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Pacific Nor thwes t Chapter, Na tional Railway His torical Socie ty, Room 1, Union S ta tion, Por tland, Oregon 97209.

Charles W. S torz, Jr., Presiden t 146 NE Bryan t, Por tland, Ore. 97211 289-4529

.T ohn F.. Greenaway, Secre tary 1825 NE Cleveland, Gresham, Ore. 97030 665-8356

John M. Hols t, Chap ter Direc tor 12930 NE Tillamook, Por tland, Ore. 97230 255-0631

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Roger W. Phillips, Vice-President 3733 NE 15th, Por tland, Ore. 97212 282-7691

Roger W. Sacke t t, Treasurer 1795 SE Maclhat ter Lane, Beaverton, Ore. 644-3437 97005

Alexander B. Ceres, Edi tor TH E T R A I NMAST E R 1547 SW Hall, Por tland, Ore. 97201 228-2840

The March mee ting of the Pacific Nor thwes t Chap ter, N RHS, will be held on Friday, March 21, 1969 a t 8:00 p. m. in Room 208,

' Union Sta tion, Por tland, Oregon.

Chap ter member Ed Immel is due to re turn jus t before this mee ting. He will show slides of his travels in the Far Eas t. We will also try to have a shor t railroadiana auc tion.

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March 21

April 18

May 16

June 21 & 22

Regular Mon thly IVlee ting. Room 208 - Union S ta tion. 8:00 p. m.

Annual Salem Meeting. Time and place to be announced.

RC.3:dar Monthly l\Li�ting. ROulll 208 - Uniol" Sta ticH�.. 8:00 p. m,

R AIL CON '69. P or t land , Oregon.

MARCH, 196 9 T H E T RAIN MA S T ER

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At the February meeting Jim Delano of Gladstone, O regon spoke to the members about the Gladston( Fair of Fun. He said the 1969 theme of the fair will be railroads and invited the Chapter to participate. A motion was passed pledging the Chapter .to furnish 'an exhibit. At this time details of the exhibit have not been finalized.

A reminder: One of the Chapter's objectives is the preservation of railroad historical material. I ask all members to be on the alert so that collections of books, timetables (public and private), photographs, etc. , can be preserved.

Another remmder: vuring the last two yeaHl the Ghapter has qualified as a tax exempt educational­historical organization with both the Oregon state Tax Commission and the U. S. Internal Revenue

i- Service. Historical railroad material of some value can, _ therefore, be taken as a tax deduction when contributed to the Chapter. The officers of the Chapter will be glad to help donors establish the value of railroadiana collections.

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CHU CK STORZ President

Union Pacific Railroad is building, and equipping with displays, a "Golden Spike Centennial Expo" car. This car together with two steam locomotives which are replicas of the Golden Spike Engines, a vintage box car, crane car, coach, and blacksmith car, all mounte d on four modern flat cars, will tour the entire U. P. system during 1969. This centennial train will be at Ogden, Utah during the May 10th celebration.

Union Pacific, together with the Electro- Motive Division of General Motors Corporation, will introduce a new series of diesel locomotives during 1969 to be known as the " Centennial Locomotive. These centennial locomotives, producing 6,600 horsepower, will be the highest horsepower diesel locomotives in the ","orld.

Union Pacific wjJJ operate a special 20-car excursion train for dignitaries between Salt Lake City and O gden on May 10, 1969, powered by one of these giant " Centennial Loconlotive," on the f0110wing schedule:

Lv Salt Lake City 8 : 00 a. m. AI' Ogden v:JO a. m. Lv Ogden 4:30 p. m. AI' Salt Lake City 5:30 p. m.

On the same day, Saturday, May 10, a. second section steam excursion train will be operated for the High Iron Sompany, powered by Union Pacific's famous steam locomotive, #8444, a 4-8-4 Northern tYPA. -

THE T RAINMA STER

1969 G OLD EN S PIKE C�NT EN NI AL YEAR (c o n t i n u e d )

On Sunday, May 11, #8444 with 20 coaches will be operated for the general public on the following schedule:

Lv Salt Lake City 9:00 a. m. AI' Ogden 10:00 a.m. Lv Ogden 4:00 a.m. AI' Salt Lake City 5:00 a. m.

Three hundred seats will be reserved one-way, Salt Lake City to Ogden for members of the Pacific Coast Chapter of Railway and Locomotive Historical Society (who will operate a special train from San Francisco to Ogden.)

On Monday. Tuesday. and Wednesday, May 12-13-14) #8444 with 20 coaches will be operated for the public between Salt Lake City and Ogden on the following schedule:

Lv Salt Lake City 10:00 a.m. AI' Ogden 11:00 a.m. Lv Ogden 2:00 p.m. AI' Salt Lake City 3:00 p.m.

