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  • McCloud River Railroad

    January 20, 2012 - posted by Tasha Oates - 3,144 views - 0 comments - 2 likes
    Brand new SD-38 #36 at MbCloud in mid-June. Don A Hansen. From Don A. Hansen On the 9th of May, the McCloud River Railroad took delivery of their three new 2,000 horsepower EMD-built SD-38 units at Lookout, California, early in the eveni...

  • Shays in the Golden State: Part 3

    January 19, 2012 - posted by Tasha Oates - 4,002 views - 0 comments - 0 likes
    Dan Ranger, Jr.   Picking up from issue number 91, and the Sonora. - Tuolumne area, we travel south to the Yosemite Valley region of the Golden State. At El Portal, on route 140, we find an 80-3 class Shay. She was originally buil...

  • ATSF Diesels ... The 76' Style

    January 12, 2012 - posted by Tasha Oates - 2,170 views - 0 comments - 0 likes
    Photo by Lynn Aldrich Lynn Aldrich For those modelers who wish to keep up with the latest modifications, a few changes occurred in late '75 or early '76 that are minor but interesting. These details are simple to add and give the models ...

  • From the Company's Own Shops

    January 11, 2012 - posted by Tasha Oates - 2,566 views - 0 comments - 0 likes
    A view into the Espee's popular 5-12 RONALD KUYKENDALL A well-weathered 1264 steams it up at Tracy, California, early in 1953. The existence of the small cab window just ahead of the large one was rather unusual at this late date. Red finish of smal...

  • More on the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy 232000 Class Tank Car

    January 11, 2012 - posted by Tasha Oates - 2,171 views - 0 comments - 0 likes
    The above view of the CB&Q 232 000 class tank car illustrates an alternative style of lettering compared to the one shown in Bill Glick's article in the December, 1977, issue of PM. Stencil style lettering was used by the "Q" just prior to the BN ...

  • Great Northern and Northern Pacific Head End Cars

    January 10, 2012 - posted by Tasha Oates - 3,175 views - 0 comments - 0 likes
    by Richard Miller This photo of Car 235 was taken in St. Paul, Minnesota, in March of 1970. Photo by E. H. Archer. This photo of the GN 52-71 class shows both sides of the car. Note that one is lettered for the Oriental Limited while the other is in ...

  • Pennsylvania's X-29 and Other X's in the Family

    January 5, 2012 - posted by Tasha Oates - 8,384 views - 0 comments - 0 likes
    by JACK AMERINE and JEFF FREEMAN A pair of classics far from home, on a team track at Alief (near Houston), Texas in 1954. The car at left was one of the first X29's built in 1924; it has early sheathing (see text); been given the red and white "Merc...

  • Southern Pacific 35' Standard 70-Ton Covered Hoppers in Road Classes H-70-4, -6, -8, & -10

    December 30, 2011 - posted by Tasha Oates - 3,547 views - 1 comment - 1 like
    TOM VANDEN BOSCH Southern Pacific H-70-6 Class covered hopper. This grey car has all black lettering; it is used in cement service and is shown here at Redwood City, California, in 1977. Photo is by the author. Southern Pacific and the...

  • Western Maryland's Class 11 Russian Decapod 2-10-0 "Jew Engine"

    December 29, 2011 - posted by Tasha Oates - 4,248 views - 0 comments - 2 likes
    E. Roy Carpenter, Jr. The term "Jew Engine" came up several times during the search for information on these engines; it is a term that was commonly used in relation to the WM's Decapods. Popular theory has it that these engines were ...

  • Southern Railway Steel Bay-Window Caboose

    December 28, 2011 - posted by Tasha Oates - 4,506 views - 6 comments - 3 likes
    J.C. Paschal Page 32: Photo by the author. X661 was rebuilt in October, 1969, at Eatonton, GA. Photo by the author. In the early 1940s, the Southern Railway began replacing its center cupola wood cabooses with a steel bay window va...