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Great Northern Exchange - A free service for GNRHS members The following items are from the March 2008 Goat mailing:
Historical Information Wanted: This section is devoted entirely to requests for historical and/or general information which may take time to research or develop, and to special needs for GNRHS projects. The attention of all members is specially directed to this request page. Please participate to help GNRHS members fill historical and preservation objectives. Wanted: Mansfield Branch Photographs The Skykomish Historical Society is compiling a photo CD titled: Mansfield Branch - Depots on the Great Northern Railway. This CD will include images of depots, yard blueprints, aerial photos and maps. We are also adding operational photos, including the BN era, and then-and-now views. Everyone who provides a photo that we use, will get a free copy of the CD. All original photos will be returned. If you have photos of the Mansfield Branch and would like to donate a copy of them to this effort, please contact: Bob Kelly, Skykomish Historical Society, 18722 SE Lake Youngs Rd., Renton, WA 98056 or by email at: mvmmvm@comcast.net Wanted: Information on the dispositions of the two Somers Lumber company fireless locomotives (Somers S1 and S2), used in the Somers tie plant until about 1985. Kenneth R. Middleton, 1545 Brookmoor Lane, Portage, MI 49024 or by email at: krmiddle@worldnet.att.net Wanted: Information/reprints/floor plans/diagrams of GNRY one story depot; especially with living quarters. I grew up (in the 50's) living in the GN depots in Bremen, ND and Karlsruhe, ND (on the Surrey Cutoff). I would like information on these type depots. Send to Tom Hall, P.O. Box 999, Moorhead, MN 56561. Wanted: When in October 1951, the Great Northern Railway acquired the Pacific Coast Railroad, the GN initially assigned a used 25-foot GN caboose of the X330 to X749 series and later, after its assumed retirement, a used 30-foot GN caboose of the X198 to X249 series to the PCR. Both cars carried the number P.C.R.R. X1, depending on the era. Does anyone of the members know what the original GN X-numbers of these two cars were? This information is required for future reference work. Please contact Jack Porzig #32 6555 192A Street, Surrey, BC, V4N 0A2, CANADA. Telephone is 604-514-1121. Wanted: Information to aid with the restoration of the Pullman sleeper "JOHN MCLOUGHLIN". This car is located at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois. In particular, we are looking for the lettering drawings giving the dimensions of the Empire Builder configuration lettering used from 1929 to 1947. We also need photos of the interior and exterior of the car. Refer to GNRHS Ref Sheet #110 for info on this car used in the heavyweight EB consist. Contact Tyrone Johnsen, 2929 Panorama Dr., Rockford, IL 61109, (815) 397-9274.
For Sale or Wanted: For Sale: Monitor to Monroe, Great Northern Depots - Across the Cascades The Skykomish Historical Society has compiled a photo CD titled: Monitor to Monroe Great Northern Depots - Across the Cascades. This photo CD documents the thirty-six stations established by the GN as they followed the Wenatchee and the Skykomish rivers while crossing the Cascade Mountains in Washington State. A data sheet provides summary information for each depots' establishment and traces the changes at each station. Over 300 images of depot photos, GN blueprints, aerial photos and topographical maps document each location. Multiple views of depots are provided when available. We are still looking for some depot photos to complete the set. The CD is sold for personal use only and reproduction requires permission. All images are .jpg files and data files are provided as Microsoft Word and as plain text. The CD is sold for US $22.50 postage paid in the USA. International postage will be additional. Proceeds of the sale will fund society programs and be shared with institutions that assisted in creating the collection. Contact the Skykomish Historical Society, PO Box 247, Skykomish, WA 98288 or by email at: mvmmvm@comcast.net For Sale: Winold Reiss Indian Prints done for the Great Northern
Railway. 48 different and 4 duplicates. Each are 9 x 12 inches, shrink wrapped
and excellent condition. $40 each or all for $1800.00. Dick Boettcher, 1480
Lexington Road, Helena, MT 59602. Phone: (406) 422-5129 or email
dickandroxy@bresnan.net Wanted: Back issues of GN, NP, CB&Q, C&NW, SOO, MILW, DM&IR and
other rail historical society publications, employee magazines, annual reports
and books. I am buying collections. Paul Gibson, 161 Gilmore Road, Wrentham, MA
02093-1227. Email: paul@railpub.com For Sale: GN Dispatcher Phone Recordings. These are the only known recordings in existence from the DSP phone on the Cascade Division. Hear day to day operations during 1969 and 1970 between Seattle dispatchers and GN employees. Set of 4 audio CDs plus a CD of transcripts. Send $20.00 to Tom Garrett, P.O. Box 11331, Spokane, WA 99211. Free audio sample available: gnkid@icehouse.net Wanted: The first five car "Circus Car set" by Athearn. If complete set is not available, I would be interested in purchasing individual cars. I also want to purchase GN Equipment Pictorial - Book 2 by Scott Thompson. Contact Ron Eagles, 47 Maplewood Drive, Timberlea, Nova Scotia, B3T-1G1, CANADA. Phone: (902) 876-2273. Wanted: GN steel step stool with embossed Great Northern, manufactured by Morton, either 1/2 or full step size in good used condition. Larry Brooks, 324 N. Capitol, Guthrie, OK 73044, Phone 405-282-0910 after 6:00pm M-F. For Sale: Genuine original Great Northern Railway wool blanket. Size 56x76 inches. Small checkered brown and beige pattern throughout with 1895-era beige slanted Great Northern Railway lettering on 11x12 inch brown background within quarter-inch wide beige border. Reasonably worn and considering its age and several small moth holes, it is clean and in acceptable condition. Definitely usable as a display piece in a caboose or passenger car. $150.00 (USD) or best offer. Will consider a trade for a GN short globe lantern in complete and good condition. Contact Jack Porzig, #32 6555 192A Street, Surrey, BC, V4N OA2, CANADA. Phone 604-514-7721. For Sale: Challenger Imports GN Heavy Weight Empire Builder 8 car train set plus two add-on 3 car sets. All brand new. Asking $4,350 (about dealer cost) plus S&H. Call or email Don Thomas (73-20) at 440-286-6403 or email at trainspec@juno.com for details and list of other models for sale. Wanted: Interior and exterior wood work for restoring the GN Depot in Arnegard, ND. Interior - Need 3/4 x 2 1/4 (sometimes referred to as 13/16 x 2 1/4) V-Jointed Ceiling type of wainscoting. This material is what was used in the Waiting Rooms & Ticket/Agents office. Exterior - "Drop Siding" pattern #106 (lower) and "Drop Siding" pattern #115 (upper) which is the material generally used in or on any GN wooden structure. If you have extra lying around or maybe in the attic or if you have a GN structure which is only valuable for salvage wood, please let us know. We can discuss price based upon quantity & quality. Please contact Bryan L. Bjornstad or Maggie Woollings, PO Box 87, Arnegard, ND 58835-0087. Phone 701-586-3023, email: bbjorstad@ruggedwest.com
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