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The LA&I was acquired by Southern Pacific interests in 1877. It was later leased to the Central Pacific in 1885 and became another cog in the great Octopus. By the turn of the century there wasn't any equipment lettered for it. The railroad had two locomotives. #1 Los Angeles 4-4-0 Danforth & Cooke ...

UP operated different fleets for the Utah and Laramie Divisions. Laramie-Caboose-1-1868-A-Hull.JPG Here it is with some company in Laramie, WY. UP-Laramie-Cabooses-1868.JPG In a photo of the Laramie shops taken by A. J. Russell, the end of one of these cars can be clearly seen. UP-Caboose-Laramie-Di...

Part 2 in my on-going "Union Pacific Early Equipment Nagstravaganza" in an attempt to convince Curtis to modify his rolling stock in Trainz into slightly more accurate representations. Also known as: Doesn't this look sorta familiar? :mrgreen: UP-Caboose-10-Devils-Gate-Bridge.jpg These early UP cars...

Interestingly enough, in the view of the Laramie shops, the frame of one of these short cars was being assembled in the foreground. UP-Shot-Flat-Frame-Laramie-Shops-AJ-Russell.jpg The sill closest to the photographer is the outside sill, showing the characteristic rounded end used on captured sill c...

I've been nagging Curtis about making a few minor adjustments to some of his early rolling stock into slightly more accurate representations. The first two cars I've been researching are the 30' flat cars used in the 1860s and later. I have been unable to find much in the way of early UP freight car...

Brian, I believe SP #501 and #505 became NCNG #419 and #421, though I have no idea which is which. A photo of #421 is in the gallery . #419 spent the later years with an excavator loaded on top. behind the Glenbrook in the Grass Valley yard. SP #143 remained lettered SP #143 for a time and shows up ...

We don't have a page up for Magor yet, but it is on the horizon. I recently picked up a roll of WWI era linen drawings from Magor. Many of these were built for Russia and appear to be trench railway related. A few other drawings feature cane cars for export in Standard Gauge, 36" gauge and 750mm. On...

Brian, Thank you for the information on the T-boiler. I'd been curious what was left for many years now. It's a shame someone didn't save what was left. I live near Lake Spaulding where it worked for PG&E during construction of the dam. If anything remains it might be nice to bring it back to Nevada...

The planned software change is still on hold. I did however finally fix the template on the current software so it matches the new site styling.

Now to get the forum template fixed...

For the past few days I've been working on revising the history we have posted on the Johnson - Pollock. So far this hasn't been much of a challenge, the page has about a paragraph total on it. There is a lot of confusion surround this railroad and others located nearby. The Jackson & Pollock Lumber...