Tickets for the steam excursion trip will be sold on a first come-first served basis. The one-way fare is $1. 22 and the round-trip fare is $2.23, both including tax. Advance tickec requests .. HIOUlU be directed to:

J. G. Seegmiller District Passenger and Ticket Agent Union Pacific Railroad Company 417 South Main Street Salt Lake City, Utah 84111

Union Pacific has donated to the NationalPark Service enough SO-year-old, 56-lb. rail and fittings for nearly a mile of track which has been laid on the original roadbed at Promontory. This will be a permanent part of the monument.

Union Pacific is produc.ing a Centennial motion picture which will be released early in 1969. The film, TRACKS OF THE IRON HOR S E, will tell, in documentary form, the story of the first 100 y�ars of Union Pacific Railroad and the building of the West.

A new Centennial history in pamphlet form is being produced by Union Pacific for distribution during the Centennial year - 1969.

Golden Spike Centennial - Tie Bars, Lapel PIns, Charms

In recognition of the 100th Anniversary of the first transcontinental railroad, the L. G. Balfour COIl.lpany of Attleboro, Mass,., has created a pair of distinctive jewelry designs available as tie

bars, tic taos (lapel pine), and bracelet charms. One features a replica of the locomotive, JUPITER; the other a single golden spike.

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1969 - G OLDEN S P I K E C E NTE N NI A L Y E AR (c ont i nued )

The L. G. Balfour Company has designated the Mohawk & Hudson Chapter as its sole agent for these outstanding pieces. Individual items are priced as indicated. However, for the benefit of NRHS Chapters, we (The Mohawk & Hudson Chapter) are authorizing a 10 percent discount on orders totaling 12 or more pieces (any mix), for re-sale by Chapters to th�ir members and friends. All orders should be sent to the undersigned, not to the Balfour Company. Please enclose proper payment in full.

These items are not available on the open market, nor from the manufacturer directly. stock on hand is limited, and several weeks may be required for delivery.

JUPIT ER TTF. BARS GOLD $2.35 JUPITE R TI E BARS, SI LV E R 2.35 JUPITER TI E TA CS, GOLD 1. 50 JUPITER TI E TA CS, SI LV E R 1 . 50 SPIKE TIE BARS, GOLD 2.10 SPIK E TIE BARS, SILVER 2.10 SPIKE TIE TACS, GOLD 1. 30 SPIKE TI E TACS, SI LV E R 1. 30 SPIKE CHARM DISCS, GOLD 2.10

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Alea PAIs Still Rup.ning

M&H Chapter RD-l

Altamont, New York 12009

Sante Fe is still nmning the old Aleo PA diesels on the Valley Division between Bakersfleltl and Richmond, but only on freight service according to Mr. J. N. Landreth, General Manager of the Santa Fe Coast Lines. Most of the PArs were retired a few months ago and now only a ve�'y few are left running in the United States today. So PA fans, better take a trip to Bakersfield to catch the PA' s in action for the last time ill California. It is also said that the PAl s are on standby service for Santa Fe's No. ' aDd 2 the San Francisco Chief.

TH E CALIFORNIA SOUTHERN EXPRE&S California Southern Railroad Museum, Inc. Colton, California 92324

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As regular readers of THE TR AINM ASTER may recall, a few issues ago we started to review some of the newer railfan books for the benefit of Ollr readers. Since then we have got so invol ved in

reading the mass· of llew material flowing from the presses that there has been no time to write reviews. Because of this, we are departing from the review procedure a mite and will instead present a bibliography of railfa!). books that have some major emphasis on the railroads of Oregon and Washington. This sort of listing has been requested by various club members, and we hope it will be found helpful to you all. While this listing is complete to the best of our knowledge, perhaps additional books should be listed. If you have any suggestions, pass them along to me or the Edito r and we will include them in a future supplement.

