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The Last of the SP mixed train - Pacific Lines
Author: SP5103
Date: 09-17-2014 - 11:33

The last true mixed train (freight with passenger accommodations on a schedule) that I have found so far on SP proper - Pacific Lines seems to have been the Lordsburg to Clifton mixed which is claimed to have run until 1967. I don't recall ever seeing a photo and can't get anything to come up on the internet - will have to see if I have the right book by Myrick.

The Dawson Branch lost most of its traffic when the mines closed in 1950. Wasn't that when SP dropped coal as locomotive fuel? The 1953 public timetable still shows a mixed train Tucumcari to French and return on Tue/Thu/Sat, but I can't imagine it lasted much longer. I'm not sure when the Mina mixed ended, but 1950s sounds about right.

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  Last of the SP mixed trains SP5103 09-16-2014 - 10:57
  Re: Last of the SP mixed trains Espee99 09-16-2014 - 11:37
  Re: Last of the SP mixed trains AZebra 09-16-2014 - 11:53
  Re: Last of the SP mixed trains SP5103 09-16-2014 - 12:18
  Re: Last of the SP mixed trains Rich Hunn 09-16-2014 - 13:34
  Re: Last of the SP mixed trains Al Stangenberger 09-16-2014 - 13:49
  Re: Last of the SP mixed trains Chas 09-16-2014 - 17:25
  Re: Last of the SP mixed trains Argonaut 09-16-2014 - 19:45
  Re: Last of the SP mixed trains George Andrews 09-16-2014 - 20:12
  The Last of the SP mixed train - Pacific Lines SP5103 09-17-2014 - 11:33
  Re: The Last of the SP mixed train - Pacific Lines SP4460 09-17-2014 - 16:00
  Re: The Last of the SP mixed train - Pacific Lines Argonaut 09-17-2014 - 17:49
  Re: The Last of the SP mixed train - Pacific Lines SP5103 09-18-2014 - 10:12
  Re: The Last of the SP mixed train - Pacific Lines Chas 09-17-2014 - 23:32


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