ATTN: NARA Members

What was the URL for the "NARA" site? I'm curious, and am hoping to explore the concept to see what it's all about. I thought that somewhere in the recent past I had seen a link to a "NARA" web site. So, I decided perhaps a search would locate it.

I did find: www.one-rail.com/ Which is an official web site for a joint venture by CN-IC and the KCS named "The North American Rail Alliance." But I don't think that this is model RR related.......



BoxcabE50

 

The management and employees of the Paris & Mt. Pleasant Railroad are pleased to hear this news, and eagerly await the arrival of F9 1973. The arrival of 1973 comes not a moment too soon, as traffic levels have risen to the point where motive power of any kind is needed- if it can load up and pull freight, it's put to work.

When time allows, the new locomotive will go into the shop for repairs and repainting into the paint scheme for the P&MtP's Cotton Patch Flyer, complete with passenger cars from other sources. Its partner will be E8 2016, painted in full Frisco "racehorse" colors (at the insistence of CMO P.U. Nethgil and the President and Chief Flunky).

When 1973 arrives via the UP interchange at Mt. Pleasant, pictures will be taken. It may work in a "patch" paint job for a while, but despair not- we got cars to move.

[ 07 April 2002, 14:28: Message edited by: friscobob ]

 

The Paris & Mt. Pleasant RR has received the former Hoffman Valley RR 1973, an F9, from the Cotton Belt interchange at Mt. Pleasant. It has been moved DIT to the shops at Paris, where it will undergo inspection by shop crews, and necessary repairs will be made (as well as sandblasting & a paint job) before placing it into freight service.

Since the railroad has not yet received passenger cars, the renumbered 1986 will be in freight service, running with either GP7 1836 or GP20 1845.

Once again, the management of the P&MtP expresses its gratitude to the Hoffman Valley Railroad and its President, Russ Hoffman, for the opportunity to receive this fine vintage locomotive.

Oh yes, the correct URL for the P&MtP website is http://www.geocities.com/friscobob_2000/Cyberspace_Flagstop

Just click on the website box to the right -->

[ 12 April 2002, 13:50: Message edited by: friscobob ]

 

From the Paris Shops:

P&MtP F9 1986, the former Hoffman Valley 1973, has been stripped of all paint down to bare metal (using some strange concoction the crews call Billy Bob's Paint Remover, which smells oddly enough like moonshine), and is being cleaned prior to repainting. A debate is brewing on how to rework the draft gear, and plans are being drawn up for just such a conversion.

The arrival of the "covered wagon" created a bit of a stir among employees, and one engineer grumbled that he'd never be caught dead switching with one. I had to pointedly remind him that Class 1 railroads switched out cars with F units for years, and that the nearby Louisiana & North West RR still runs Fs.
He was given the option of either running the F or being transferred to the B&B gang, which is currently replacing part of the old Sulphur River trestle with a steel deck girder span. The argumentative hogger allowed as to how it may be fun to run a F unit, and that he didn't care to fight water moccasins and "skeeters" while trying to remove old timbers out of a swamp.

When the rebuild & repaint is complete, we will post pictures.

I.M. Deboss
Vice President, Transportation Department
Paris & Mt. Pleasant Railroad

 

The shop crews are pleased with the current condition of 1986- they tip their hats to the boys at the Hoffman Valley for their expertise. Looks like the only work needing to be done will be new draft geat (M-T couplers).

We received 1986 from the Cotton Belt, who got it in interchange from Conrail at St. Louis (it traveled half the continent and 2 decades back in time- we're here in the mid-1980s. Which leads me to a question- what the heck kinda engine was THAT Conrail was using? We've never even seen that from the EMD or GE sales guys)

Ah, the joys of freelancing!

 

F9 1986 has been stripped, and is undergoing test runs out on the line. With the GP7 down and carloadings up, all available motive power is needed. The crews aren't wild about switching with it, but they like the way it loads up & pulls.

One of the boys in the shops has made up an interesting proposal for a paint scheme- kinda looks a little bit like the Texas & Pacific, too
Take a look at the web page, and the link to the route map for the picture.

Comments are welcome!

 

Well, time tends to move kinda slow here in the South......... (tongue-in-cheek comment meant with lots of love for the area, not to mention tough in-laws)

We're still working with Dash-8s and 50-series
diesels off the Cotton Belt. Matter of fact, they're telling us that cabooses may be going away, replaced by a little black box with a red light called FRED. Won't tell ya what they say it stands for.
'Sides, we kinda like our crummies.