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Steam & Excursion > Union Pacific Excursion March 14, 1954 - Sponsor?Date: 11/14/18 13:10 Union Pacific Excursion March 14, 1954 - Sponsor? Author: Scrise Can anyone supply the name of the group or groups that sponsered an excursion on the Union Pacific Railroad between Los Angeles and San Bernardino on March 14th, 1954?
I only know that it was not a Pacific Railroad Society excursion. I'm guessing that it was an R&LHS excursion but would like varification on this. Thanks! Steve Crise Date: 11/14/18 15:04 Re: Union Pacific Excursion March 14, 1954 - Sponsor? Author: wattslocal LA R&LHS for sure. Saw it in East LA,
Watts local Date: 11/14/18 16:32 Re: Union Pacific Excursion March 14, 1954 - Sponsor? Author: shortlineboss Any idea who the people were?
Mike Root Madras, OR Date: 11/14/18 16:47 Re: Union Pacific Excursion March 14, 1954 - Sponsor? Author: IC_2024 Sharp group and femme fatale engr ready to highball!! What more could you want ?!? Lol
Date: 11/14/18 18:19 Re: Union Pacific Excursion March 14, 1954 - Sponsor? Author: RuleG IC_2024 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Sharp group and femme fatale engr ready to > highball!! What more could you want ?!? Lol Railfan bachelors would probably like a date with her after the excursion! Date: 11/15/18 07:15 Re: Union Pacific Excursion March 14, 1954 - Sponsor? Author: utwazoo Walt Thrall was the hogger for the trip. I don't think he's in the photo though.
Date: 11/15/18 12:09 Re: Union Pacific Excursion March 14, 1954 - Sponsor? Author: IC_2024 RuleG Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > IC_2024 Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Sharp group and femme fatale engr ready to > > highball!! What more could you want ?!? Lol > > Railfan bachelors would probably like a date with > her after the excursion! Haha! And Freeman Hubbard, Railroad magazine editor, would send Virgil Staff to get photos, too—or William T Morgan, Richard Allen, Fred Clark Jr and John Uckley — four of the most well known train/ girl photogs besides # 1 Staff! 👍😂 Posted from iPhone Date: 11/15/18 13:40 Re: Union Pacific Excursion March 14, 1954 - Sponsor? Author: JimBaker We at the PRS Museum think that the fellow at the top footplate is Ralph Melching.
James R.(Jim) Baker Whittier, CA Date: 11/17/18 15:59 Re: Union Pacific Excursion March 14, 1954 - Sponsor? Author: Txhighballer You would have thought that there would have been a 4-8-4 instead of a 2-8-2 for an excursion like this. Anyone know why this power? Don't get me wrong...I love Mikes!
Date: 11/19/18 09:19 Re: Union Pacific Excursion March 14, 1954 - Sponsor? Author: Chico43 Txhighballer Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > You would have thought that there would have been > a 4-8-4 instead of a 2-8-2 for an excursion like > this. Anyone know why this power? Don't get me > wrong...I love Mikes! Dieselization on the LA&SL came early on and almost overnight and by 1954 steam locomotion on this end of the UP was, with few exceptions, a distant memory. In fact Walt Thrall told me that according to his timebooks, his last trip firing an 800 out of LA was in January, 1948. According to Walter, the 2709 had been laid up servicable at LA several years before and was left to marinate so to speak and was scrapped not long after the excursion trip. So, I suppose you could say that the ol' 2709 got the call account of being the only steam engine available. |