Southern pacific freight cars volume 3 automobile cars. Freight train hopping tao and zen by wayne iverson, sunset limited. It covers box cars, the most numerous type in the sp fleet. Norfolk southern moving derailed freight cars off tracks. Canadian pacific railway cp rail canadian pacific railway. Southern pacific arizona hobbies morning sun books. Jan 01, 2002 buy southern pacific freight cars, vol. It looks like your browser does not have javascript enabled. Changes in the paint schemes made in 746, among which was the spelling out of southern pacific on freight cars and cabooses. Freight cars this section provides general and specific information on the freight cars operated by the northern pacific railway. Southern pacific freight cars volume 4 box cars by anthony w. Aar recommended practice of horizontal lines above reporting marks and below the car number followed. Southern pacific freight car painting and lettering guide. The colorful history of the golden west service freight cars.
Ap norfolk southern is moving derailed freight cars off the tracks after two trains collided in georgetown, kentucky, and sent four people to the hospital, the company said. The san francisco bay area, 19731981 featuring the train masters, fp7s and sd9s. It was included in sets as well as being available for separate. There are over 4,000 freight cars documented on this site. Photo collections listed here have strong northern pacific content regardless of where they are preserved. Optimization models for rail car fleet management 1st edition. The following was taken from the july 2002 official railway equipment register, published by commonwealth business media. Hobbylinc carries 61 western pacific model train freight cars at discounts up to 35% including ho scale, n scale, z scale, and o027 scale. On display next to the restored san luis obispo freight house.
Seems to me ive seen photos of some sp cars with 1889 builders dates that have. The book contains an extensive array of rosters, photo. This is the third volume in a series on southern pacific freight cars. These new books match it with neverbefore available information on the southern pacific freight car fleet, including details and photos of every class, written in a clear and enjoyable style. The nwp narrowgauge obtained additional freight cars from the south pacific coast railroad spc as the spc was converted to standard gauge between 1907 and 1909. Most of the major classes have subclasses, and youll find them by clicking on the links below. Ho scale freight cars rolling stock boxcar, gondola. Southern pacific railroad freight cars 1965 brochure. Thompson is the author of southern pacific freight cars volume 3 5. The colorful history of the golden west service cars. Southern pacific passenger cars circa 1939 by the coach yard. Authored by the late larry kline and ted culotta, and published by the national model railroad association. In 1965 the southern pacific railroad was hauling everything from candy bars to concrete beams, artichokes to optical equipment. Thompson has authored magazine articles on many sp cars, as well as researching and writing the car section of the book, pacific fruit express, previously published by signature press, as well as volume 1 in this series on gondolas and stock cars.
Shop southern pacific railroad company books at alibris. Alltime equip rosters this is a list of all the equipment types on the nprha web site, including the steam roster, freight car roster, diesel roster, etc. Jan 01, 2006 southern pacific freight cars volume 2. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Even today, all 6464style box cars remain a favorite of collectors and operators. Southern pacific rolling stock photographic roster. The 6464225 southern pacific is a moderately common car. Small, he said he did the tests on trucks after he arrived. Canadian pacific color guide to freight and passenger equipment. As a freight car repairer, you will help keep union pacifics 108,000 freight cars in good working order. Apr 08, 2009 from the heritage fleet brown book published by the union pacific steam shop. Thompson this is the fourth volume in a series on southern pacific freight cars. During the early 1990s, the southern pacific railroads railcars were in need of repair and the railroad didnt have the money needed to revitalize the fleet so a deal was struck that involved selling the cars to greenbrier and then having gunderson rebuild the cars to be leased back to. Review of the models for rail freight car fleet management.
It illustrates how southern pacific and subsidiaries owned freight cars were painted and lettered over the years, as well as pmt trucking equipment used in tofc service and rail cars from whollyowned rail car leasing companies. It served on nwps northern california lines in the redwood empire between sausalito, tiburon, sonoma, santa rosa, willits, and eureka. Several books added to the researchbookspage, including southern pacific freight cars series, the postwar freight car fleet and others 7252009 added essential freight cars series listing to the prototyperesearch page, courtesy of richard brennan 7202009. Contents of freight cars journal compiled by john helberg. The most popular southern pacific n scale model train freight cars brands include wheels of time, atlas, fox valley models, trainworx inc, and micro trains line. After thinking about it for a day or two i think the best single book you can get on transition era freight cars to help your modeling might very well be the postwar freight car fleet. The 6464style box cars were an immediate success and remained in the lionel catalogue up until its final year of postwar production, 1969. The book contains an extensive array of rosters, photos and drawings of the major car classes, along with other material as available such as construction photos. Southern pacific lines coast line division the route of the. Union pacific excursion box car trains magazine trains. Freight cars box style freight cars 6464 series box car. Jan 27, 2020 after thinking about it for a day or two i think the best single book you can get on transition era freight cars to help your modeling might very well be the postwar freight car fleet. North american freight car designs from 1898 to 1947. In it is contained information about class designations, hardware details and numberings.
From the heritage fleet brown book published by the union pacific steam shop. Hobbylinc carries 109 southern pacific n scale model train freight cars at discounts up to 33%. Ferries lagunitas, ukiah, and sausalito carried narrowgauge freight cars across san francisco bay from sausalito to the dualgauge san francisco belt railroad. Up color guide to freight and passenger equipment lloyd stagner and robert j. The gn followed the general practice of railroads when it came to using types of equipment to haul freight. Steam era freight cars southern pacific 40 aar box cars. Cargo moving in boxcars, coal moving in hoppers, oils and liquids moving in tank cars and machinery or other big loads moving on flatcars were, and are longtime mainstays of railroads. Southern pacific 40 aar box cars david soderblom has created a file that contains a wealth of information about the sps 40 aar box car fleet. Steam era freight cars reference manual, volume one.
Southern pacific the photography of sp employee bill wolverton vol. The reference manual series is intended to provide modelers and researchers alike with a quick goto reference to identify major and sometimes not so major prototypes, including which roads had them, how many, along with other relevant details. Central vermont 19051995 grand trunk western railroad 1995present dwcdwp. The most popular western pacific model train freight cars brands include accurail, atlas, wheels of time, micro trains line, and bachmann. Every load has its own special problems, and sps 80,000 car freight fleet has the special cars to move any shipment swiftly and safely. It covers two car types, automobile cars and flat cars.