Northwestern Pacific Railroad
Historical Society
Preserving the heritage of Redwood Empire Railroading
NORTHWESTERNER INDEX
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Premier 1987 Volume 1. Number 1
9
Hard Times for the Old Narrow Gauge, Ted Wurm: The lumber traffic didn't last
long. Homemade Railcar Takes to the Rails, Bruce D. Quinn
Trains to the Russian River (excerpts), Fred A. Stindt: Personal recollections.
I Am an Eel River Man, Donald D. Edmisten: Cab ride on Eureka Southern. Bonzo Goes to Sausalito, Jack Farley: Story
of a railroad dog.
Winter 1987-1988. Volume 1, Number 2
2
The Calistoga Depot, Part 1, Robert Stadelman: History and restoration.
Northwestern Pacific Steam Locomotive 112, Fred A. Stindt: Life of the 112 as
Fred knew her. NWP No. 112 Steams on in 1.5" Scale, Andy Morrison
Narrow Gauge to the Next World, Ted Wurm: Tales of disasters and wrecks.
Spring 1988 Volume 2, Number 1
1
Getting Over White's Hill, Dewey Livingston: 1870's mountain railroading. Marinship
and the NWP, Ted Wurm: NWP goes to war.
Frank T. Vanatta, Genius in Juice, George H. Harlan: Electrification for North
Shore The Carlotta Daylight, Donald D. Edmisten: Riding excursions on the branch.
The Calistoga Depot, Conclusion, Robert J. Stadelman: History and restoration.
Fall 1988 Volume 2 Number 2
1
Willis A. Silverthorn, 'High Iron' Gentleman, Fred A. Stindt
Night Freight (Excerpts), Clyde Rice: Hobo rides steam freight Eureka to Tiburon
Birthday Gift for Corte Madera, Grant S. Allen: NWP Coach 458 comes home.
Avro Ulvila and the Thousand Year Flood, Ruth Rockefeller: Roadmaster recalls
1964 flood. All Aboard for Tomales Bay, A Ride on the Narrow Gauge, Dewey Livingston
Spring 1989 Volume 3 Number 1
1
E.R. Freeman: Pioneer Photographer of NWP’s "Gap", Peter E. Palmquist
Lansdale Station, Dewey Livingston: Electric commuter stop.
Tales of the Rails, James McGowan: Tales of an NWP conductor. Mount Tamalpias
Memories, Ted Wurm
Night Freight Conclusion, Clyde Rice: Hobo rides steam Eureka to Tiburon Annie
and Mary Lives Again: Arcata & Mad River RR.
Gold Spike Issue Fall 1989 Volume 3 Number
21
The Gold Spike Story, D.E. Rayle
From Camp to Camp Along the Eel, Lynford (Bud) Scott: Memories from 1910-1914.
Four Gallant Engines Serve at Cain Rock, Fred A. Stindt
E.R. Freeman, Pioneer NWP Photographer, Part II, Peter E. Palmquist
Great Need for a Rail Connection, Stanley Parker: The Pacific Lumber Co. wanted
NWP. The "Other" Gold Spike, Fred A. Stindt: 1965 reopening after the floods.
Spring 1990 Volume 4 Number 1
5
NWP in the Fifties: Fred Codoni's recollections and South End jobs. Northwestern
Pacific Night, Donald D. Edmisten: Tracking NWP action in 1987. Modeling the Sonoma, Frank Allen
NWP Business Car No. 06, W.D. Vail: History and restoration of The Redwood.
Photo Story: Rail Excursion to Kenwood-1940.
First Mystery Picture Solved
Fall 1990 Volume 4 Number 2
1
Memories of a Narrow Gauge Engineman (Elmore Powell), Part I, Ted Wurm I Grew
Up with the NWP, Michael Pechner: The kid who rides freights Mystery Photos Greenbrae Tunnel is Double Tracked-1914
"CD 31 CY 3": Take an order, Cloverdale.
Spring 1991 Volume 5 Number 1 1
NWP Engine Service Sixty Years Ago, Ted Wurm: More of Elmore Powell. Redwood
Empire Photo Album: Willits Depot and other photos.
A Number One Question, Allen Tacy: Was NPC No. 1 a 4-4-0 or a 2-6-0?
Tales of the School Special, Fred Codoni: Bumpy rides to Tamalpais High School.
Memories of Maynard Driesbach: Brief history and photos of NWP employee c. 1910-1917.
Fall 1991 Volume 5 Number 2 1
Two Tunnels Under White's Hill, Bill Allen
Blinley Goes to Samoa, Leslie "Blinley" Hallstone: Working the Samoa
job, 1947-1948. The Santa Rosa is
Launched: First auto ferry.