P a c i f i c S l ope Rai l r o a d s - Ab d i l l , Ge o r g e Superior Publishing Company

Published 1959, 182 pages, $10.00 Railroading in the steam era, all west coast area

J ACK M. HOLsr.r

A L o c o m o t i v e E ngi n e e r's Al b u m - Ab d i l l, Ge o r g e Superior Publishing Company

Published 1961, 192 pages, $12.95 Not as strong on Pl\TW as his former two books

A C e n t u ry o f S o u t h e r n P a c i f i c - D u n s c o m b , Gu y Available from Guy Dunscomb, 1418 Fordham, Modesto, California

Published 1963, 2nd Edition 1967, 496 pages, $20.00 A photo-history of SP steam locomotives - lots of photos

R a i l r o a d s In Th e W o o d s - La b b e, J o h n T. a n d Go e, Ve r n o n Howell-North Books, Berkeley, California Published 1961, 269 pages, $10.00 By our Chapter member, Labbe, excellent photo coverage of logging railroads in the PNW

R a i l r o a d i ng I n Th e NW Pi n e s - Gu t ohr l e i n , Ad o l p h Trans- Anglo Books, PO Box 2252Y, Los Angeles, Calif. 90053

Published 1964, 33 pages soft bOLmd, $1. 50 A brief history of the Rayonier, Inc. logging railroads

!::.2..Kg i n g R a i l r 0 a d s 0 f Th e W e s t - A d a m s , K r a m e r Superior Publishing COl1l1)any

Published 1961, 160 pages, $12.50 General te:h.i; on logging railroads, photos, list of companies operating railroads.

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Ra i l r 0 ads O.f N e v a d a, V (, : . 1 - :M y r ic k , D a v i d Howell-North Books Published 1962, 463 pages, $12. 50

THE TRAINMASTER

While this primarily covers in great detail the lines of Northern Nevada and Eastern California, its coverage of the Nevada-California-Qregon to Lakeview warrants mention.

Souther n Pacific Mo t i v e P o w e r An n u a l - S t r ap ac , Joe Chatham Publishing Company, PO Box 283, Burlingame, Calif. 94010 Published annually, 45-50 pages soft bourid, $3. 50

A Q.etailed photo-roster of current S P locos, specs and assignments, renumbm·'ings, l'l�r3ppings, etc.

Western Ra i l r o adex - (m o n t h l y p u b l ic a t i o n) Western Railroader, PO Box 668, San Mateo, California Published monthly, $2.00 per year F eatures current news and history of western railroads

P ac if i e N ew· s - (m. 0 nt h I y p u b I i c a t i o n) Chatham Publishing Company, PO Box 283, Burlingame, Calif. 94010 Published monthly, $3. 00 per year Features cUlTent news, history, photos of western lines

R ails T o Th e Oohooo Cou n try - D ue , Jo h n Golden West Books, PO Box 8136, San Marino, California 91108 Published 1968, 236 pages, $7.95 A detailed history of the City of Prineville Railway

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Smoke Along Th e C o lum b i a - E h e r n b e r g e r , Ja m e s E & G Publications, PO Box 101, . (;allaway, Nebraska 68825 Published 1968, 64 pages, $4.95 A photo-history of the Union Pacific's Oregon D ivision

R a ilro a d s D o w n Th e Va l l ey s - M i l l s, R a n d a l l V . Published 1950 by Pacific Bopks.... out of print; 151 pages A history of City of Prineville Ry, Oregon, Pacific & Eastern, Walla V;a.i.i.a &, ColunLbia River, Corvallis & Eastern and Portland Rwy. , Light & Power Company.

R aiIs,_S age b r u s h & P i n e - F e r r e l l , M a l l o r y Hop e Golden West Books Published 1967, 128 pages, $8.95 A detailed history of the Sumpter Valley RR

Va lley & S i l e tz R a i l r o a d - C u lp , E d w i n D . Western R ailroader, PO Box 668, San Mateo, Calif. Published 1908, 35 pages, soft cover, $1/00 A hL:;tory of the V &8RR uy Chapter member, Culp.

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Ra i l s T o T h e P a c i f i c N o r t h w e s t - G r a n d e , W a l t & L i n d , R i c h a r d Available thru Colorado Railroad Museum, Golden,' Colorado Published 1965, 134 pages soft cover, $-1.00 A photo book of Pacific NW railroading in days of steam, a Chapter effort for the 1965 National Convention.

M a in L i n e - K i ng, E r n e s t L . Doubleday & Company, New York Published 1948, 271 pages, $3.00 (probably out of print) The story of King's 50 years of railroading with SP

Or ego n T r u n k - S t eve n s , D a n J. . A �alon Books, New York .

Published 1950, 256 pages, $2.00 (out of print) Historical novel based on "Gorge War" of the O. T.

T h e N o r t h e r n Pac i f i c - W o o d , C h a r l e s R . Superior Publishing Company, Box 1710, Seattle, Washington 98111

Published in 1968, 208 pages, $13.95 A photo-history of NP, lots on Washington and some SP&S

Li n e s W e s t - Wo o d, C h a r l e s R . Superior Publishing Company PllbJiFlhwl in 1 967, 192 pages, $12.95

The story of the Great Northern

T h i s W a s R a i l r oadi ng - A b d i l l , G e o r g e Superior Publishing Company Published 1958, 192 pages, $12.50

Railroading in the steam era, lots of PNW _photos

S h ips & N a r r o w G a uge Ra i l s - Be s t , G e r a l d M . Howell-North Books Published 1964, 153 pages, $6.00

A history of the Pacific Coast Company and its Pugot Sound railroad lines are covered in detail.

