This Santa Fe caboose photo was taken by my friend and fellow conductor Steve Phares. It was taken in the mid to late 1960's. Note the marker lights and the wire running towards the door. Steve said that the conductor would bring them to work and hang them. They were not standard Santa fe equipment. Also note the smoke coming out of the vent on the roof, on this cold California day.
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Turbo Sauger
This is the Turbosauger vacuum device. It works on Dcc. The dirt in the chamber is one trip around a 265 foot mainline about once every 2 months. Note the brush to help pick up loose ballast etc. It is pulled around the layout with a locomotive. It is also easily cleaned out, just remove the elbow and dump the chamber.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Cereal Food Processors
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Friday, October 2, 2009
Monday, September 28, 2009
New Roundhouse
The new roundhouse on the Santa Fe Pacific. This is a photo of the roundhouse located near the layout. It is a diorama to display equipment and store unused locomotives. Most modelers have more locomotives then areas to store then in, so I thought it will be neat to see some of the detailed locomotives up close. The scratch built roundhouse is modeled after the roundhouse located in Bakersfield, California. The roundhouse was a regular stop, whenever our family visited my aunt and uncle and there family. The side close to the loco is similar to the actual roundhouse. The ATSF tore down some of the stalls and replaced it with 4x8 sheets of plywood. The photo on the left is an actual picture of the rounhouse taken by Steve Schomilinger. Note the Santa Fe herald and the plywood side in the photo. This is how I rember the roundhouse and I probably have photos taken around the same time period.
Thursday, September 17, 2009
OH Kruse grain & milling
This is the OH Kruse grain and milling structure. It is located on the Rio Grande mainline. The structure is based on an actual structure that was in El Monte California. It was built with various Evergreen plastics and Walthers details. PVC plastic plumbing pipe was also used. The model was weathered with acrylics.
Thursday, September 10, 2009
CP Division
This is the newest addition to the SFP. The storage yard pictured does not connect with the rest of the railroad. The large grain facility was scratchbuilt using PVC pipe. The signal in the picture is the west limits of CP Division and is the last location visible on the mainline. If you enlarge the photograph, you will notice the "A" on the signal mast. This was common to prototype installations in 1979. It signified the absolute stop at that signal.
Track Warrant form
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Old Mill Feed & Seed
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Staging yard panel
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
DRGW Jct.
Thursday, August 20, 2009
West Green River Yard
Monday, August 17, 2009
Op Session
Top photo shows Ken Williams and Paul Daniele making a setout at green River Yard through the Wasatch Tower interlocking. Bottom photo shows Winston Garth and Bill Andrew switch the Budweiser brewery complex on the Santa Fe Pacific. The op-session on this day used a simplified form of Track warrant control, which seemed to work fairly well.
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Federal Cold Storage
The Federal Cold Storage industry is a kitbashed Walthers kit. It is an example of the larger industry buildings on the Santa fe Pacific. The structure is only 3" deep, but represents a much larger building. The concept is the building could actually hold the products being loaded into the refrigerator cars.
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Battlecreek and Canyon Wash Bridge overview
Monday, August 10, 2009
Sunday, August 9, 2009
Canyon Wash Bridge
The Canyon Wash Bridge area is located between CP Slater and CP Canyon. The bridge is a kitbashed Central Valley kit. The 9224 is a Athern SD45T-2. The custom mars light feature was built by Hans Loeher. The caboose built by Mike Osborne is also a Athern Model. It was upgraded with new windows and cushioning device on coupler. The SD26 is a Atlas model.
Saturday, August 8, 2009
Fisher Body plant at Green River
Friday, August 7, 2009
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
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