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BNSF Track Segments & Stations
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Opening these multiple MB files in PDF format requires Adobe Acrobat and can take a long time. It is best to download the file to your computer, right-click the green linked text and follow the instructions. You need Adobe Acrobat installed to open the document after download. If you do not have it, go to: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html
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17 months ago
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Convention Information
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The 2010 Convention will be held in Spokane, Washington, from July 13 to 17, 2010. This library contains information about the upcoming NPHRA convention, and information about previous conventions.
You can register online by clicking STORE above and then selecting CONVENTION.
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2 months ago
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Distribution of Power
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A listing of the location and condition of each active NP locomotive for the date indicated in the link at the left of the table. These were scanned from Warren McGee's collection by Rufus Cone and Verne Alexander. Note that Warren used many of the early documents to note the engine numbers that he had photographed by crossing out the number.
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3 months ago
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General NPRHA Documents
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Items of interest to members and the public.
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3 months ago
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Help Files
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3 months ago
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Miscelanous Documents
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Documents added to other lists.
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3 months ago
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Modeling Demonstrations
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Narrated Slide Shows which require that you have PowerPoint Viewer and Windows Media Player 8+ installed on your computer. Right-click each file and select "Save Target As" and then copy to the same folder on your computer. Double click the Slide file to play the demo. For further details, open the Instructions document below. These files are somewhat large and may take a while to copy if you are using a dail-up connection.
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3 months ago
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NP Coal Dock Operations
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Coal dock locations and capacities on the NP along with selected correspondences regarding coaling facilities. This information researched and presented by James Dick.
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17 months ago
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NP Condensed Profile & Track Chart
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Condensed prfile and track charts are used by train crews to learn the NP Lines. Alan Eisenberg has scanned his set of 1970 charts for posting our web site. See the indexes for each division for details.
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3 months ago
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NP Modeling Articles
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This library contains articles describing the modeling Northern Pacific equipment and structures. Since the files contain a number of photos, they are large and may take a number of minutes to open on a dial-up connection.
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3 months ago
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NP Station Names
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This materal was complied by Paul D Curtiss of Tacoma. Please send corrects, additions and suggestions to:
PAUCURTISS@AOL.COM
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17 months ago
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NP Telltale Subject Archive
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This archive contains the best discussions on the NP Telltale, one of the Yahoo Groups. You can visit and sign up for the lively discussion at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NPTellTale/
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3 months ago
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NP Train Briefs
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The Train Brief document details the scheduled freight trains on the mainline and each division. It was created by the NP a few years before the 1970 merger, but reflects information previously communicated by divisional dispatchers. These documents are in live text format, and thus can be searched using the word-search function in the upper right corner of this page.
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3 months ago
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NP Valuation Reports
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In the mid-1920s, the Interstate Commerace Commission proposed to set railroad freight rates based on a return on the companies inventment in faciflities and costs of operations. The NP made a series of valuation studies in 1926 to set the level of investment in each part of their system.
In 1926, the NP had twelve divisions which were reduced in 1932 to the eight divisions which continued till merger. For a history of the NP divisions, go to Stations & ROW on the left-menu of the Research Home Page.
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3 months ago
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NP Yard Diagrams
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3 months ago
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NPRHA Documents
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This library contains association documents available for download. Open a document and then you may save it to your computer hard-drive or print a copy using your normal process. If you have a problem, please let us know at: NPRHAresearch@hotmail.com
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4 weeks ago
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Streaming Programs
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To run these programs, you will need to install the free ProShow reader which can be downloaded from: http://www.photodex.com/downloads/plugins.html. After the reader is installed, click the file and select Run to view the program.
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3 months ago
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Subdivision Station Information
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3 months ago
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The Mainstreeter
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This document library contains material from the NPRHA publication - The Mainstreeter.
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3 months ago
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