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I was 10 years old at the time. We were coming home from a visit to my grandparents. Mom relented, from having just a lower berth, and got me an upper berth for the backhaul from Abilene to Los Angeles. Things I remember: Big Wide Bed ... I have several Pullman Blankets in my house even now. They ke...

Apology accepted in re Mr Fels. Let us speak no more of it. Getting back to the topic at hand... San Bernardino, CA at the station is about 1,050 feet above sea level. Cajon Summit is about 3825 feet above sea level. 2800 feet, GOING UP. That is nearly the level of effort the CZ needs to get over th...

Just with Southwest, There are 16 flights TO LV from LAX, daily. 14 from Burbank 4 from Orange County 10 from Ontario Folks, you can read my comments on a different board. 1 daily turn from one central station will not answer the demand. I honestly believe for a LA-LV service to work, there must be ...

BUT!!! Their news butchers hawked good food!!! (Of course, the service was provided by DSG). They had a marble pound cake I just loved. When I remember the standard Germanic tray breakfast, I still think to happy memories. No cheap imitation flavored corn syrup ... honey, real fruit jams, and Danish...

BlockLine_4111 wrote:They were corridorial classics. Literally pounding mileage up/down the corridor and lasting into Y2K. I liked those mesh window screens. Who will torch 'em ?

The Overland route racetrack is one of the busiest in the nation. UP freight traffic from Seattle, Portland, the Bay Area and LA come together at Ogden. There is also the matter of buying new station property in Cheyenne, Laramie, and Ogden (all of whose stations are closed as rail facilities) and b...

RMadisonWI wrote: Why are we talking about routing choices? <snip>

Something did go wrong at 1 Market Center.

His name was Donald Russell.

I still remember breakfast at Victorville in a UP dome diner. It was the summer of 1967, and I was coming home from a trip to Grandma's.

That was some French Toast!

As a youth, I was a member of the Pacific Railroad Society. They left the Super Chief alone, at least on A Day, other than not calling it the SC/El Capitan anymore. Two of our members went out to ride the last City of Los Angeles in to LAUPT. They started on the night of May 1 by riding to either Sa...

Mr 4014... As I stated in an earlier post, someone either in DOT or an engineer who is also a fan will have to do the modeling (or else destructive testing out at Colorado Springs). My suspicion is both heavyweight cars (especially Pullman sleepers) and lightweight cars after the initial move to str...

Matt is one of our resident Texans... Looking at a Texas RR Commission map (http://www.rrc.state.tx.us/divisions/rail/rail_map.html) shows me there are three routing choices (no matter whether you choose UP and predecessor lines or BNSF and predecessor lines): Houston-San Antonio-El Paso Houston- Br...

Lest we forget...

PC was before Staggers and deregulation...

If E units are your desire vice BN E units,

The Midland Railway in KS has CRI&P E-6A 630 and an E8 in service.

UP has a trio of E-9s that have been re-engined at least to GP-38-2 standards. (645 diesel, modern electrical cabinet, modern control stands)

Working the Q main from Kansas City to Saint Joe.

It was hauling a grain drag SB towards Murray Yard.

I stronglyr suspect there is a power sharing/leasing arrangement between NS and BNSF now.

John