Life in an NWP Engine Cab, Elmore Powell & Ted Wurm School Trains Were Everywhere,
Jack Eisen
Spring 1992 Volume 6 Number 1 Petaluma & Santa Rosa (P & SR) Issue
PDF $5.00
Petaluma and Santa Rosa Railway, Allen Tacy: Revisionist history. Commuting
to Santa Rosa, 1918, Ed Fratini: via P&SR.
P & SR Chronology
P& SR Roster
Memories of Roy Shaw: Long time P&SR motorman. Remembering Fred Stindt
P & SR
Stations
Fall 1992. Volume 6 Number 2 2
Death Comes for the Pioneers, Ted Wurm: Last of the electrics By Rail to Alcatraz,
Jack Eisen: Al Capone's last ride.
The Cookhouse at Fort Seward, Leslie "Blinky" Hallstone
Last Train to Tiburon, Larry Haman: 1962 excursion.
Spring-Summer 1993 Volume 7 Number 1 2
Blinley Hires Out, Blinky Hallstone: Eureka, 1946. The Strike of 1954, Fred
Codoni
Depression Scrap Lines, Ted Wurm
NWP Had Some Unusual Cars
Fall-Winter 1993 Volume 7 Number 2 1
Two Wrecks at Largo, Part One-Fred Codoni: 1929 tragic wreck.
NWP Handled the Mail, Francis M. Egan: RPOs and Closed Pouch trains. Lake County
Had a Railroad, Ted Wurm
A Trip on the Cazadero & SFO RPO
"Stops to Exchange Mail"
The Mystery of 21's Tender is Solved
Spring-Summer 1994 Volume 8, Number 1 5
The SF & NPs Locomotive Fleet, Joseph A
Strapac: Definitive look at varied roster. SF & NP / CNW Rosters
Two Wrecks at Largo - Part Two, Fred Codoni: 1952 tragic wreck. The Tiburon
Shops, Lou Bradas: Steam and diesel repair.
The Lidgerwood Track
Fred Buscher Remembered Tiburon: Recollections of shop foreman 1930-1945. Time
Books Tell a Tale, Ted Wurm: Bill Silverthorn book reveals rare tales.
Fall-Winter 1994 Volume 8 Number 2 5
Myth and the Millwood, Bruce MacGregor: NPC's business car.
NWP Interlocking Plants; Expedited Train Movements,
Fred Codoni: Five towers controlled trains. Ed Nervo's Photo Album
The Story of Nashrnead, Mrs. Jean Crabtree: An Eel River railroad town. The
View from the Passenger Window, Bill Tuggle: Ferryboat recollections.
Spring-Summer 1995 Volume 9 Number 1, Ferryboat Issue 1
The Northwestern Pacific's Navy, George H. Harlan: Brief history of NWP ferryboats.
Ferryboat Portraits: Pictures and statistics of NWP ferryboats.
Ferry Days, Clyde Rice: Reminiscences of NWP ferryboat deckhand.
A Bad Day for the NWP, Ted Wurm: Opening of Golden Gate Bridge dooms ferries.
Ferryboat Vignettes: Oral history of NWP ferryboats.
Fall-Winter 1995 Volume 9 Number 2 41
Charles E. Neal, 1909-1995, Dedication.
Marvelous Marin, Inc., vs. the NWP, Civic Group Prods the Railroad, Fred Codoni:
Commuter suits in late 20's. Tales of the Budd Car, Blinky Hallstone: Budd car versus truck at South Bay, a slippery
meet at Dos Rios. Redwood Empire Photo Album, NWP postcard views from Fred Codoni's collection.
Trinidad Branch Hauled Logs, Loggers: Operations on the Eureka to Trinidad line.
Mystery Photo: NWP loco 1915 made of fruit.
See You in the Funny Papers! The Occidental Storekeeper Who Was a 'Model Citizen',
Harold Lapham: "Mutt and Jeff" were inspired by NWP narrow gauge characters.
Mendocino Hits the Dock: 1927 collision of ferryboat and Sausalito dock, commuters
lose waiting room. Book Review, Bill Knapke, A Railroad Legend, by Dick Murdock.
