Nostalgia & History > More Buda Railcars

1. UP B-21 at East Yard, Los Angeles 1-1-56

2. ATSF 9161 at Cajon station. 1947 The UP is westbound and it appears the Buda is heading up the north track towards Sullivan's Curve. The old highway is in the background. Thanks to shortlineboss for pointing this out.



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 11/24/17 08:31 by utwazoo.

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Interesting stuff. Thanks for posting.
That B-21 is great, with all of those markers and that huge plow. Can't imagine why they would have such a huge plow on anything in the LA area. Too bad more of these weren't preserved.

The big plow was probably more for knocking foreign items off the right-of-way than snow-clearing

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On that SF 9161 inspectation car, where is the rear wheel and axle on it? I don't see anything under the rear end. upkpfan

upkpfan Wrote:

> On that SF 9161 inspectation car, where is the
> rear wheel and axle on it? I don't see anything
> under the rear end.

It's there behind the stirrup step on the side, same place as on UP B-21.

Neat photos indeed of seldom-seen railcars!

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Two more show-stoppers! I first saw a Buda Railcar in a great posting yesterday. These two are equally unbelievable.
The plow and headlights on the first made it look almost scary when approaching, I imagine.

And the cow catcher on the second really looks retro. How about the white flags! I wonder if
Chard ever rode in it? The F's in the background are icing on the cake.

Thanks for the incredible photos.

Seventyfive Wrote:
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> Two more show-stoppers! I first saw a Buda
> Railcar in a great posting yesterday. These two
> are equally unbelievable.
> The plow and headlights on the first made it look
> almost scary when approaching, I imagine.
>
> And the cow catcher on the second really looks
> retro. How about the white flags! I wonder if
> Chard ever rode in it? The F's in the background
> are icing on the cake.
>
> Thanks for the incredible photos.

Just noticed all the hats on the pax in the Santa Fe car. Brass hats indeed, back in the day. Kinda cool UP freight passing by too.

Could the 9161 be E/B on the North track at Cajon? Are any Buda's still around?

Mike Root
Madras, OR



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/24/17 10:47 by shortlineboss.

OK, now I see it but it looks like it is forward quite a bit more tha usual. Thank you. upkpfan

upkpfan Wrote:

> OK, now I see it but it looks like it is forward
> quite a bit more tha usual.

It isn't - the wide running boards just make it look that way.