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Sunday, June 29, 2014

My baggage car article in _Prototype Modeler_

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In my previous post about SP head-end cars, briefly describing my method of building inter-car diaphragms for these cars (you can read it at...
Thursday, June 26, 2014

Modeling SP passenger cars — Part 5, diaphragms

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I have been gradually assembling various parts of the consist for my Southern Pacific Coast Line mail train, nos. 71 and 72. In Part 4 of th...
Monday, June 23, 2014

The Mutual Oil Company — modeling its tank cars

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My opening post in this thread about the Mutual Oil Company explored its history, and the 1920s absorption of the Mutual tank car fleet into...
Friday, June 20, 2014

Modeling SP passenger cars — Part 4

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A while back, I presented three posts relating to Southern Pacific passenger operations, as they could be operated on my layout. I began wit...
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Tuesday, June 17, 2014

Visiting the library, California State Railroad Museum

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I have from time to time in my blog posts alluded to the California State Railroad Museum, or CSRM, located in Sacramento, and in particular...
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Saturday, June 14, 2014

The Mutual Oil Company and its tank cars

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Awhile back, InterMountain released one of their AC&F Type 27 riveted 8000-gallon tank cars in an attractive, bold lettering for the Mut...
Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Produce shipping in model form

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In recent years, when I have presented talks or clinics about Pacific Fruit Express, I have often been asked the question, “How can I figure...