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  • "SOUTHERN PACIFIC OVERLAND" Service Cars and Their Paint Scheme

    November 16, 2012 - posted by David Lotz - 367 views - 0 comments - 0 likes
    by Jeff Cauthen    Southern Pacific first received lightweight streamlined cars in 1941 for Overland route service. These were the 4-4-2 and 6-6-4 sleepers received as a part of the Union Pacific order des...

  • The "Overland" Union Pacific Overland Service Cars and Their Paint Schemes

    November 14, 2012 - posted by David Lotz - 1,130 views - 0 comments - 0 likes
    by David Schumacher "Greyhounds" steaming for Sherman Hill: the flagship of the FEF "Northern " class, No. 800, is on the point of double-headed "Greyhounds" as Union Pacific Train No. 1, the "Los Angeles Limited" accelerates westward out of Cheyenne...

  • SP Passenger Train Paint Schemes

    August 20, 2012 - posted by David Lotz - 732 views - 0 comments - 1 like
    Often the shop crews did not follow the "common standard" designs they got from the front office. This is how the herald looked on SP 10262, a "Shasta Daylight" Articulated Coffee Shop car when she was retired. The wing panels have been painted silver...

  • Micro Scale Decal Set 4017 N&W Passenger Geeps

    July 31, 2012 - posted by David Lotz - 457 views - 0 comments - 1 like
    Model and photos by Dick Cataldi PRODUCT REVIEW: by Dick Cataldi    If ever there was an impossible task to perform, it was the assignment to find a diesel electric locomotive to replace the Norfolk & Western J Class ...

  • Clearwater Passenger Station

    July 4, 2012 - posted by David Lotz - 600 views - 1 comment - 1 like
    By Julian Cavalier - All photographs by the author Train #81 "Silver Star" pulling a 5-car passenger train headed by locomotive #636 southbound as it approaches Clearwater Station in Florida. Note the tracks in the center of the street that run sever...

  • GREAT NORTHERN'S GOPHER AND BADGER

    June 8, 2012 - posted by David Lotz - 802 views - 0 comments - 0 likes
    A-B F-units clad in the classic Great Northern scheme of yesteryear lead the Duluth-Minneapolis Badger at Superior. Wis., in the 1950's. - Photo: From R. R. Wallin via Al Chione and collection of James Humbert Don't have room for a full-s...

  • Detail Close-up - Seaboard Air Line Passenger GP7

    May 16, 2012 - posted by David Lotz - 706 views - 1 comment - 0 likes
    BY THE PM STAFF Photos - Warren Calloway    The Seaboard Air Line operated eight passenger-equipped GP7's, Nos. 1704-1711. The Pullman Green-and-yellow Geeps were built in 1950, each carrying 800 gallons of fuel and 800 ...

  • The Passenger Train Oriented Layout - Part 4

    October 10, 2011 - posted by Christopher Brimley - 1,283 views - 1 comment - 0 likes
    by Robert A. Clark Illustrations by Steve Andrews This is Chicago's Dearborn Station. In the left rear can be seen the tower at Grand Central Station with the B&O sign and clock. Across the background run tracks leading into La Salle Street Stat...

  • The Passenger Train Oriented Layout - Part 3

    October 10, 2011 - posted by Christopher Brimley - 1,262 views - 0 comments - 1 like
    by Robert A. Clark Amtrak's use of the former Pennsylvania coach yards at Chicago Union Station is shown in this September 1973 photo. Note the servicing platforms between the tracks. On the left is a repair track area. Much equipment is in evidence ...

  • The Passenger Train Oriented Layout - Part 1

    October 5, 2011 - posted by Christopher Brimley - 2,350 views - 0 comments - 1 like
    by Robert A. Clark This is usually what we think of when we think of a big city passenger terminal. We focus on the station building and the related loading platforms. We forget the backstage facilities needed to make the cars ready. Here is the rail...