Thanks, Leo. FYI, that fan trip (6-23-1962) WAS the Oregon way freight. I don't
remember
where the cars were dropped off, but I do recall we had combine 3003 (?) to
make it semi-
official.
--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, qutlx1@... wrote:
>
> Using the highway bridge as your vantage point and looking east:
>
> To the left of the main is the Mt Morris main,it runs all the way down to
> the east end where it rejoins the main, the track that rejoins the main in
> front
> of the depot was called the dining car track(A dining car laid over there
> back in the good old days, it was removed in the early to mid 70s). The two
> stub tracks that end west(north) of the depot are the house tracks. The
> tracks
> coming off the Mt Morris main are the Carnation tracks to serve the canned
> milk plant. The last track coming off is the river track going to downtown
> Oregon.
> Now to the right of the main is the passing track, then the stock track and
> finally the CB&N that loops far to the south(west).
>
> These names are based on my experience working the Oregon/Mt Morris job and
> various wayfreights and thru frts that p/u and s/o there. Crews dont use the
> engineering # designations for tracks but rather a name or number for each
> track that has evolved over the decades. For example the CB&N,as it was
> explained to me, got its name as that was the original track before
> re-alingments.
>
> The crews never referred to a yard at Oregon as this was a pretty typical
> layout for station tracks for a town this size. Just a few tracks to serve a
> few
> industries and runaround a train. Oregon was a turning point for the Oregon
> Turn w/f for a number of years and then in BN days the Stratford Turn
> reversed direction here as it almost never went up to Stratford.
>
> Most likely the steam engine was turned at Flag Center on the wye.
>
> Leo Phillipp
>
>
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