[or-roots] An SP&S Train Depot
glenkc7mbm at comcast.net
glenkc7mbm at comcast.net
Thu Sep 14 17:58:26 PDT 2006
Well I do not know about a S&P unless your thinking of the Southern Pacific it at one time did run thru Canby, the SP&S was the Spokane, Portland and Seattle an entirely different railroad.
Glekc7mbm Portland
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Glen A. Jones
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From: cjp joppe <cjpjoppe at yahoo.com>
> When did S&P become SP&S? Or are they 2 different
> RR's?
> My "step"GGrandfather & GGmother worked together on
> the S&P from about 1910-1927. Liveed in a RR car. He
> ran a steam shovel that cleared the land & they hauled
> a crew to lay tracks. Ran from Canby to California.
>
> --- glenkc7mbm at comcast.net wrote:
>
> > Bernie
> > There are a couple of books out on the SP&S Railroad
> > and a SPS Historical Society, do not have a phone
> > Number but they have a small museum in with the
> > Clark County Historical Society Museum in Vancouver
> > Wash.
> > I retired in 2004 after 38 years with the Railroad
> > started out in 1966 with the SPS.
> > GlenKC7MBM Portland Oregon
> >
> > --
> > Glen A. Jones
> >
> > -------------- Original message --------------
> > From: "Charlene Renne"
> >
> > > My father also worked for the SP&S. Lovingly
> > referred to in our family as
> > > "the Slow, Poor & Stingy". After the war he was a
> > lineman on the railroad
> > > and we lived in a converted caboose. It was quite
> > nice. There was another
> > > car behind us where my mother cooked for the crew.
> > Guess we were really one
> > > of the "box car" kids before the books. We lived
> > on the Wn side of the
> > > Columbia in little places (then) like Walla Walla,
> > Wishram, Plymouth. We'd
> > > take the ferry across the river to buy groceries
> > and some times I'd get a
> > > ride to school on the "speeder car".
> > > We lived about 10 feet of the main line,we had a
> > "path", and no running
> > > water. When it was time to move, an engine would
> > pull us down to the next
> > > job side track. Once we actually lived in a one
> > room railroad house, again
> > > about 10 feet from the tracks. The window box was
> > the refrigerator and
> > > when it froze outside the milk cream would push
> > the paper cap about an inch
> > > beyond the bottle. We lived on the railroad the
> > year the Columbia froze.
> > > We moved to San Diego the year dad got frost bite
> > from being stuck out in a
> > > storm for several hours. Lots of fond childhood
> > memories.
> > >
> > > Renne' in Eugene
> > >
> > > Original Message -----
> > > From: "Bernard Verbout"
> > > To:
> > > Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 9:27 PM
> > > Subject: [or-roots] An SP&S Train Depot
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > This email where someone is looking for
> > information about a train
> > > > depot got me to thinking about my deceased
> > Father in Law who was an
> > > > employee of the Spokane Portland and Seattle
> > Railroad (SP&S) for many
> > > > years
> > > > and once lived in a "Railroad House" in Linnton,
> > Oregon. Across the
> > > > railroad tracks was a small SP&S Depot. Linnton
> > is actually is a part of
> > > > Portland very often referred to as if it is a
> > separate city on the
> > > > outskirts of Portland. My Father in Law was a
> > Section Forman who had also
> > > > lived in a Railroad House in Westport, Oregon
> > and had worked between
> > > > Astoria and Portland during his many years
> > empoyeed by SP&S. I am
> > > > interested in anything relating to this small
> > depot, the railroad house or
> > > > possibly any information from possibly a SP&S
> > Historical Society, railroad
> > > > club or former SP&S empoyees.
> > > > You have been very helpful in some of my
> > genealogy research and
> > > > I am hoping for your assistance in this matter.
> > > >
> > > > Bernie Verbout
> > > >
> > > >> [Original Message]
> > > >> From: Sue Steward
> > > >> To:
> > > >> Date: 9/13/2006 8:12:09 PM
> > > >> Subject: Re: [or-roots] 1930 Pendleton Train
> > Depot
> > > >>
> > > >> Umatilla County Historical Society Museum. 108
> > South West Frazer,
> > > > Pendleton,
> > > >> Oregon 97801. P.O. Box 253, Pendleton, Oregon
> > 97801. Phone: 541-276-0012;
> > > >> Fax: 541-276-7989. E-mail: uchs at oregontrail.net
> >
> > > >>
> > > >> You might try contacting the historical society
> > to find out about a
> > > > picture.
> > > >>
> > > >> Sue
> > > >>
> > > >> -----Original Message-----
> > > >> From: or-roots-admin at sosinet.sos.state.or.us
> > > >>
> > [mailto:or-roots-admin at sosinet.sos.state.or.us]On
> > Behalf Of D. J.
> > > >> Brotherton
> > > >> Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 8:10 AM
> > > >> To: Oregon Mailing List
> > > >> Subject: [or-roots] 1930 Pendleton Train Depot
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> Does anyone know where I can find a picture of
> > the Pendleton Train Depot
> > > >> around 1928-1930? I have not had great luck
> > googling?
> > > >>
> > > >> Dolores in Colorado
> > > >> djbrtb at kci.net
> > > >>
> > > >>
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