I realized that I was about 35 miles away from the Apache Railway, an all ALCO short line. I have wanted to shoot it. Drove out to the middle of nowhere and I came across the sign, turned on to their road and got to a locked gate half a […]
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….
Nothing but a piece of plywood and cheap Wally World acrylic paint….she is still working on it, this is for the 1980’s layout
My daughter started working on a backdrop
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 […]
