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Greg Maxwell

October 28, 2018 08:32AM

Registered: 13 years ago
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The Surprise Valley Railway dates back to 1913 and was initially promoted by the Western Pacific which was desperate for feeder lines. The original plan was to connect to Robert Strahorn's proposed Oregon California & Eastern Railroad that would build south from Klamath Falls. John Sexton was to be the contractor that would build the SV. The failure and receivership of the WP in March 1915 put an end to the project although Sexton tried several times to revive it.

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Surprise Valley No.1	Kegg_Works	October 24, 2018 11:49PM
Re: Surprise Valley No.1	Brian Norden	October 25, 2018 12:19AM
Re: Surprise Valley No.1	Kegg_Works	October 25, 2018 09:21AM
Re: Surprise Valley No.1	Greg Maxwell	October 25, 2018 10:02PM
Re: Surprise Valley No.1	Mallory Hope Ferrell	October 27, 2018 03:28PM
Re: Surprise Valley No.1	Brian Norden	October 28, 2018 12:10AM
Re: Surprise Valley No.1	Chris Walker	October 28, 2018 12:29AM
Re: Surprise Valley No.1	Greg Maxwell	October 28, 2018 08:32AM
Re: Surprise Valley No.1	Brian Norden	October 28, 2018 09:48AM

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