Re: Sumpter Valley Passenger Operations
| May 26, 2023 11:05PM |
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heatermason Wrote:
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> Bill started
> his logging career working to steam along the
> Sumpter Valley and drove this "stage" route (as he
> called it) as far as Prairie in the early days
> after the train runs were dropped.
The use of "stage" continued as you indicated, especially pre-WW2. What we call a bus was once called a "motor coach" or a "motor stage." Either term indicated a motor vehicle designed or used to carry unrelated people for a fare.
Some current bus operators use these terms in their business or corporate names. In fact, I rode such a charter bus just last week -- Amador Stage Lines -- for field trips for a railroad history gathering in Sparks, Nevada. The company is based in Sacramento CA and Reno NV and counts its history back to 1852.
Photo taken at Portola CA at Feather River Rail Society's Western Pacific Railroad Museum and parked where the WP roundhouse once stood.
Brian Norden
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> Bill started
> his logging career working to steam along the
> Sumpter Valley and drove this "stage" route (as he
> called it) as far as Prairie in the early days
> after the train runs were dropped.
The use of "stage" continued as you indicated, especially pre-WW2. What we call a bus was once called a "motor coach" or a "motor stage." Either term indicated a motor vehicle designed or used to carry unrelated people for a fare.
Some current bus operators use these terms in their business or corporate names. In fact, I rode such a charter bus just last week -- Amador Stage Lines -- for field trips for a railroad history gathering in Sparks, Nevada. The company is based in Sacramento CA and Reno NV and counts its history back to 1852.
Photo taken at Portola CA at Feather River Rail Society's Western Pacific Railroad Museum and parked where the WP roundhouse once stood.
Brian Norden
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