#Western Pacific Railroad

[collinthenychudson]

Heading for Oakland, California with a Buy War Bonds coach is train no. 39, the Westbound Exposition Flyer, with Western Pacific GS-64 No. 481 serving as the motive power. This scene is taking place just a few years before the Exposition Flyer would be replaced by the famed all-streamlined California Zephyr train in 1949.

Models and Route by: Trainz-Forge, Auran, and Download Station

[destination4x4]

Palisade Nevada

Located along the banks of the Humboldt River in Eureka County lies the remains of a railroad town critical to the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad. The townsite was named for Palisade Canyon and located west of town. The narrow canyon is a major barrier in the construction of the railroads. The townsite was plotted in 1868 and served as a train station for the Central Pacific…

[coolthingsguyslike]

[thebarroomortheboy]

It's you I'll always want. Some of your sweetness got into my blood. I guess it's there for life. And my heart will be answering you... as long as ever it beats.

BARBARA STANWYCK in UNION PACIFIC

[zponds]

My Friends’ Tribute to Rachael Lillis

Hudson: Thank you, Rachael Lillis, for your job in voicing Misty Waterflower and Team Rocket Jessie.

Jason: You did a fantastic job with voicing those two, Rachael.

Perry: As well as Jigglypuff.

Torpedo: And Ursula from Dinosaur King.

Freddy: Regardless of how many voice roles you had, you did a great job voicing them all, Rachael.

Glenn: You brought joy to 90s kids with your role as Misty.

Otto: And Jessie and Jigglypuff too.

Madeleine: Your roles as those Pokémon characters will always be cherished.

Jimmy Guord: And you yourself will always be remembered and cherished.

Union: Your legacy will always be remembered.

Wasatch: Especially your legacy as the OG Misty and Jessie.

Peter Sam: We will always remember you and carry your legacy with us all.

Centennial: Rest in Peace, Rachael Lillis.

Rebecca: May you find peace in the afterlife.

Jessica: You deserved to live a healthy life full of happiness and love and joy.

Artemis: Veronica Taylor and Eric Stuart will miss you dearly, as they’ve been with you since the beginning.

Queen Roanoke: Your loss has not only left a major impact on the Pokémon community, your sister and your fellow actors, but also us locomotives.

Daylight: You didn’t deserve to pass away from breast cancer.

Zane: You were very cheerful and generous, always happy to greet those who wanted to meet you… especially in person.

Cincinnatian: We hope your sister, family and friends will be okay.

Chief: May God watch over your kind soul and be in peace.

Angeles: May we, including Veronica and Eric, one day, be reunited with you.

Rudolph: Your personality was as cheerful as your voice.

Angelo: Let us carry your memory within us forever more.

Donohue: May your soul join the purest and kindest of all.

Judith: You lived a legend and died a hero.

Stella: Until the day, Rachael Lillis, till all are one…

Red Robin: Till all are one…

Jewel: We all hope you find eternal peace up in heaven, being watched over by God. Rest in Peace…

These are the tributes that some of my friends from the 20 American railroads said for Racheal Lillis. After I told all my friends from the 20 American railroads about the passing of Rachael Lillis, they were all as devastated as I was. And they too wanted to pay their tributes to the OG Misty and Jessie.

[20th-century-railroading]

E.of Sidney, Nebraska, 3APR'79

Springtime on the high plains of western Nebraska: a UP eastbound freight 1244, headed by GP30, Rock Island GP38-2, C&NW SD40-2. The Rock GP38 was probably just paying back the numerous horsepower hours that the Rock owed the UP. Sidney had been a division point between North Platte and Cheyenne, but by now the crews ran through.

[satans--waifu]

Steam locomotive from 1869

I‘m working on a western project rn, i‘m obsessed with cowboy movies!!!

[rodpower78]

Cotton Belt 4-8-4 #819, N&W 2-6-6-4 #1218, UnionPacific 4-8-4 #844 and SLSF 4-8-2 #1522 at the 1990 NHRS Convention at St. Louis Union Station in June 1990.

[eopederson]

Western Pacific Station, Oakland, 1969.

[digitalposterarchive]

1957 Even our new car ferry is streamlined! Western Pacific 

Source: Time Magazine 

Published at: https://propadv.com/railroad-poster-and-ad-collection/western-pacific-railroad-poster-and-ad-collection/ 

[defact-00]

Visited the western pacific railroad museum, got to see the locomotive I drove last year (i am not a train theif they have a program where you can drive a locomotive)

[collinthenychudson]

I took some time in heading up to the Utah State Railroad Museum to check out the museum's newest acquaintance to it's collection of historic rail equipment, Western Pacific GP35 No. 3002. Following it's arrival at the historic Union Station, the locomotive now preserves and represents the history of the Western Pacific in Utah.

Taken on 05/24/2024

Picture C) Me

[trainphilos]

New Toys!

During the last few weeks a couple of new items were added to the rolling stock roster of my model railway. As per usual I had totally forgotten having “pre-ordered” them over a year ago. Model train manufacturers tend to announce new future projects with an option for the customer to “pre-order”. This pre-ordering process gives the manufacturers a rough idea on how many model train enthusiasts…

[coolthingsguyslike]

[vintagelasvegas]

Thunderbird / Silverbird / El Rancho

Thunderbird Hotel, 1948

Thunderbird, '48-'76

'46: Marion Hicks and Lt. Gov. Cliff Jones purchase property for a planned Nevada Ambassador hotel on 3/11/46. The property was bought from Guy McAfee, Art Ham, and J.K. Houssels who had planned a hotel called Casa de Oro. Sale price is rumored $85,000.

