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# NameComments
301 Steve RippeteauI am member of the Midwest Central RR that is still operating Westside Lumber Co. Number 9 Shay at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa.
302 jlgilbertWest side sites must be preserves for the future of historians, Long live glenn Bells legacy in Tuo;omne conty and California
303 Marden Mull
304 Mark A. Lewis
305 jeff robbins
306 Alan Erickson
307 leland thomas
308 J. F. Rusty JonesFriends of the Sierra R.R. Founding Member, Board of Directers. Public realations Director Vice Pres., and President.
309 Daniel DeVoto
310 bob stevensonFormer resident who would like to see the golf course go through
311 Walt PitterYou must preserve this site because it was the most famous narrow gauge lumber company railroads. The site needs work now, once it is gone there is no bringing it back.
312 Alan LevyWe should not loose this bit of our history.
313 John Riley
314 Michael MacdonaldThis is History. This industry built California and the nation. Save it!! This is a State treasure in land and beauty for all to see and explore, not read in books and pictures of something that once was and is now a Townhome!
315 John GillottiPlease save part of this great railroad. Please contact me if there is anyway I can help. Regards, John
316 Anonymous
317 Tom Colasurdo
318 Shona Spaeth
319 Nadell EverhartSave our history
320 Kaleb CosierTry to get No. 12 back, and save the West Side timber railway
321 Shane JackmanI have a fasination with this old Railroad. I am a young Buisness owner, and would help to support this IMPORTANT cause!
322 Thomas Lutrel
323 Steven HaworthThis is a rare piece of US history - it's worth preserving! But we must act now, before it's too late!
324 Peter Davidson Jr.The historical sites of industry that played large roles in the development of California are an important part of our State's history. The site of the West Side Lumber Co. is a major example of such. I would think by the establishment of a tourist RR if possible, if this were to be able to co-exist with developement plans for a recreational facility by the new owners, then possibly both could benifit by drawing more attendees. In other word could no a win-win design solution emerge if that goal was but into the development design program.
325 Paul GardnerThe Westside Lumber Company Railway is well known to railway historians and railfans around the world. If the Me-wuk Tribe could restore this railway to working order, thousands upon thousands of people would travel to Tuolumne to see and ride behind the little geared engines that brought the Sugar Pine Logs down the mountain for all those years. I know, because I've ridden the train as far as River Bridge and it is one of my fondest railway memories. The prestige and good will for the Me-Wuk tribe,if they could accomplish this feat, would be beyond measure.
326 Hunter Y. Smith
327 steven g wagner
328 Jason Smith
329 Han ZijlstraIt is much cheaper to preserve your history in Usa , instead of destroying history in other countries!
330 Tom Milam
331 Shawn Stacy
332 Matthew Swisher
333 Lawrie Durant
334 Larry Tidball
335 Aaron Splawn
336 Jeffrey A. McConnell
337 AnonymousI love the WS and would love to see the natives (who were their a long time before the railroad came) and your group to achieve a compromise that serves both interestgroups best. NarrowGauge can be a huge tourist attraction as you well know.
338 Timothy BolesThis organization could bring more tourist money into the county and into Tuolumne City. It would also bring more attention to the tribe in a way other than the casino itself
339 Anonymous
340 Kyle Hedlund
341 Travis Cooper
342 Charles W. Jenner, DVMI may have signed this before. What is going on today?? cwj.
343 David Squire
344 John Harbold
345 AnonymousAs a fan of the West Side, I believe it should be preserved as to the historical background of the last narrow gauge logging railroad in Calif.
346 clem o'jevich
347 Sandra Alves Dominguez
348 Maylon Coots
349 Barry L. HeppnerWestside is too important to lose to just memories, and as much needs to be preserved for future generations to enjoy and learn from
350 AnonymousMy husbands father and a partner were owners of Westside after Glenn Bell. We lived on the property in 1993- 94. It was our honeymoon retreat. The buildings were still intact then, and there were so many train cars on the property. The carpenters building still had material in it as well as the old forge area. The train barn that Glen Bell built actually had molds for parts needed to repair. I was out there last year.....kinda crossed the fence...Sh-h-h-h. and my heart broke. Everything is totally gone, falling apart, and no-one cared. We lived in the little house just up off Turnback Creek, which was the old switching station shown in one of your pictures. I cannot believe that a large part of Californias history was allowed to fall into a state of disrepair, but I suppose money and progress is more important. I would love to see it restored.

 

Signatures | Total: 463