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Nostalgia & History > Forty or More Years Ago - SWPC 409Date: 04/02/24 16:13 Forty or More Years Ago - SWPC 409 Author: refarkas Bill Cheeks photographed rare Southwestern Portland Cement 409 (FM H20-44) in Victorville, California in July 1977. She is ex-Union Pacific.
Bob Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/02/24 16:16 by refarkas.  Date: 04/02/24 18:53 Re: Forty or More Years Ago - SWPC 409 Author: Ritzville Nice catch!!
Larry Date: 04/02/24 19:31 Re: Forty or More Years Ago - SWPC 409 Author: zephyrus According to TrainWeb, SWPC / Mojave Northern had three of these, all preserved:408 FM H20-44 L1042 12/1947 ex SWPC 69; ex UP DS1369 to Illinois Railway Museum409 FM H20-44 L1032 6/1947 ex SWPC 66; ex UP DS1366; nee FM 2000 to PSRM as UP DS1366410 FM H20-44 20L832 3/1954 ex ACY 505 1984 to CTC,Galveston,TX as UP DS410, 1984
They are the only examples of the model that survive. Z Date: 04/02/24 20:09 Re: Forty or More Years Ago - SWPC 409 Author: Gonut1 The latticework of handrails on the front of that loco are just amazing! A modeler's nightmare! Great photo. I miss all the locos of the late 40's and 50's. So much more interesting that today's functional building block locos. Yawn!!!
Gonut Date: 04/02/24 20:34 Re: Forty or More Years Ago - SWPC 409 Author: oyw Awesome! Do you or anyone else know if Bill is still with us?
Date: 04/02/24 21:53 Re: Forty or More Years Ago - SWPC 409 Author: refarkas It has been over forty years since I last traded slides with him, so I don't know if he is still with us or not.
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