Heisler Needed for Log Haul: Northwestern Redwood Lumber Co. wants more power
at Sherwood
Spring-Summer 1996 Volume 10 Number 1 0
P&SR in the 1970s, by Ed Mackinson; Blinky Drops
Some Cars, by Blinky Hallstone; NWP’s Nevada Engines – Photo Story; Eel River Odyssey, by R. S. McCall; Bob Moulton
Remembers the Mountain Railroad
Fall-Winter 1996 Volume 10 Number 2 0
The Albion Branch, by Fred Codoni; Old Shay’s Sherwood
Branch, by Allen Tacy; Steam Days: One Man’s Recollection, by Arden Scott; More Mystery photos; From the Cab; Mail
Car; Book Review
Spring-Summer 1997 Volume 11 Number 1 1
Exploring the North pacific Coast, by James Kluksdahl;
Blinky Survives the Floods, by Blinky Hallstone; Tracking Ghost rails of the NWP, by Allen Tacy; Switchers – A
Photo Gallery; Plenty of Trains in 1932; From the Cab; Mail Car; Video review
Fall-Winter 1997 Volume 11 Number 2 (Cover
mislabeled Number 1)
1
E. H. Maggard, Master Railroader, by Fred Codoni; Bryan
R. R. Whipple, by John West; Exploring the North Pacific Coast, Part II, by James Kluksdahl; Tales of the North
End, by Blinky Hallstone; NPC Standard Design Depots, by Allen Tacy
Spring-Summer 1998 Volume 12 Number 1 1
The Story of Brother Bill, Part I, -Master of the Narrow
Gauge, by Allen Tacy; Slide at MP 201! Eel River Canyon Mud is NWP’s Nemesis, by Fred Codoni; Exploring the North
Pacific Coast, Part III –San Geronimo t Point Reyes Station, by James Kluksdahl; Welding kept the Railroad Running,
by Chuck Daniels; A trip on the NPC; Little Histories of the Road – Cloverdale; Tank Car Mystery; From the Cab;
Mail Car; Reviews
Fall-Winter 1998 Volume 12 Number 2 0
Remembering Island Mountain – The Christmas Week Flood,
by JW. Lynch; Formal Investigation- Company “Trails” were Frequent, by Fred Codoni; Characters I’ve Known, by Blinky
Hallstone; Eureka Had Streetcars, by jerry Colivas; Exploring the North Pacific Coast, Part IV – point Reyes Station
to Tomales, by James Kluksdahl; Brown’s Canyon Bridge – NPC’s Span Was Highest West of the Mississippi, Article
and Drawings by Allen Tacy; From the Cab; Mail Car; redwood Empire Photos Section
Spring-Summer 1999 Volume 13 Number 1 1
The Story of Bother Bill, Part Two –“Turn on the Gravity”,
by Allen Tacy; California’s railway Craftsmen – An Examination of the Resourcefulness of the Shopmen, by Paul Trimble;
Blinky and the Tunnels, by Blinky Hallstone; Ted Wurm, Railroad Historian, An Autobiography; redwood Empire Photo
Album, little histories of the Road – Carlotta; From the Cab
Fall-Winter 1999 Volume 13 Number 2 1
Ghosts
at the Confluence – Where Loggers Met the Railroad in Lagunitas Canyon by Jim Kluksdahl; Freight
Operations on the P&SR, Edited by Allen Tacy; NWP’s Gas and Diesel-Electric Cars by Blinky Hallstone
Spring-Summer 2000 Volume 14 Number 1 0
Ghosts at the Confluence, Part II – Where Loggers Met
the Railroad in Lagunitas Canyon, By Jim Kluksdahl; Roy Sway’s P&SR, as edited by Allen Tacy; Railroad Historiograhpy
in the New Millenium – How will Railroads Be Depicted? by Paul Trimble; Tales of the North End – Trapped by Slides,
by Blinky Hallsotne; 184 the Hoodoo Engine; from the Cab; Redwood Empire Photo Album
Fall-Winter 2000 Volume 14 Number 2 2
I Ran the P&SR Motors, by Bob Shaw, as Edited by
Allen Tacy; Ghosts at the Confluence, Part III – Where Loggers met the Railroad in Lagunitas Canyon, by Jim Kluksdahl;
San Rafael Commutes by Steam, Part I, by Allen Tacy; Tales of the North End – work Trains and Log Gons, by Blinky
Hallstone; A joy Ride on the Markham Branch; A Fire at Luffenholtz; From the Cab; Redwood Empire Photo Album –
Photos from Alvon J. Thoman; Book Review – Mill Valley, the Early Years
Spring-Summer 2001 Volume 15 Number 1 12
Point Reyes Dairy Gold, by Allen Tacy; San Rafael Commutes
by Steam – Conclusion, by Allen Tacy; Broken Knuckles and Derailments, by Blinky Hallstone; Ghosts at the Confluence
– Where Loggers Met the Railroad in Lagunitas Canyon - Conclusion by Jim Kluksdahl; Accuracy of Station Accounts,
