Does anyone remember or have NMRA Bulletin, April 1984 that contained an article "The Kitbashed Consolidation" on page 42? ( 2-8-0, "ADAMS, MIKE", KITBASH,...
Hi. Perhaps a strange enquiry but I'm interested in the Mopac RS11s and wonder what they were commonly used for. Could anyone tell me if they were used in...
Hi Don, I have track diagrams from 1979 that I can email if you can receive large files. Thought I got them from the group files area but I just looked and...
Although I am not speaking with authority, it seems that the RS11s were used as any other equivalent diesels (e.g. GP18s). I have seen photos of them on the...
one also might note that these were last units delivered in the Eagle Blue and gray in 1959 ?befor the repaint into jenks blue. Bill Basden ... From:...
Dick you may be right for EMD units,but I have read in one of the mopac books about the Alco's as being the last in B&G, But the author could have meant last...
The first trip of the fabled City of Mexico, weekly deluxe service between St. Louis and Mexico City, departed St. Louis Union Station at 530pm Sunday July 4,...
... Bill, The RS-11s were the last Alco units delivered in Eagle paint. Delivery was in October and November 1959 for units 4601-4612. GP18s 4801-4826 were the...
... While I can't recall the source I read the RS-11s where bought to haul heavy mineral unit trains out of Pea Ridge Missouri. I 've seen photos of them on...
Bill or Jerry or anyone else, Is there any record of which class of locomotives pulled this train? I know that the 5335 class of heavy Mountains were normally...
Well, I found part of the answer to my question by referring to Joe Collias' book "MoPac Power". The 5321 class were not built until 1939 and 1940 at which...
Bill, That is a good question, but I don't have the answer. Considering that this was a once-weekly schedule, and that the time savings was achieved mainly be...
Bill, I agree with another chap, this "City of Mexico" no doubt the ONLY MP all-Pullman train, ever.. Now I have just gone through the MPL Public TimeTables...
The May 1956 MP Magazine carries an article about the scrapping of stored locomotives 151, 173 and 5344 at North Little Rock earlier in 1956, suggesting that...
EuDaly's book indicates a built date of 1959 for the Alco's and 1960 of the forst order of GP-18s. Based on that, I'd say Dick is most likely correct. Jerry...
Bill, It's hard to come by these records unless you have an engineer's timebook or some other sort of paper document. I would speculate that pacifics were ...
Before we conclusively say that the City of Mexico was Mopac's only all-Pullman train, more research needs to be done in the 1890-1910 time period. I don't...
Hmmm, You might be correct. I wonder if the Scenic Limited was all Pullman? I know it was the first all steel train. That would be 1915 for the inaugural...
The Scenic Limited and Sunshine both started out carrying coaches or chair cars. I believe that the other all-Pullman examples will be well before 1915, and...
From what I understand, most of the GP18s were being retired in the early 1980s--or at least placed in storage. But I've also heard that they were still...
Jason, I remember them being lined up with the stacks capped in Fort Worth for several years. Then one day I was in Dallas and saw a string of about 20 of them...
Jeorg, Here is an excellent analysis from Charlie DeVillbiss, who actually ran one of these things. I can at least say that I rode one! The GE drawing will...
Charlie, What flyer did you see the MPHS Drover/LCL Cabooses listed in? Did it state when the cabooses would be " For Sale? " Any additional info would be...
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