated model products page.
Took a few images from the Maps & Photos page and combined them with a ton of new photos into their own page called Along the Mainline.
Made a few other minor corrections throughout the site.
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Jan. 31, 2010
Amador Central:
Reworked a large portion of the photo page and added a bunch of new photos.
Camino,Placerville & Lake Tahoe:
Added a new image and updated a caption or two with new info.
Extra Board:
Added new photos to the Auburn, Folsom, NCNG and More pages.
Added a whole new page for the Towle Bros operation.
Shortline Rosters:
Updated the Placerville & Sacramento Valley roster including a photo of their new critter thanks to Joe Mayer.
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Jan. 18, 2010
Camino,Placerville & Lake Tahoe:
Added a new image of 44Tonner #101 to the photo and roster pages.
Added new images to the photo page.
One new image added to the Camino Mill page.
Updated the Model Products page with new listings.
Diamond & Caldor:
Added a couple new maps and images to the photo page.
Updated roster info for the centercabs.
Michigan-California Lumber:
Added a new image of shay #8:2 to the photo and roster pages.
One new image added to the Camino Mill page.
Several new images added to the photo page with some slight re-arrangement to accomodate them.
Updated the Model Products page.
Added two new references.
Mountain Quarries RR:
One new image added to the photo page.
Shortline Rosters:
Added an image of a flat car to the Towle Bros roster.
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Jan. 06, 2010
Amador Central:
Removed the references to the 53' 11xxx series boxcars until verification that these are indeed Amador Central cars,
recent research indicates these may actually belong to Arkansas Louisiana & Mississippi despite the AMC reporting marks.
AMC reporting marks were shared by these two roads at the time of these cars.
Extra Board:
Split up the 'Abandoned ROW' page and some pics from the 'More' page and made individual
pages for some railroads including some brand new pics too!
Added new pics to the 'More' page.
Shortline Rosters:
Major update to the Diamond Match roster along with several minor changes to others.
Split Butte Co RR from Diamond Match roster.
Major update to Howard Terminal roster.
Added new Sierra Northern roster for the combined Sierra and Yolo Shortline.
Added new images of #502 and 504 to the California Northern roster.
Started re-adding links to SP, SSW, DRGW, and UP units throughout rosters.
Shortline Media:
Added several new book listings.
All previous entries have been deleted.
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