tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1172620894432077557.post3503428633890364251..comments2024-03-27T21:37:17.564-07:00Comments on gold country girls: Once Upon a Time in Placerville No. 10: Old Engine 1771Heidi Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08666588441951832108noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1172620894432077557.post-64696216033590966972023-01-16T14:28:14.219-08:002023-01-16T14:28:14.219-08:00Finally, I have wondered what happened to that bea...Finally, I have wondered what happened to that beautiful locomotive that was so stately. Now we have a caboose. Telling us what end of the deal we got! Thank you for the story! Placervilles Steam Locomotivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18008211586017354223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1172620894432077557.post-58046944790854927272022-08-26T10:19:32.985-07:002022-08-26T10:19:32.985-07:00Shame on the CSRM, they boondoggled the engine awa...Shame on the CSRM, they boondoggled the engine away from Placerville, and just like many other projects, the 1771 sits & gathers dust.<br />Having been a docent at the CSRM for many years, I saw how the State finagled money "here & there" not concerning with a logical progression of COMPLETING projects before taking on other less important ones.<br />If "the people" really knew how dysfunctional the CSRM management is, . . . . well it's certainly obvious. Former CSRM docenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09519581181207171327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1172620894432077557.post-40157060915260812762020-02-12T06:29:14.535-08:002020-02-12T06:29:14.535-08:00The CP and LT caboose, which was at the Museum in ...The CP and LT caboose, which was at the Museum in Placerville, was completely rebuilt from the frame up, and is now on the track at the Shingle Springs station. Work continues to find couplers and handbrake sprockets. The caboose is correctly painted green and lettered for the CP and LT. The caboose, which never had a number, will be open for visitors, serving as a ticket office for the El Dorado Western Railroad operations, and will feature exhibits related to the railroad history of the Placerville Branch.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02029611550527023853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1172620894432077557.post-27549378030716982302013-01-18T12:04:25.098-08:002013-01-18T12:04:25.098-08:00In 1955 (none you be borneded yet), Granny & G...In 1955 (none you be borneded yet), Granny & Gramps brought my sis & I to the gold country. We toured P’ville to Downieville for 3 or 4 days. There was no Hwy 50 yet and P’ville was still much as it was in earlier years. No gigantic “Pony Express” parking garage, Ivy House still here, choo-choo tracks still here, NO traffic, etc. We had cameras, but as I look at B&W pics, I see only we 4 tourists. We didn’t know things were about to change drastically. Heck, I was growing up in Santa Clara (Silicon) Valley at the time, amongst orchards & vineyards. (Two small clumps of tract houses had just been built. We thought the ticky-tacky was hilarious and would never last. Never! People had too much class, so “Never!”)<br /><br />My gosh, I so wish we had taken rolls & rolls & rolls of pics of 1955 Placerville. Others had foresight to do just that through the years. I wholeheartedly thank these folks.<br /><br />The train engine wouldn’t have been there yet, Tina, but I would have seen it later. Dad always bypassed Hwy 50 to drive down Main & Broadway. My dad loved P’ville. I guess I inherited my love for this town from him. <br /><br />Tina, I’m at the fairgrounds often because it’s about as close to a park as we have. I walk, enjoy the sun, enjoy horse-men/-women/-youngsters, doggie training, whatever might be going on. Tina, why have they torn down the old wooden caboose next to the museum? I’ve watched it slowly be disassembled. It hurts.<br /><br />I typed this via an application & copy/pasted it onto your blog. I really can’t control the cursor there.<br /><br />Thank you for not minding my sharing such wordy things that come to mind. Love, Jim J;0)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1172620894432077557.post-24054049485975259412013-01-18T11:17:09.525-08:002013-01-18T11:17:09.525-08:00Thanks Tina. Enjoyed. Is anyone else having troubl...Thanks Tina. Enjoyed. Is anyone else having trouble leaving comments? i.e., the cursor not working right--not going where you want it to go & you have to select & cut to place it to change/add/subtract something? It took a while just for this comment.<br /><br />Thanks Again, Jim J;0)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1172620894432077557.post-84458424780500417802013-01-16T16:29:08.250-08:002013-01-16T16:29:08.250-08:00you know i loved the old photos and the storyyou know i loved the old photos and the storyyosemite faithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01099881025316197608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1172620894432077557.post-90639252269596336422013-01-16T12:15:49.916-08:002013-01-16T12:15:49.916-08:00I think I remember Old 1771! Just another cool thi...I think I remember Old 1771! Just another cool thing about Placerville, like the Christmas trees along the highway. It is the things like this that make it special.<br />I really enjoyed this post thank you.Coach Carpet Carehttp://www.coachcarpetcare.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1172620894432077557.post-4699107951424672932013-01-16T09:03:46.555-08:002013-01-16T09:03:46.555-08:00Too bad it's just sitting there, and the state...Too bad it's just sitting there, and the state has no money. I really enjoyed the pictures and this post, and I had forgotten about that yearbook picture - cool!Heidi Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08666588441951832108noreply@blogger.com