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katfish

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Getting to the Vedder old style
« on: July 12, 2013, 12:11:25 AM »
Did any of the oldtimers use the inter-urban rail line to get to the Vedder river back in the 1950's?  I thought the clip was kinda cool.  It looks like the station was by the canal...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmRebwzHceE
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chris gadsden

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Re: Getting to the Vedder old style
« Reply #1 on: July 12, 2013, 06:52:52 AM »
Thanks for posting this.
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Re: Getting to the Vedder old style
« Reply #2 on: July 12, 2013, 07:01:34 AM »
Thats awesome.. 8)
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Re: Getting to the Vedder old style
« Reply #3 on: July 12, 2013, 07:14:28 AM »
I love watching those old documentaries. It's the closest thing to time travel we have.
Thanks for posting that.

I am sure that if I had lived in that era and fished, I would have been on board one of those electric cars quite often.
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katfish

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Re: Getting to the Vedder old style
« Reply #4 on: July 12, 2013, 04:35:13 PM »
I am glad this was appreciated.  I stumbled across the video on youtube and I figured it would be appreciated on this forum.  It sure made me dream about the old days: less anglers, more fish, and apparently an easy and affordable way to the river.  Must have been nice.
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Re: Getting to the Vedder old style
« Reply #5 on: July 12, 2013, 04:56:05 PM »
Nice to be able to sleep all the way there and back.
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Re: Getting to the Vedder old style
« Reply #6 on: July 14, 2013, 07:52:08 PM »
would be some pretty good bush whacking as well.  I bet half the river was inaccessible unless one lived up there for the summer months.
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Re: Getting to the Vedder old style
« Reply #7 on: July 15, 2013, 07:01:40 PM »
Nice post katfish ;)  One can only wonder what the fishing was like, but I bet it was damn good!
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Jack Straw

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Re: Getting to the Vedder old style
« Reply #8 on: July 16, 2013, 09:12:46 AM »
Awesome video, thx for posting.

Looks like the Hopedale trainbridge at the beginning of the movie. Funny how many stations or stops there were, must've been a long trip.
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