Camp Meeker was Popular for Vacations, Ghost of Old No. 99 Roars Down Tracks; From the Cab, Redwood Empire Photo
Album
Fall-Winter 2001 Volume 15 Number 2 SPECIAL ISSUE
The NWP
in WWII PDF $5.00
NWP Goes to War; Marinship, NWP’s Major Wartime Customer; Advertising Spurs
War Effort; Building a Branch for Bombs; Abandonments Help War Effort; From Sausalito to Dan Rafael – NWP’s Headquarters
Moves
Spring-Summer 2002 Volume 16 Number 1 7
Locomotives Sausalito Built, by Allen Tacy; The Dispatcher,
by Fred Codoni; Near Disaster at Milepost 159, by Blinky Hallstone; Which fork of the Eel?, by Allen Tacy; Excerpts
from the HEADLIGHT, May 1924; How Do Drawbridges Work?; Two Photos from Doug Richter; Redwood Empire Photo Album
Fall-Winter 2002 Volume 16 Number 2 9
Vacation = Summer Time, Travel Time, by Allen Tacy; Life
on the Northwestern Pacific, by Paul Crapuchettes; Watches, Clocks Helped Keep NWP Safe, by Fred Codoni; Tales
of the North End, by Blinky Hallstone
Spring-Summer 2003 Volume 17 Number 1
Oh, Occidental, by Allen Tacy; Carlotta, Logging Center;
Russian River Reminiscences, by Elwin Story; The United Railroads of San Francisco and the NWP, by Paul Trimble;
Redwood Empire Photo Album; More Derailments and Slides, by Blinky Hallstone; Safety in 1924
Fall-Winter 2003 Volume 17 Number 2
SPECIAL ISSUE: BILL SILVERTHORN – NWP’S BEST-KNOWN ENGINEER
Bill and Engine No. 178; Bill Silverthorn, Railfan Photographer;
Engine No. 101; Bob Moulton talks about Bill Silverthorn; Bill Silverthorne Retires; Amusing and Unusual Happenings
on the NWP; Bill’s Favorite Engines, the 51 Class; Marsha Remembers Her Grandfather by Marsha Silverthorn Lightfoot;
More of Bill’s Memories
Spring-Summer 2004 Volume 18 Number 1
Allen Tacy: Duncan Mills Land & Lumber C; The Memories
of Elwin G. Story, Engineer; NWP’s Geared Engines Comment by Bill Silverthorn; Photo story “No. 3 Turn Train at
Detour”; Newspaper accounts of Railroad History
Fall-Winter 2004 Volume 18 Number 2
(Cover mislabeled Number 1)
Requiem for a Little Train; Sausalito: Trains, Ferryboats
and Yachting, by Allen Tacy; Saga of the Sprint Train, by Ed Mackinson; Tales of Engine No. 112, by Willis Silverthorn;
The Camp Meeker Light Railway, by Allen Tacy; Redwood Empire Photo Album
Spring-Summer 2005 Volume 19 Number 1
Of Cordwood, Tanbark and Charcoal – It Ain’t Lumber,
But it Moved by Rail, by Allen Tacy; Fire in Tunnel 4, by Fred Codoni; A Redwood Empire Photo Album – A 1947 NWP-CWR
Excursion; Six Sturdy Steamers, Bill Silverthorn Remembered 136-141; Ukiah is Launched, Makes Maiden Trip; Robert McFarland’s Photos; Layout Design by
NWP –Fulton, by Allen Tacy; Roy Graves remembered the Big Quake and Picnic trains
Fall-Winter 2005 Volume 19 Number 2
Letter to the Editor; The Guerneville & Russian River
Railway, by John Schubert; Interesting Days at the Agency, by Fred Codoni; Tales of the North End, by Blinky Hallstone;
Layout Design by NWP – Duncan Mills, by Allen Tacy; Locomotives on the Guerneville Branch by Bill Silverthorne,;
The Original Headlight; Interurban Instructions; 1886-1890 in the Marin Journal
Spring-Summer 2006 Volume 20 Number 1
Commemorating the Great Earthquake and Fire of 1906;
Man at His Best: North Coast Folks Provide Relief Supplies; Fred Stindt’s Guerneville Branch; NWP Buys Four Ten-Wheelers;
Historic Letter to Bill Thomas Found at West Point Inn
Fall-Winter 2006 Volume 20 Number 2
Hiking on Mt. Tamalpias; Building the Guerneville Branch;
Ed Nervo’s Photo Section; Redwood Empire Weekend; McGregor Speculates on 3-Rail Yard
Spring-Summer 2007 Volume 21 Number 1 100th Anniversary Issue
Arch Enemies join to form NWP; NWP an Amalgamation of
Many Roads; NWP Constructs More Railroad; Which Way To Go, South Fork or Main Fork of Eel?; Several Men Guided
the NWP; Rails Reach Eureka; The Decades, Each of the NWP’s Nine Decades Profiled; Video Review, Catenary Video’s Coast Daylight.
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