Nice video's of 1977/78 SP over Donner Pass

[riogrande]

There is a five part series which has some excellent full run-by's. If you are a fan of the late 70's, this is great stuff.



BTW, at 8:00 on the above video there are a bunch of auto-parts boxcars in the run-by! I'm wondering if those are GM ARRO and Ford FAST empties going back east. Many of the boxcars offered in HO by Tangent and ExactRail appear to be visible in this train.

[Christian]

One of the comments said both GM and Ford empties. The autoracks were interesting because there seemed to be many variations from open to closed.

And then there are the "ordinary" boxcars. A bazillion door variations. Did I spot a Pennsy round-roof boxcar?

[riogrande]

Yep, which is why I mentioned empties GM ARRO and Ford FAST. The GM auto parts 86' cars are the quad door and the two-door are the Ford.

As can be seen, there were a lot of mix racks, fully enclosed and older racks that have side panels added. That's why I'd like to see them offered in model form. Most racks are 80's and later.

I saw some of the Evan's 50' in small and large PC ala Rapdio's recent model.

[edwardsutorik]

I didn't see a round roof, but I did see an NP box. And a LOT of BN reefers, considering the location.


Ed