Western Roads Wednesday

3759 leads The Chief eastbound.

Here’s some “Uncle Pete” power

Here is a SF FP45 on display at the Barstow, CA Amtrak Station.  This station used to be the old SF station and Harvey House.  NH Joe

Calgary 07/79:

Rusty

Here is my Post War Super ”O” 2291W set on my Super O 48 Club layout that I received for my first Christmas in 1958. The 2379 Rio Grande F3AB is a beauty along with its 3 operating cars. It really is the Dream Liner of the Western Roads, as advertised.  

Fueling 'em up.

I custom painted and added TMCC to this lionel GP9  in mid 1990's. She has been a favorite ever since!

D&RGW 100 was nicknamed Burnham's pampered pet  Burnham was D&RGW's Denver loco shop and this switcher spent most of her career in Denver area. I custom painted in the mid 1990's  I will paint handrails black soon

ATSF 2903 leaves the service area to be assigned to a westbound passenger train.

Rusty

General merchandise train headed east with Southern Pacific power.

Here are some photos of the G&O.  NH Joe

An O gauge SP intermodal train.

A G gauge UP Challenger leads a passenger train.

A G gauge South Pacific Coast 4th of July special passenger train is shown below.  The South Pacific Coast was a narrow gauge railroad that was built from my hometown, Alameda, CA, on San Francisco Bay to Santa Cruz, CA on the Pacific Coast. There were, and still are, huge forests of redwood trees in the coastal mountains surrounding Santa Cruz.  The railroad was built to haul lumber from the forest to San Francisco Bay.

The South Pacific Coast was taken over by the Central Pacific Railroad (eventually Southern Pacific) in the late 1800s and converted to standard gauge.  Portions of the South Pacific Coast route are operated today by the Union Pacific.

A CA mining camp located just below the upper Norris Falls bridge.  Note the CA bear fishing in Norris Falls.

A WP narrow gauge train photographed in the Enchanted Forest, CA.

Some of the Enchanted Forest residents are waiting for the train.

Here’s a manifest of AHM, All Nations and a old Vintage Atlas O.

Northern #2903 heads west on the point of The Chief while a GFX train, lead by ABBA F3 #200, brings strawberries east.

Here’s some for this fine Wednesday

Rusty

Two major western roads for this fine Wednesday.

The Super Chief, led by a Lionel post war F-3 Diesel, cruises past the harbor at night after a light snowfall.

Riding turntable at Ellison on CONUS Lines.

Competitors meet at Mid-Grade on CONUS Lines.

Well fellows I have not posted to this thread before, but its a slow and rainy day here in Savannah, so I thought I might humbly add a few archive pictures for your view.

Here is the Marx 6000. Southern Pacific F-3 ready to move its freight up the line.

Below, the Marx 21, ATSF F-3 AA system likewise, ready to move out on a freight assignment.

Handling local work, is the Marx 1988, ATSF Alco S-3 switcher.

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Finally, for a touch of reality, a BNSF double stack train hauls a-- through Crawford, Texas

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Well best wishes for a mid-week post

Don

SP PAs lead the Golden State westbound.

Meanwhile a SP AC9 leads PFE refrigerator cars eastward.

It's Wednesday and The Super Chief heads west towards Los Angeles lead by ABBA F3s.

A train full of fresh fruit heads east towards Chicago, lead by a 5011 class Texas.

Hudson 3460, the "Blue Goose", leads The Chief east towards Chicago.

Here’s a few of my favorite Western Rolling Stock I’ve Custom built

here’s a few

Ok guys I know you have different shots of your “Western” railroad’s so let’s see them. Here’s a Lionel FA I finished this weekend.

Hello Folks, I don't usually post to this thread, but I have been catching up with the pictures from as far back as May and really enjoying what everyone has submitted.  So here goes with a few of mine.

Here is my Kline S-2 Santa Fe switcher getting ready for her next assignment.

OK...just how far "west" do you want to go Here is a Japanese bullet train getting ready to depart.

Here is the S-2 again on the point of a short freight.

Finally from the early days of MPC, here is a Lionel NP box car from 1971-72

Best wishes

Don

ATSF DL109 firing up for it's next assignment.

Well for this Wednesday I have to show off my new toy.

Santa Fe all the way!

Hi everyone...here it is "hump" day...Wednesday already.  My week is traveling fast...so today I thought I would post a pretty simple Lionel outfit but it does represent the Denver and Rio Grande.

The engine is a Lionel #8903  made by Lionel MPC from 1979-81.  The caboose, #9007,  was first made somewhat earlier, 1976  but was available until 1983 and then from 1984-91 as an uncatalogued car.  This was part of a set called..."Black River" freight.

Happy Wednesday everyone... remember only 2 more days till Friday! 

Don

Some Southern Pacific action today, as the SP is using some trackage rights over the ATSF.

Here's a photo of WP 485 GS-66-77 pulling TideWater Southern, Sacramento Northern, and WP P.F.E. with caboose. Working on video, try and post tonight.

I’m telling you, Lee, that same guy getting into your UP tractor is moonlighting at my Sunoco facility. He doesn’t even change his clothes!

GGD El Capitan headed up by Lionel F3's

Here's a video for Western Roads Wednesday. Southern Pacific Daylight pulled by a GS-2 #4415 and Western Pacific freight pulled by a GS-66-77 #485.

@Artie-DL&W posted:

I’m telling you, Lee, that same guy getting into your UP tractor is moonlighting at my Sunoco facility. He doesn’t even change his clothes!

I think your right Artie. Hope he don’t get caught. That’s a nice pic too.

Here's a photo of all the Legacy "Western Railroads" that Union Pacific Merged/Purchased over the years, all in one photo. Obviously, these are the real SD70Ace locomotives posing! I meant to post this yesterday!

Well everyone, here it is a Wednesday again...celebrating the middle of the week with great pictures and trains.  What could be better !  Here is my contribution today.  A relatively early MPC Lionel boxcar from 1974.  It is the #9713 Western Pacific boxcar with the silver feather.  I was unpacking some storage cases yesterday and came upon this fellow, safely tucked away likely for several years.  He is colorful and comes from the early years of Lionel licensing its train production.

Here is the full side view.

Here is a slight quarter view, giving a better look at the WP herald.

Here is the famous WP "feather" this time in silver.

Best wishes for Wednesday!  Have a good week.

Don

Oh No!  my fat fingered post above resulted in a typo.  The car number is 9723 NOT 9713 that is a typo

Don