I finally got around to re-motoring my Life Like PA's and have started to detail them. As usual more questions come up during such projects. I always thought...
Wally and others interested in the use of ballast on the Santa Fe Thanks for filling in some of the details. Assuming you are correct then I should be using...
To all: Yesterday I finally got around to phoning Don Sheets, the retired Santa Fe employee in San Bernardino, to begin a series of questions about operations ...
To all, In response to my notes yesterday from Don Sheets, Bill Messecar studied his train sheet from Aug. 23, 1945 (copied from the SFRHMS Western Archives in...
To all: Yesterday Andy Sperandeo replied to my notes from Don Sheets with some further information and several more questions to ask Don (I hope to do that ...
I don't know when they pulled it off, but it was still going all the way when I hired out in '48. Frank [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
To all: ... Hello John, I'm finally making some progress on the layout again and it occurred to me I am not really certain about how Union Pacific ran their...
To all: Stuart Forsyth sent me the following news of interest to us. John Thompson ... Hi John, FYI, Chard Walker will be giving a slide presentation on Cajon...
List, I was privileged to attend a slide presentation in Chard's home this past November...he has some pictures that will absolutely knock your socks off! ...
To all, Stuart Forsyth wrote back to say that he has a conflict on March 9 and will not be able to use his ... Stuart wrote: Consequently, I have to sell my...
To all: In response to my answers to Otto Kroutil about turning UP steam helpers in ... Sounds right. Why turn an engine until you know where it's going next....
The East coast SF Convention will be held again this year at the GATSME Model railroad Club in Fort Washington, Pa The dates are April 11 & 12, Friday and...
I'm still working on the plans for my Upper Cajon based
layout. One of the issues I'm working out is where the
track should have concrete ties. From watching...
To all: Robert Rogers sent me the following additional info about Cajon-area ballast types and colors. John Thompson ... 7 Feb 2002 Dear John, The 3 Feb 2002...
To all: I asked Bill Messecar for more info on the loads/empties listed for the Santa Fe 1st District Locals on his Aug. 23, 1945 train sheets. He says ...
To all: I phoned back Don Sheets on Feb. 5 to continue with my questions about Victorville. This time we focused more the Victorville switch job. He said he...
NOTE: All prices listed are in U.S. dollars rounded up to the nearest dollar, and do not include shipping charges and applicable sales taxes. Video Title:...
Hi All - Peter Youngblood's book on "Modeling Cajon" has prints of the elevations of the Summit Depot.There are a few things I can't interpret or understand....
To all: ... Hi All - Peter Youngblood's book on "Modeling Cajon" has prints of the elevations of the Summit Depot. There are a few things I can't interpret...
Hi John, I sent Stan an answer, thinking it went to the group, but this group is set up differently than most and my reply went to Stan alone. Here's what I...
Has anyone found a color formula to use on the ATSF heavy weights circa 1950? Ted York See my Cajon Pass model railroad at http://www.xmission.com/~tedyork...
... Subject: RE: [CAJON] Summit Depot Questions Hi List, Relying on Chard Walker photos in his first book page 183-184 the change of the bay-window roof has...
Gerard and all, This e-mail list doesn't allow file attachments, which is why they were automatically removed. (But the Cajon_Photos list does allow photo ...
I added an Olympic railroad page to my web site that contains photos of the Heber Valley steam locomotives hauling passengers to a local Olympic venue. ...
does anyone here have transmittable photos of the building? am constructing a model rr and wish to do it as a structure on my layout if I have to scratch-build...
To all: ... does anyone here have transmittable photos of the building? am constructing a model rr and wish to do it as a structure on my layout. if I have to...
I've been developing a web site on Southern California packing houses. Most of the ones I have covered so far were on the Santa Fe. The page currently has...
In addition to the sources John Thompson cited, there are two photos of the front (doorway) side of the San Bernardino roundhouse in the October 1989 MODEL...
Andy Sperandeo
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To All, While reading the latest issue of Classic Trains (Spring 2002 issue) I came across the section announcing "Coming Next Month" where it shows the next...
