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WPLives 6th Aug 2024		Magazine Model Railroader	On the Cover: A Southern Pacific passenger train winds its way through Tehachapi at the La Mesa Model Railroad Club. Tom Danneman photo
WPLives 4th Aug 2024		Book Henry E. Bender Jr. - Southern Pacific Lines Standard Design Depots	History and design of standard SP depot structures.
WPLives 17th Jul 2024		Book Don Strack - Diesels Of The Union Pacific 1934-1982	The first volume of the most complete roster/pictorial book published to date about Union Pacific's diesel locomotive fleet. This two-volume set covers builder's data and dispositions for each unit in UP's diesel-electric and turbine locomotives, as well as a varied selection of photographs detailing each model, from the early Pullman articulated trains and early EMC E units and giant GE-built gas turbines to the varied EMD SD40-2 fleet that moved transcontinental freight into the 1980s. This book has 224 pages; 308 black and white photographs; abbreviated bibliography; 14-page 1934-1982 timeline of Union Pacific diesel locomotives; four-page summary of road numbers, with years in service; four-page summary of locomotive model quantities; 40-page history of Union Pacific dieselization; 153-page unit-by-unit roster of Union Pacific diesel and turbine locomotives numbered from 1 to 999. (ISBN 1-881411-24-9) Volume I covers from steam turbines 1 and 2 to EMD E7A number 999. Volume II covers from EMC NW2 number 1000 to GE 44-ton 903999.
WPLives 17th Jul 2024		Live Music Cream @ Oakland Coliseum Arena	One of my first concerts as I was only 15 years old at the time. Probably my first concert...
WPLives 15th Jul 2024		Book Diesel Era Magazine - Union Pacific's Big EMDs	After testing EMD’s GP35-DD35-DD35-GP35 demonstrator set, Union Pacific was so pleased with the design that it almost immediately ordered an additional 25 DD35s and 22 matching GP35s, which were delivered between May and August 1964. These joined the four-unit demonstrator set previously acquired by the carrier. As with UP’S earlier experiences with cabless booster units, the lack of flexibility of these massive, mainline-only units soon became apparent, and a planned follow-on order for 15 units was changed from booster units to 15 units with fully equipped cabs – the DDA35 was born. The Centennials were the final example of Union Pacific’s search for the ideal locomotive. While the road pursued a study of its motive power needs in late 1967 and early 1968, UP in March 1968 tried, as a stopgap measure, using EMD’s SD45 model as a high-horsepower, high-speed locomotive, but with limited success. UP returned to the concept of double-engine locomotives and in a collaboration between the railroad and EMD, the DDA40X came to life. Within 13 months of an initial March 1968 communication, the railroad and the builder had worked out a definitive design, and the first unit was delivered. The timing of the first unit coincided with the 100th anniversary of the May 10, 1869, ceremony marking the driving of the Golden Spike at Promontory Summit, Utah – the DDA40X quickly became known as the Centennial. It was numbered 6900, and 46 more examples arrived over the next 28 months. This 128-page, 8-1/2x11-inch vertical-format perfect-bound (softcover) book covers these monsters with more than 130 black-and-white and 170 color photos, as well as diagrams.