To all: ... Stan Kistler also has The R. P. Middlebrook Collection List SF-4 with several GP7s working San Diego in 1951: 2650, 2652, 2653, 2659, 2662, 2663,...
To all: Gary Hoover wrote with an offer to contribute his recent digital photos ... Hi John, I was out in LA last week on business and I had the opportunity to...
To all, ... 31 May 2005 Dear John, In the discussion about early GP-7's over Cajon, someone made the statement they started with non-dynamic brake equipped...
To all: Here's a review from Robert Rogers of the Classic Metal Works HO model of the International R series conventional tractor pulling a 32 foot Fruehauf...
To all: I've had several replies already about helping with Gary Hoover's SB depot photos. I think we'll have Jim Kirwan give it a try, so I'll arrange for...
Hi all, It seems that I have procrastinated too long and when I went to purchase one from the Society I find that they are sold out. I know that some hobby...
To all: Here's a very interesting message from Stan Kistler on his early ... I can't tell you much about the 2650 class GP7s being used on Cajon in their first...
To all: ... John, Some time ago Otto [Kroutil] asked about the tonnage ratings for UP steam engines over Cajon Pass. I found a great article on UP Steam ...
If I'm not mistaken, the 400 series were two unit lash-ups of one four unit 100 class cut in two and re-numbered; is that right? F.L. Post And they WERE...
To all: ... John: I stick with my assertion that non-dynamic brake geeps seldom were used on Cajon Pass after about 1952. I don't know about the situation at ...
Hi to all who answered my question about finding a copy of the Box Car book. I did locate one at Karen's books in San Diego. FYI: she no longer has any more...
Hi to all who answered my question about finding a copy of the Box Car book. I did locate one at Karen's books in San Diego. FYI: she no longer has any more...
To all: ... If I'm not mistaken, the 400 series were two unit lash-ups of one four unit 100 class cut in two and re-numbered; is that right? F.L. Post And they...
To all: I asked Don Richardson if he had records of his engine consists for ... John: I have a very little of 1953, a bit more of 1955, quite a bit more of ...
To all: ... 2 June 2005 Dear John, I guess Don [Richardson] had some of the last F7's on Cajon. I remember finally getting to San Bernardino in September 1964...
To all: We previously (on 5-25-05) posted the results of Larry Brasher's research into a listing of all the ATSF steam locos assigned to the Los Angeles...
I looked at some noted that I have and I saw a recording of a F7 and two F9s at Fullerton on May 31, 1965. I saw freight F units at Barstow as late as Sept 25,...
To all: I was flooded with interesting messages over the weekend, and it may take me most of the week to get them all posted, so stay tuned. In one message,...
To all: Steve Sandifer has scanned and posted all of Stan Kistler's ATSF photo ... You can now access the Stan Kistler photo lists on line at the Santa Fe ...
To all: ... John: I wasn't aware how "historic" my trips on F7s were! The only explanation I can suggest is that when Robert Rogers showed up on the Hill later...
All, Gary Hoover's San Bernadino Depot pics are uploaded. Don't blame Gary for any pics whose names end with an a or b. I modified them to bring out more ...
To all: ... John: I concur with Larry Brasher and Stan Kistler about the L and C designations not appearing in engine number boards in the early years. This...
To all: Here are the engines that Don Richardson worked on Cajon in July-Aug ... John: Here's the first batch of Cajon Pass engine consists I worked. This is ...
Hi John, Lloyd Stagner's "Santa Fe in Color Vol. 3" has at least two 1955 photos showing 200-class locomotives with the "C" added to their numbers in the...
Hi John The TDF was a westward through freight from Texas to California, as shown in Bob Walz's "Warbonnet" article on redball freight operations. I think the...
I'm in the process of wiring the ABA Eire Built AT&SF units and was wondering that if the units in 1943 had a mars light? And if so the top light or bottom. ...
Hmmm. Not bad. I look up the Erie Builts in three different publications, and get three different build dates. Priest says 1943, Worley says 1947, and ...
For Paul B, Santi, and others, McCall's "Early Diesel Daze" agrees with the June 1947 date for the construction of Santa Fe Eries 90LAB given in "Iron Horses,"...
To all: ... Hi John, TDF was the Texas Daily Forwarder, a Texas-California Red Ball Train. Historian Lloyd Stagner remembers it being called, "That Damn...
