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  Converting the Atlas SD24 to the Union Pacific SD24m

  July 28, 2011 - posted by Tasha Oates - 3,999 views - 0 comments - 1 like

    George Cockle photo. THE PROTOTYPE Union Pacific's SD-24m, 3399, came onto the property as No. 423, a standard SD-24 built by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors in 1959. Nine years later, this unit entered the O...
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  Man-Made Mountains

  July 6, 2011 - posted by Tasha Oates - 2,083 views - 0 comments - 0 likes

  There's more mess than magic to making mountains -- but there is an easier way….. Although most real railroads try to avoid cutting into the surrounding terrain as much as possible, there are always places where it is necessary to keep the tra...