T r o l l ey D3.Ys In Se a t t l e - Bl a n c h a r d , L e s l i e Trans-Anglo Books Published 1965, 48 pages soft bound, $1. 00

History of the Seattle & Rainier V alley RR trolleys

Oi l L a mps & Iron P o nys - S h a w , Fre d a n d Fi s h e r & Ha r l a n Bay Books, Ltd., San Francisco Published 1949, 189 pages, $p.OO (out of print) Story of several short lines including ilwaco Ry. & Nav. and the Sumpter Valley

P a c i f iC C-.£. a s t_s hay - R a n g e r, R a l p h Da n Golden West Books PLlblished 1864, 110 pages, $7.95 Story of the special shays developed for western logging

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Ra i lroa d s O f N e v a da, Vc,:. 1 - M y ric k , Dav i d Howell-North Books Published 1962, 453 pages, $12.50

THE TBAINMASTER

While this primarily covcrs in great detail the lines of Northern Nevada and Eastern California, its coverage of the Nevada-California-Or�gon to Lakeview warrants mention.

Souther n P ac i fic Mo t i v e P o w e r An n u a l - S t r ap ac , Joe Chatham Publishi ng Company, PO Box 283, Burlingam e, Calif. 94010 Published annually, 45-50 pages soft bound, $3.50 A getailed photo-roster of current SP locos, specs and assignments, renumbArings, !'l�r;:Jppings, etc.

We ste rn Ra i l r o ade r - (m o n t h l y p u bl i c a t i o n) Western Railroader, PO Box 668, San Mateo, CaLifornia Publishcd monthly, $2.00 per year Features current news and history of western railroads

P acific N e,vs - (m.o n t h l y p u b l ic a t i o n) Chatham Publishing Company, PO Box 283, Burlingame, Calif. 94010

Published monthly, $3. 00 per year Features current news, history, photos of western lines

Rails To Th e Ochoc o Cou n try - Dne , Jo h n Golden West Books, PO Box 8136, San Marino, California 91108 Published 1968, 236 pages, $7.95 A detailed history of the. City Of

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.ville Railway

S m oke Al o ng Th e C o lumb i a - E h e r n b e r g e r , Ja m e s E & G Publications, PO Box 101,. (;allaway, Nebraska 68825 Published 1968, 64 pages, $4.95 A photo-history of the Union Pacific's Oregon Division

Ra ilro a d s D o w n Th e Va l l eys - M i l l s , Ra n da l l V. Published 1950 by Pacific Bopks .... out of print; 151 pages A history of City of Prineville Ry, Oregon, PacifiG & Eastern, Walla \-Y;a.��l:i. &, �olu nLbia River, Corvallis & Eastern and Portland Rwy., Light & Power Company.

R a il s , _8 age b r l� 11 & P i n e - F e r r e l l , M a l l 0 r y Hop e Golden West Books Published 1967, 1 28 pages, $8.95 A detailed history of the Sumpter Valley RR

Va ll e y & S i1 e t z Ra i l r 0 a _d - C uI p , E d w i n D . Western Railroader, PO Box 6G8, San Mateo, Calif. Published 1%1:5, 35 pages, soft cover, $1/00 A hi::;tory of the V &SRH.· lJy Chapte.r member, Culp.

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.: Cli m ax L o c o m oti ve - C a sley, Walt & .Ta b e r , III, To m Railroadians of America, Inc, Rahway, N.J. Published 1960, 97 pages (Out of prillt) StoTY of tile Climax logging locomotive, many photos of Pl\TI,.V locos and detailed owners list .

C!SL D ay s 0 i Log gi n g - A n d r e w s , R a l p h W. Superior Publishing Company Published 1956, 176 pages, $8. 50 General history of logging in PI\TW with many railroad photos

i.l,J.s; Was Logging - A n d r ews, R a l p h W . Superic:.: ?�lbU.�':�':� 'Jompa.ny Published 1956, 176 pages, $8.50 General history of logging in PNW with many railroad photos

! a S e y Jon e s f Lo c ic e r - $ h a Vi, F red Hesperian Honse, 465 California Street, San Francisco, California PLlbli:::1ed 1959, 192 p ages (out of print ?)

A collection of a little bit of everything, SP "Cascade, rr NP, GN, Tacoma electric lines, etc.

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