August 13, 1965, the Pacific Electric merged into the Southern Pacific Railroad

54 years ago today


And due to track work on other lines, the Southern Pacific ran a few freights through Playa Desnuda. It was a rare treat to see an old U30C in the consist. They would all be gone by 1985

It’s 1970something….




The wife is on a 5 day trip to California, and with Playa Desnuda being set in the 1950’s, it feels odd to run my Southern Pacific locos on it. I looked at my “scrap” lumber and track, and decided to build a small four foot long layout especially for […]

When the wife’s away…