You're right. One big stack in the middle of a bolted hatch is a slightly better indication of turbocharging. FWIW, my June and July 2007 RMJ arrived in the...
If it's turbocharged, it's a GP20; take everything in RMJ with a grain of salt. The editor probably thought the four stack exhaust was a roots blower (which...
I was going to say that the whine is another good clue to the presence of a turbocharger, but unfortunately the photos in RMJ don't whine, only the anguished...
You are correct and if the RMJ article says otherwise it is in error. Gordon Mott ... From: JOE ALTNETHER To: MOPAC@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, August 01,...
Speaking of GP18s, I have been wanting to model a couple of the units that remained active circa 1984. If anyone has GP18 pics taken during this time frame or...
Back in the late 1970's I came across MP's Russell snow plow at Hoisington, Kansas (it was later move to Illinois after a snow storm). I came across my...
How useful would Trackside around St. Louis 1952-1959 http://www.morningsunbooks.com/midwestcat2.html be to a circa ~1952 modeler? Is there a good variety...
On August 24, 1968, Winthrop Rockefeller's campaign organization operated what was the last big political special train in Arkansas before Amtrak. I believe...
In a message dated 8/4/2007 10:35:06 AM Central Daylight Time, ... photographer wrote down a consist. Greg [Non-text portions of this message have been...
What was the extent of the operation of MOPAC in New Braunfels...I do not remember when they closed up the depot. I remember early on in life the deopt having...
I am trying to find the following article from an out-of-print issue of the Eagle: "Early MoPac Railway History & Locomotives 1852-1881," Vol. 9, No. 4, Winter...
Thanks to passenger train historian John Mills, who also rode this political special on August 24, 1968, the consist of this 21-car train is now available. CEI...
I will join the other comments about the high quality of the work done on the MP Steel Baggage-Express cars. The extent of the photos, from construction to the...
FYI: The MPHS Archives will be open on its' regularly-scheduled date of Aug 11, 2007...from 9:30 am to 12 pm. I will be busy this date, getting the car ready...
UP has taken down the engine shop at Avondale, LA. The shop was built after WWII and was the WestBank home for the TPMPTRRNO, TP, MP and finally UP. Drawings...
Hello, I have just joined the group. I hope it's okay to start with a question about a picture that I took. This is the Republican National Convention train...
Well, if you took it you will know this, but on the off chance anybody doesn't recognize the site, it is Dallas Union Terminal. The train is westbound...
Ron, thanks for the quick response. I wish I had a shot of the whole train. There's a completely underexposed frame on the roll just before, which looks like...
I don't know the route of this train, but I would say that in 1984 it was very likely that when UP got it, it would have been at a former MP yard so even if...
Wonderful consist list on the 1968 Rockefeller campaign train. A question : What happened to cars MP 486 and MP 488, both ex: Maine Central cars? Thanks. Ron...
Overview note: 481-486 were 72 seat coaches (or were after the MoP got hold of them, I don't know about before) and 487-488 were coaches with 56 seats and a...
Hello, I am looking for information on the MP and the St Joseph Belt RR in St Joseph Mo. I am trying to locate maps, track diagrams, photos, or any other info...
West of Fort Worth, and east of El Paso, what was the biggest, most industrial (i.e. railroad infrastructure-intensive) city on the T&P line? More or less,...
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