Dear List,

I recently acquired a SP Freight Conductor's Train Book from Jack Bowden and want to share it. The conductor's name could not be read from the cover, the location is on the S.P.'s Modoc Line mostly between Alturas and Wendel during 1938 and 1939. This is the line connecting S.P.'s Oregon operations to the Overland route at Fernley Nevada.

I scanned each page and put them in the photo section at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/STMFC/photos/album/650677275/pic/list

Enjoy

Larry Castle - Seattle

Dear List,

I recently acquired a SP Freight Conductor's Train Book from Jack Bowden and want to share it. The conductor's name could not be read from the cover, the location is on the S.P.'s Modoc Line mostly between Alturas and Wendel during 1938 and 1939. This is the line connecting S.P.'s Oregon operations to the Overland route at Fernley Nevada.

I scanned each page and put them in the photo section at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/STMFC/photos/album/650677275/pic/list

Enjoy

Larry Castle - Seattle

Neat stuff! Thanks for sharing.

At a quick glance: lots of home-road cars (SP/T&NO). Occasional eastern cars (DL&W/Erie as well as Penna/NYC/subsidiaries). The only two SAL cars I noticed were a 15000-series box ('24 ARA SS, class B-5) and SAL 301, which is I have no idea what. Not familiar with that number series and can't read the car type, which however is *not* "B". Three-digit numbers normally belonged to passenger cars.

Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla.


--- In STMFC@..., "sp1930s" <sp1930s@> wrote:

Dear List,

I recently acquired a SP Freight Conductor's Train Book from Jack Bowden and want to share it. The conductor's name could not be read from the cover, the location is on the S.P.'s Modoc Line mostly between Alturas and Wendel during 1938 and 1939. This is the line connecting S.P.'s Oregon operations to the Overland route at Fernley Nevada.

I scanned each page and put them in the photo section at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/STMFC/photos/album/650677275/pic/list

Enjoy

Larry Castle - Seattle

Al,

It looks like SAL 301 is listed as BAG, could it be a baggage car? Be nice to throw one into one of my 1930s SP Oregon freights.

To all who thanked me on and off line you are more then welcome. This is the first book of this type I have ever found and it is so interesting it had to be shared in a way others could use it also.

Larry Castle - Seattle



--- In STMFC@..., "al_brown03" <abrown@> wrote:

Neat stuff! Thanks for sharing.

At a quick glance: lots of home-road cars (SP/T&NO). Occasional eastern cars (DL&W/Erie as well as Penna/NYC/subsidiaries). The only two SAL cars I noticed were a 15000-series box ('24 ARA SS, class B-5) and SAL 301, which is I have no idea what. Not familiar with that number series and can't read the car type, which however is *not* "B". Three-digit numbers normally belonged to passenger cars.

Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla.


--- In STMFC@..., "sp1930s" <sp1930s@> wrote:

Dear List,

I recently acquired a SP Freight Conductor's Train Book from Jack Bowden and want to share it. The conductor's name could not be read from the cover, the location is on the S.P.'s Modoc Line mostly between Alturas and Wendel during 1938 and 1939. This is the line connecting S.P.'s Oregon operations to the Overland route at Fernley Nevada.

I scanned each page and put them in the photo section at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/STMFC/photos/album/650677275/pic/list

Enjoy

Larry Castle - Seattle

Al,

It looks like SAL 301 is listed as BAG, could it be a baggage car? Be nice to

To all who thanked me on and off line you are more then welcome. This is the

Larry Castle - Seattle

--- In STMFC@..., "al_brown03" <abrown@> wrote:

Neat stuff! Thanks for sharing.

At a quick glance: lots of home-road cars (SP/T&NO). Occasional eastern cars

Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla.

--- In STMFC@..., "sp1930s" <sp1930s@> wrote:

Dear List,

I recently acquired a SP Freight Conductor's Train Book from Jack Bowden

I scanned each page and put them in the photo section at:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/STMFC/photos/album/650677275/pic/list

Enjoy

Larry Castle - Seattle

Al, I can't speak to 1938-9 right now, but when I prepared for my clinic and
article [ will it ever appear? ] on the C&NW/UP/SP Fast Mail in 1953 I
discovered that a rather significant number of foreign cars...baggage,
express, and frt...operated on this train. Cars might be carrying anything
from dead bodies to newspapers. One interesting aspect is that it was common
for a car to travel from one large eastern city...like NYC...to San
Francisco without opening the car [ hopefully one with newspapers ].

I'll take a look and see what cars from southern locations might be
traveling on the Overland Route.

Mike Brock

What about that ACL combine #666, travelling mysteriously back and forth
between the Rocky Flats and the Savannah River nuclear facilities... Any
record of that car on the Overland route?

In what train?

Mike Brock

What about that ACL combine #666, travelling mysteriously back and forth

between the Rocky Flats and the Savannah River nuclear facilities... Any

record of that car on the Overland route?

In what train?

Mike Brock

What about that ACL combine #666, travelling mysteriously back and forth between the Rocky Flats and the Savannah River nuclear facilities... Any record of that car on the Overland route?