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Thanks for posting.
We need images of the PFM castings.
Pat
Outside of the Texas Eagle and the other named passenger trains (Unfortunately) we’re have a tough time getting much on the T&P but hopefully we’ll uncover more information as we dive into the employee magazine ‘T&P Topics’.Bill Pollard and I are working on the history of the MP’s dining service. It’s going to cover operations, history from 1901-1971, rolling stock, china and silver used, menus and recipes. The rolling stock will cover full diners to grill coaches. We’ve set a deadline to be finished in a year.
Jeff
Thanks, here’s another prototype image where the rivet pattern is clearer.[attachment=0:365s18lw]F6DCAD5E-0939-456A-8E43-9B5D7D6144CD.jpeg[/attachment:365s18lw]
Bill, Gregg and Jerry
Glad you enjoyed the book; I took on the project exactly how I always thought a railroad ‘picture’ book should look. Big photos with lots of details and captions that are informative. My favorites are the scenes of the transfer run from St. Louis to Dupo and the Kirkwood Hill helper service. As noted in the introduction Bill Pollard provided me with details on the passenger trains and others helped fill in details such as the switching of the mill at Sikeston and helping to identify the individuals in some of the images. Two retired MP guys, Norbert Shacklette and Jerry Laseter both started at Sikeston in 1960 and helped with the details on the Sikeston photos. Dennis Faircloth was able to identify the guys in the M-I images. Tom Stamey lended his expertise on the T&P images. I tried to use as much of book’s pages as possible for photos including the front and back end pages with the shot of Texarkana and Glendale and the table of contents with the transfer drag.Charlie
Books were delivered to buyers yesterday in Omaha so hopefully others will be seeing their’s soon.
February 8, 2022 at 2:46 am in reply to: NEW HO scale Missouri Pacific RS-3 locomotives from Bowser. #10442Pat
No they aren’t a special run. Not sure how they expect people to pre-order if they aren’t even on their site. Here’s their email address [email protected]Steve
Nate Obermeyer was the MPHS lead working with Athearn. They did not want to do low nose versions as the tooling for the run was only high nose GP-18’s. He and others did the research and these units are the ones never changed.February 1, 2022 at 1:27 pm in reply to: New book “Selected Photographs from the Missouri Pacific Historical Society Archives #10437As some of you know, we had website issues over the weekend. Our web hosting service changed phone numbers without notifying us and it took awhile to get everything straightened out. So, we are extending the discount on Charlie’s latest book for a few more days. Shipping may be slightly delayed on orders received after this message goes out, but we will honor the earlier price and free shipping. If you are interested, get your order in ASAP.
It didn’t last at that location very long only 4-5 years. I called Norbert Shacklette and he said it was moved either Longview or Texarkana. He also said there’s a similar tower in south St Louis at the Lesperance Street yard with a crew room attached.
St Louis yards.
Pat
Here you go..
http://www.mopac.org/modeling/60-cabooseDecember 28, 2021 at 4:39 pm in reply to: New book “Selected Photographs from the Missouri Pacific Historical Society Archives #10406Mark
I looked at the caption in the book and it was corrected at some point to read southbound to Poplar Bluff so we’re good. -
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