Re: For the folks on AP who like trains just as much as they like old airplanes....
Author: WebbJackson
Date: 10-15-2024 - 16:17
92614P Wrote:
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> BOB2 Wrote:
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> > When railroading was still a great job...
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> > NWP, best footage yet...
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> > Charles Smiley-NWP-You Tube
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> Questions: Where they come out of a tunnel through
> a mountain on to a metal frame trestle, does that
> scene still exist intact?
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> ...and is that the "Dirty Harry" wood frame
> trestle I spy!?
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> That SP RDC, is that the same one that group was
> trying to save (with the flood damage) for a
> cosmetic restore awhile back?
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> Grand footage! Thanks, #7!
That is indeed SPfrankenRDC10
"Former Southern Pacific Budd rail diesel car SP-10 on a flat car in Texas on Nov. 17.
RDC SP-10 Facebook page
GALVESTON, Texas —Somewhere in the West this Thanksgiving, there is a Southern Pacific Budd rail diesel car on its way home.
RDC SP-10 began the long journey from the Galveston Railroad Museum back to its Northern California stomping grounds in late November to become part of a yet-to-be built complex for the Southern Pacific Railroad History Center.
The history center intends to cosmetically restore the Budd Car and make it the centerpiece of a new exhibit hall and archive space it intends to build in Rockland, Calif., by 2019. The group estimates that the car’s restoration will cost $85,000."
The "new exhibit hall" is DOA.
SP-10, meet the scrap yard bid.
Site identified for Southern Pacific Railroad History Center
By Trains Staff | June 27, 2022 | Last updated on February 26, 2024
Location near former SP mainline would replace original site eliminated because of soil contamination
ROCKLIN, Calif. — A group seeking to preserve and promote the history of the Southern Pacific Railroad has a identified a site for a proposed museum and archives.
The Gold Country Media website reports the proposed Southern Pacific Rail History Center has identified a 7.6-acre site in Rocklin and plans to make an offer on the property once its capital campaign has sufficient funds, according to Scott Inman, CEO of the non-profit organization of the same name.
The center was originally planned for land to be leased from Union Pacific at a former roundhouse site in downtown Rocklin, but soil contamination rendered that site unusable. The new location is on Rocklin’s western edge, at the intersection of State Route 65 and Sunset Boulevard, adjacent to SP’s former Los Angeles-Portland main line.
Plans include an auditorium, museum, rolling-stock displays, exhibits, and interpretive displays.
More information on the organization, including how to donate to the project, is available at the History Center website.