Mid-1950s Southern Pacific trains are featured in this edition of Extreme Trains: a 106 car mixed freight with three cab forward helpers; The City of San Francisco streamliner with Alco PAs; and a PFE refrigerator train with two cab forward locomotives. Video by Bill Rogers. […]
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Mid-1950s Southern Pacific trains are featured in this edition of Extreme Trains: a 106 car mixed freight with three cab forward helpers; The City of San Francisco streamliner with Alco PAs; and a PFE refrigerator train with two cab forward locomotives. Video by Bill Rogers. […]
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A southbound Pacific Surfliner nears the end of its trip to San Diego on Jan. 6, 2016. TRAINS: David Lassen SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The state of California has announced grants to help improve and expand passenger rail service to Sacramento, and on Amtrak Pacific Surfliner service between San Diego and San Luis Obispo, Calif. The Valley […]
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This HO scale masterpiece is a double-deck proto-lance 1950s-era layout built by Guy Cantwell that represents parts of California’s central valley, as well as the railroads that operated in the Sierra foothills and mountains. It features prototypes from the Southern Pacific, Western Pacific/Tidewater Southern, Sierra, Hetch Hetchy, Yosemite Valley Railroad, and West Side Railroads. Most […]
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This HO scale masterpiece is a double-deck proto-lance 1950s-era layout built by Guy Cantwell that represents parts of California’s central valley, as well as the railroads that operated in the Sierra foothills and mountains. It features prototypes from the Southern Pacific, Western Pacific/Tidewater Southern, Sierra, Hetch Hetchy, Yosemite Valley Railroad, and West Side Railroads. Most […]
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SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — BNSF Railway announced this week that its 2018 capital expenditure program in California will be approximately $230 million. This year’s plan in California includes several capacity expansion projects in addition to scheduled maintenance projects to ensure BNSF continues to operate a safe and reliable rail network. BNSF operates a 2,000-mile network […]
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The first trestle crossing of the season, but trouble may be ahead! […]
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The first trestle crossing of the season, but trouble may be ahead! […]
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In 1958, Southern Pacific SD7 5330 pulls into Santa Clara, Calif., with all-stops train 151, due out of San Jose at 4:20 and into San Francisco at 5:50. Jim Davis photo […]
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Mt-4 SP 4360 detaches from #72 and picks up two carloads of strawberries in the yard at Guadalupe Calif., in April 1954. Because they were so delicate, strawberries were carried in express reefers on first-class trains. This video was filmed on the still-unscenicked section of my model railroad, which will eventually depict several areas of […]
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Mt-4 SP 4360 detaches from #72 and picks up two carloads of strawberries in the yard at Guadalupe Calif., in April 1954. Because they were so delicate, strawberries were carried in express reefers on first-class trains. This video was filmed on the still-unscenicked section of my model railroad, which will eventually depict several areas of […]
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In this video, the Uintah Railway Mallet No. 50 and a 2-8-8-2 Rio Grande articulated locomotive take a work train from Klamath Falls to Lakeview on the Oregon, California & Eastern. […]
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