Nice catch! One slight correction though; SP 1, and the MoPac short body cabooses that inspired it, were not transfer cabooses. They were...
Yes, the top light is a Pyle-National Gyralite, a model 17540 - http://trainweb.org/gyra/specs/17540.htm The one immediately below is also a...
ex-New Haven, IIRC. I was railfanning the property when they first arrived, and a UP conductor I know that was on the crew delivering them...
In HO scale, Hi-Tech Details has them covered; part HTD-5014 are new cab faces (to be used with Cannon & Co. cab kits) for the modified L-windows,...
Dunno about why they wouldn't retrofit A/C, especially considering some of the areas they operated in, as you guys have pointed out. Only other...
SP started removing the red and dual Gyralights from their power in the mid-80s, around the time of the SPSF debacle; the popular theory is that...
SP's SD45Rs, which were numbered 7400-7566, were rebuilt by SP in the 80s, and had full light packages front and rear (with the exception of the...
Awesome trip...thanks for sharing!
That's a pretty tall order, but generally any of the roads that were in existence during your timeframe could be represented, along with any...
Short answer, yes; PFE did have a group of 85' flats. http://www.railgoat.railfan.net/spcars/byclass/flat/f070-17.htm
You're right, the GP15s and AC's used the same arrangement. Had SP on the brain and forgot about those other models. :D
AFAIK, they used the standard EMD 48" 8-blade fan and motor, with the main difference when you peek inside the hood access doors. Instead of a...
Rough timeframe would be the mid-1960s; Volume 1 of the SP Color Guide has numerous company shots of trailers in that scheme dated "mid-1960s"....
Depending on your exact timeframe, likely a mix of both, Stefano. I don't have my Espee freight car books in front of me, but a fleet...
Are these the cars you're looking for info on? Athearn If that's the case, they're actually gondolas; hoppers have bottom discharge gates for...
In the rear of the carbody would be a good option. You'd have to remove some of the rear weight, but there should be plenty of room, and the...
"Modern" beer can tanks (8k gallon range) started appearing in the late 1960s, IIRC. As for their use, it depends on the design. Some were built...
Bummer. Nice to see the Speed Lettering last as long as it did, but I don't blame the current owner for wanting its name represented, not a...
As far as applications on new locomotives, I dunno; I'd presume with the requirements and desire to standarduze, they'd have to go with the K5LLA,...
AFAIK those were the last new hoppers they bought.
