This morning, right after sunrise, I went down to the old Sunset Route. On the west end of town is a small yard used to store cars, the typical UP local was switching cars with a pair of GP40-2’s for power (I have posted pictures of the locos on here […]

So here it is, New Years day, no layout yet, and I have detailed 3 locos, and just got a pair of SD40-T2’s…time for some locos…
time for some locos….

I went down to the old SP main into Phoenix on Saturday wife and kids in tow. I got to watch Union Pacific 844 pull up for a stop in Coolidge, short of where I was standing. The girls and wife were all bored, so I left before watching her […]
I feel like a traitor…..BUT IT IS STEAM!!!

Sorry for the bad picture, but here are a pair of SP 4 axle units with nose lights ….time for bed
4 axle power…
puttied the nose, easy, touch up paint,easy, adding BLMA’s great, well designed cab sunshades….hell. Craig Martin did a great job with these, I did not….pic’s to come of the GP35 after renumbering….
new level of hell…
So I got a new domain, http://Sopacincg.com The current URL of http://sopacincg.backpackersflorence.com will still work March, so don’t worry about it failing soon. I have successfully converted the WordPress blog over to the new domain, I have gone through the database and all images are now resolving correctly. I have […]






