Month: January 2025

Diesel Prototypes Southern Pacific

Southern Pacific SD7 Part 2

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The Electromotive Division (EMD) of General Motors (GM) Engineering Project Number 15990 completed the first model SD7 locomotive on 3, May 1951. This locomotive was painted in a vibrant EMD designed paint scheme, numbered (EMDX) 990, and went on a demonstration tour. The Southern Pacific purchased this locomotive on 10. October 1952 (order P-1020) and was rebuilt by EMD (rebuild order 7512). It left EMD the next day after an extensive overhaul. Southern Pacific put…

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Southern Pacific

Modeling The Southern Pacific Coast Division – Part 1: Era and Location

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While it can be fun to have all sorts of locomotives on your layout (or your collection), the path to realism is to model what was common, ordinary, rather than the odd or unusual. I model the Southern Pacific Coast Line in 1953. Why the Coast Line? Well, this is the route of “The Most Beautiful Train in the World,” Southern Pacific’s Daylight. And why 1953? Well, in 1955, Southern Pacific’s gorgeous GS-4 and GS-5…

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