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Here is a Steve McVey photo from the same angle, December 1, 1974.
What year are you looking for? As we discussed in this forum back in February, I have the 1980 spotting book for Natchez and I can post the other maps that were not posted earlier.
Also, please sign your posts so that we can know whom to address with a reply.
The Drury in Mt Vernon was excellent. The evening kickback was another opportunity for conversation with fellow MPHS members.
Here is diagram from a 1980 ZTS book.
Pat – your previous thread on the Bayou Teche incident says it was #133 that went into the drink. EuDaly’s diesel book shows a retirement guess of “1975-1979” which does not really offer any useful leads. Do you have any printed references (newspaper, etc.) to the Bayou Teche incident?
The Morley bridge incident involved a GP35 and GP38. There is a previous thread on that one that diverged from Pat’s original thread.
MPHS Secretary Pat Hiatte saw a large group of folks standing in front of UP 1982 at Salem (IL) Yard and decided it was worth a photo…..
…and check out that convention shirt he is sporting…
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Missouri Pacific symbology on UP 1982
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Bill,
I just resent the file. Please reply to my email so I know it got to you.
August 5, 2017 at 2:00 pm in reply to: Photo of the Week 7/31/17 – EB Orleanean at Beaumont, TX #8430Good detective work. I lived in Beaumont for several years and this is Gilbert Street. A couple of corrections on the trackage: this train is on the KCS mainline, which goes directly through downtown Beaumont. The MP (GCL) physically never went east of Beaumont, joining the KCS at Wall Street and using KCS tracks to reach DeQuincy, LA. The SP mainline ran north of downtown with their own lift bridge over the Neches River. The MP and SP were later consolidated into a single railroad corridor through Beaumont using portions of both SP and MP alignments, and both of those railroads using the KCS alignment through downtown and across the Neches River.
Hi Patrick,
The 1972 Summary of Equipment shows car series TP 821100-821199 built new by GSI in 1965. The attached equipment diagram seems to bear this out.
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Bill, I took a look through the digital archives. We have a stenciling drawing dated 9-28-1948 that states it is for all classes except “P” and “M”.
It has a specific note regarding the addition of the “R” to the 2-10-4 “I” class designations, so I am pretty confident this drawing covers them.Cab numbers: 16″ tall, 14″ wide
Sand dome numbers: 4″ tall
Tender lettering: 8″ tall
Tender end number: 6″ tallThe scan is too large for me to post here, and I cannot make a low res version without losing readable detail. I emailed the large PDF file to your Delta Models email address. If for some reason you cannot retrieve the file via email, let me know and I will send a link to my Dropbox folder.
Please let us know if this diagram is helpful.
I had always heard that during the 1970s a couple of tracks in Osawatomie Yard were filled with cars with roller lumber, waiting to be sold and rebilled.
David – can you post a photo, a link and/or give me a number series? I can keep my eye out for photos.
June 20, 2017 at 12:54 am in reply to: Photo of the Week 6/19/17 – Bayou Pierre, LA Paper Mill #8357Charlie beat me to posting by about 10 minutes! His mention of Bayou Pierre was the key, as I had forgotten about that mill. I had eliminated Cypress Bend (near McGehee, AR); South Texarkana; Pine Bluff; Bastrop, LA; and Natchez, MS (gone now, but a good topic for another thread.) A Google Maps look verified the track arrangement.
A lot has changed since the photo. IP converted the mill from coal to natural gas, and the coal dump pit is filled in. The plant now is contract switched by WATCO.
Thanks David for indentifying the truck model….something just did not look right about the styling for a domestic-built Ford.
So there is a Manchester district and street in both Kansas City and St Louis. I am pretty familiar with the Manchester district in KC, and nothing in the photo lines up with that area. I am thinking this is St Louis near Chouteau Ave or Sarpy Ave area. I need a native who remembers the brick stack. That gray shape behind the first autorack is a grain elevator with Purina markings on top. So here are two more photos from different angles.
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