( Lloyd edited the first Morning Sun volumes of the AT&SF and UP Color Guides. )
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NEWTON, Kan. - Lloyd Stagner, author of several books and eight TRAINS features between 1972 and 1989, died late Friday following a heart attack. He was 84.

Though he first hired out with Union Pacific, Stagner spent most of his career working for the Santa Fe as a station agent in Kansas and Oklahoma. He retired as Santa Fe's Dodge City, Kan., agent.

Stagner was best known as a fan of the Santa Fe and of steam locomotives; his book titles included North American Hudson and Steam Finale in Kansas, both published in the late-1980s by South Platte Press. But his love of railroading spread across the continent and included diesels as well as steam.

After retiring, Stagner volunteered at the Great Plains Transportation Museum in Wichita, Kan., and belonged to railroad history groups including the National Railway Historical Society and the Lexington Group.

Stagner is survived by his wife, Marilyn, three children, and three grandchildren. His son Murray is a corridor manager with BNSF Railway in Fort Worth, Texas.

On Jan 22, 2008, at 12:41 PM, timboconnor@... wrote:

( Lloyd edited the first Morning Sun volumes of the AT&SF and UP
Color Guides. )
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NEWTON, Kan. - Lloyd Stagner, author of several books and eight
TRAINS features between 1972 and 1989, died late Friday following a
heart attack. He was 84.

Thanks for calling our attention to this, Tim. Lloyd was an old-school
gentleman whose knowledge was prodigious and who was always happy to
share what he knew. Santa Fe modelers and historians will miss him; I
know I will.

Richard Hendrickson

How modest. "Several books."
A quick search on bookfinder.com reveals 26. That probably is incomplete.
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J. Stephen (Steve) Sandifer
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Home: 12027 Mulholland Dr., Meadows Place, TX 77477, 281-568-9918
Office: Southwest Central Church of Christ, 4011 W. Bellfort, Houston, TX
77025, 713-667-9417
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Steve,



From the article in the Wichita Eagle (
http://www.kansas.com/news/story/286709.html
<http://www.kansas.com/news/story/286709.html> )



Mr. Stagner was working on his 32nd book [emphasis added] about trains
when he suffered a heart attack at his Newton home Jan. 11. He died late
Friday at Via Christi Regional Medical Center-St. Francis Campus at the
age of 84.

"He was a very prolific author and very highly regarded," said Gale
Meek, who served with Mr. Stagner on the Great Plains Transportation
Museum's board of directors. "He researched things carefully. He didn't
write about things he didn't know about."



He will be missed.



Regards,



-Jeff





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From: STMFC@... [mailto:STMFC@...] On Behalf Of
Steve Sandifer
Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 3:25 PM
To: STMFC@...
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How modest. "Several books."
A quick search on bookfinder.com reveals 26. That probably is
incomplete.
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J. Stephen (Steve) Sandifer
mailto:steve.sandifer@...
<mailto:steve.sandifer%40sbcglobal.net>
Home: 12027 Mulholland Dr., Meadows Place, TX 77477, 281-568-9918
Office: Southwest Central Church of Christ, 4011 W. Bellfort, Houston,
TX
77025, 713-667-9417
Personal: http://www.geocities.com/stevesandifer2000/index
<http://www.geocities.com/stevesandifer2000/index>
Church: http://www.swcentral.org <http://www.swcentral.org>

Noble words by all regarding Lloyd Stagner and well deserved.

If staff from Trains read this list, please note that articles like those by
Stagner are what keep some of us on board as subscribers.

Rufus Cone

"Aley, Jeff A" wrote: