One other location that used geeps was Oceanside the originated the Escondido Local and the Fourth District Local (included working the Fallbrook District) in...
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JThomp1945@...
jthomp1945
Apr 25, 2012 8:48 pm
To all: Here is an answer from Don Richardson about shutting down switch engines ("What was it about the ALCO switchers that made them easier to shut down ... ...
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Ed Workman
ebwx2000
Apr 25, 2012 7:48 pm
As the pics are inscribed LOC and OWI more than likely these are Jack Delano pics ca March or so 1943. First time I noticed ice as well as cold air er, very...
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JThomp1945@...
jthomp1945
Apr 25, 2012 5:51 am
To all: Attached is an image from eBay, of a slide I won in recent weeks. It shows Mojave Northern 0-6-0T #3 by its water tank behind the cement plant at...
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Andy
karand1988
Apr 24, 2012 3:31 pm
What was it about the ALCO switchers that mare them easier to shut down than the EMDs?...
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JThomp1945@...
jthomp1945
Apr 23, 2012 7:41 pm
To all: Thanks to Tom Campbell for his reply. ... In the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s the standard power on outlying assignments on the Los Angeles Division was the...
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JThomp1945@...
jthomp1945
Apr 23, 2012 4:45 pm
To all: Here's a note from Bob Chaparro. The first photo he links to (the color one) is a shot I took in 1971 with a cheap camera. John Thompson ... From:...
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jtcampbell9603@...
supercoach24
Apr 21, 2012 3:51 pm
Alco-GE switchers were the normal power for outlying road switcher jobs at Rivera, Fullerton, and Santa Ana, replacing GP7's sometime between 1956 and 1958,...
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JThomp1945@...
jthomp1945
Apr 21, 2012 3:53 am
... From: Robert Chaparro <chiefbobbb@...> To: SANTAFE <SANTAFE@...> Sent: Fri, Apr 20, 2012 8:46 pm Subject: 3751 Movements This Weekend ...
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JThomp1945@...
jthomp1945
Apr 20, 2012 11:16 pm
To all: ... Good afternoon, Mr. Thompson, In older photographs I have seen of Santa Fe local freights here in Southern California in the '50s and '60s, there...
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Lawrence Hokanson
lawrencehoka...
Apr 20, 2012 3:36 pm
Having seen them as a kid, they have been on my wish list for a long while. I have been watching ebay with a search for several years and I haven't seen one...
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BigFos50
Apr 20, 2012 3:31 pm
John. Thanks for the info. I visited the Division Point website and saw that they had made all of the ATSF road numbers. Maybe I'll get lucky and run across...
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JThomp1945@...
jthomp1945
Apr 20, 2012 6:00 am
To all: ... E. D. Worley's "Iron Horses of the Santa Fe Trail" confirms that the 2600 and 2602 exchanged numbers early on, but I never heard of the 2601 and...
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JThomp1945@...
jthomp1945
Apr 19, 2012 5:21 pm
To all: There is a new issue today of the SFRHMS Western Archives Newsletter, and it has some good black & white photos of old Summit buildings. The file is...
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JThomp1945@...
jthomp1945
Apr 19, 2012 3:48 am
Eric, Division Point made some painted HO brass models of the 2600-Class (I bought one), but there have not been any plastic models. John Thompson ... From:...
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BigFos50
Apr 19, 2012 3:25 am
Are there any models in HO of the DT-6-6-20? Eric Foster ________________________________ From: "JThomp1945@..." <JThomp1945@...> To:...
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JThomp1945@...
jthomp1945
Apr 18, 2012 8:04 pm
To all: ... Baldwin DT-6-6-20 engines 2600-2606 had a unique striping arrangement due to their center cabs. The 2601 and 2602 had one set of controls and...
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JThomp1945@...
jthomp1945
Apr 18, 2012 7:49 pm
To all: ... The 2099 had to be the lead unit in multiple unit consists because it had manual (not automatic) transition. In other words it had to be shifted...
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JThomp1945@...
jthomp1945
Apr 18, 2012 5:11 pm
To all: Many thanks to John Moore for narrowing down the window for the change of zebra stripes on 2099! John is a master of tracking dates when paint schemes...
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JohnM
okladivjohn
Apr 18, 2012 1:55 pm
In a Workshop article in the Model Railroader the 2099 was recorded by R. P. Middlebrook photo (Stan Kistler Collection) at Wikenburg AZ 4-30-1955 with the...
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Jeffery Staggs
jeffery_staggs
Apr 17, 2012 11:56 pm
Thanks for the reply John, and yes I did mean RSD-5. I think I have answered my own question with a little further research. The RS-1s had the inverted 'v' on...
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JThomp1945@...
jthomp1945
Apr 17, 2012 7:12 pm
To all: As soon as I sent my message, I discovered another note (from my 2005 roadswitcher clinic) that the RS-1's were all painted in zebra stripes with the...
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JThomp1945@...
jthomp1945
Apr 17, 2012 7:04 pm
Hi Jeff, Since no one else has jumped in here, I'll give it a try. The end where the zebra stripe "V" is upside-down (so the arrowheads point up) is considered...
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jeffery_staggs
Apr 16, 2012 10:00 pm
I know this is not on the subject of 'orange' zebra stripes, bit it is about zebra stripes. On virtually all ATSF locomotives the zebra stripes on the lead end...
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JThomp1945@...
jthomp1945
Apr 16, 2012 8:44 pm
To all: Here are a couple of quotes on this subject from messages that Keith Jordan has sent to the ATSF list. ... Ashley, 2301 and 44 tonner No. 466 both had...
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Ron Sipkovich
sipkron
Apr 16, 2012 5:30 pm
FYI William is a BNSF Engineer in the LA area. Ron Sipkovich ... From: Foamer <williamb169@...> To: switchcrew@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, April 16,...
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Robert Harper
rthatsf...
Apr 16, 2012 1:01 pm
here take a look at this http://www.panews15.net/biz/?news=4978547...
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JThomp1945@...
jthomp1945
Apr 16, 2012 12:30 am
... From: Robert Chaparro <chiefbobbb@...> To: SANTAFE <SANTAFE@...> Sent: Sun, Apr 15, 2012 10:32 am Subject: 3751 Steam Excursion Next...
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JThomp1945@...
jthomp1945
Apr 15, 2012 5:21 pm
To all: Thanks to John Moore for his note on the cab ends. He also mentioned to me off-list that there is a Tommy Johnson b&w photo of Alco HH1000 #2319 in...
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JohnM
okladivjohn
Apr 15, 2012 3:25 pm
The stripes were applied to the cab ends but not the sides. John Moore Albuquerque...