'47: Officers of Thunderbird are a Las Vegas and Los Angeles group, Hicks, Jones, V. Sayer, J. Lane, P. Wagoner, J. Wells (Reno), and J. Kozloff. Hicks as builder. Construction begins on 46 acre lot in Oct.

'48: Thunderbird opens 9/2/48. 107 rooms, 75-foot observation tower. Signs by Graham Sign Co (RJ 8/18/48).

'53: Hicks builds the spin-off Algiers Hotel.

'58: renovation, adding new second floor over casino framed in rectangular box, new porte-cochère. New signs by Western Neon (RJ 11/24/58, RJ 12/24/58).

'59: “Thunderbird” logo changed, road sign replaced in Fall.

'61: road sign moved to the front-center of the hotel, fire-shooting stick added to both birds.

'62: new road sign and pylon.

'63: Thunderbird Downs quarter horse track opened, Oct. 5 (RJ 9/24/63).

'64: Sold to Del Webb Corp in Sep.

'65: 700-ft horizontal “Thunderbird” sign by Bill Clarke/Ad Art installed over the south rooms in Jun. (RJ 6/10/65); road sign & pylon replaced with one road sign and new neon bird.

'72: Sold to Caesars World Inc.

'73: Blue/green sign painted zigzag red/orange in summer.

'76: Sold to Tiger Investment Co (Thomas, Mack, K. Sullivan, et al), leased to Major Riddle in Dec.

Silverbird, '77-'81

'77: Reopened as Silverbird in Jan.

'78: Thunderbird signs replaced by the 190-ft sign/porte-cochère designed by Raul Rodriguez for Heath, built by AdArt. (RJ 3/29/78)

'81: Closed in 12/3/81.

El Rancho, '82-'92

'82: Sold at auction to Ed Torres in Feb; renamed El Rancho in Apr (RJ 3/18/82, 4/7/82). Opens at El Rancho 8/31/82.

'87: Tower addition.

'92: Closed Jul. 6.

2000: Tower demolished, Oct. 3. After the site was cleared the El Rancho sign remained, covered with advertised for Turnberry Place until '04 or '05.

Other sources include: “New Hotel To Be Built.” Las Vegas Review-Journal, 3/13/46 p1; Vegas as Playground. Review-Journal, 7/31/46 p5; Construction Started. Review-Journal, 10/28/47; Thunderbird Hotel. Review-Journal, 8/29/48; Martin Stern Jr. profile by P. Michel. UNLV Libraries, archived 3/10/2004.

Photos: (1) Postcard c. 1948. (2-3) Undated aerial photo of construction, by Las Vegas News Bureau. Radio station KENO west of the Thunderbird site. (4) Undated, during construction. Photo taken from the observation tower, by Las Vegas News Bureau. (5) Same models as the color postcard, from Union Pacific Railroad Photographs (PH-00043), UNLV Special Collections & Archives.

[zponds]

Here’s an updated version of my profile picture of me made greatly by @grantgfan and @hunty627. Since I have Procreate, I thought I’d expand and add different shirts and caps (and even shoes) to myself in these pictures. But the one above is the first and original profile and can be used from time to time by myself, Grant and Hunter. And this setup has a shirt that’s green on the top half and has the New York Central logo on it, and the bottom half is red and has the Pennsylvania Railroad logo on it. This shirt’s setup is a nod to the fact that NYC and PRR were fierce arch rivals during their day (before public betrayal, ICC villainy and interference, and mergers happened) over the routes between New York City and Chicago. Not to mention NYC was often dubbed the “Green Team” and PRR was dubbed the “Red Team”. As for the cap, it’s light blue’n’blue and has the Union Pacific logo, and that’s a reference to the fact that UP is the only surviving ancient American railroad.

Here’s the first new profile, and this second shirt has its top half green with the New York Central logo on it, and bottom half navy blue and has the Chesapeake and Ohio logo on it. This symbolizes the fact that during the age of steam on the railroads, the New York Central got the coal for its steam locomotives from the Chesapeake and Ohio.

Here’s the second setup in this group of setups. In this one, I have a shirt that’s navy blue on the top half and has the Chesapeake and Ohio logo, and the bottom is a lighter blue and has the Baltimore and Ohio logo. This set is a reference to the fact that C&O and B&O had a rivalry in terms of transporting people and goods across the Application Mountains.

Here’s the third setup in this group of setups. Here, I have an orange’n’red cap with the Milwaukee Road logo on it. The shirt here has a yellow’n’green top half with the Chicago and Northwestern logo on it, and the bottom half is white’n’red and has the Burlington Route logo on it. This setup is a reference to the fact that during the golden days of American railroading (before public betrayal, ICC villainy and interference, and mergers), these three railroads had a super tense rivalry with each other over the railroad routes between Chicago and Twin Cities (Minneapolis and St. Paul), with Milwaukee Road’s Twin Cities Hiawatha, Chicago and Northwestern’s Twin Cities 400 and Burlington Route’s Twin Cities Zephyr all racing against each other from Chicago to Twin Cities, and from Twin Cities to Chicago.

Here’s the fourth and final setup for this group of setups. Here, I have a red’n’white cap with the Burlington Route logo on. And the shirt here has its top half with the two shades of green of Northern Pacific and the Northern Pacific logo on it, and the bottom half of the shirt has orange and brown of Great Northern and has the Great Northern logo on it. This setup is a reference to the formation of Burlington Northern, which was formed when these three railroads merged on March 2nd, 1970.

And that’s all the setups for this batch. More are on the way, I just gotta think about what other colors and railroad logos to add and in which specific setup to serve as a reference to historical facts regarding the specific railroads.