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Ore Shipment Moves Over New Track -- Union Pacific raised its operating track mileage from a little under 9,473 miles to a little over 9,473 October 27, when the first train crossed over a section of rail completed just minutes before. Built to accommodate a unit train which made its initial trip October 24, the 751-foot Thenard Connection in the Wilmington district of Los Angeles joins the UP's San Pedro branch with Southern Pacific trackage leading to Los Angeles harbor.The first train carried the second of a planned 100-a-year, 5,000-ton shipments of iron ore to the Port of Los Angeles bulk loading facility. The ore is from the Standard Slag Company's mine at Beck Springs, about 20 miles southeast of Tecopa, California. John Harmon, the Standard Slag Company's western division manager at Reno, Nevada, said the ore has been sold to Tonan Trading Company, Tokyo, agents for Japanese steel mills.Trucked 49 miles from the mine in northeast San Bernardino County to Cima, California, the ore is loaded into a 50-car "unit train". A 15-hour, 280-mile rail haul brings it to the bulk loader at Berth 49 for transfer to the holds of ore-carrying vessels.UP has ordered 55 new ore cars especially for the service at a cost of about $900,000 and has assigned four 3,600 horsepower locomotive units to handle the train. Until delivery of the new cars at year's end, the ore is being hauled in gondolas.The train is known as the "CUW" (Cima Unit West). The CUW with its opposite and eastbound empty train, the CUE; is one of seven UP unit trains in coal or ore service and the second unit train in export service.
NEW UNIT TRAIN -- In addition to Southern Pacific's ore trains from Eagle Mountain and Union Pacific's unit coal train from Utah, the U.P. has begun bringing in iron ore from the Standard Slag Company's mine at Beck, Ca. The ore is mostly magnetite with some hematite and will be sold to the Tonan Trading Company of Tokyo who are the agents for different Japanese steel mills. The 15-hour, 280-mile rail haul originates at Cima, California, where the ore is loaded into the train known as the "CUW" (Cima Unit West). The current schedule includes 8 hours for loading, 24 hours for unloading and four hours for servicing at Union Pacific's East Los Angeles Yard. Currently gondolas are in used with 55 new ore cars on special order for the service at a cost of about $900,000. Consist of the train on November 9th was SD24 #421, SD24B's 418B, 425B, 440B and GP9 #322. There are a planned 100 5000-ton shipments per year, to be unloaded at Berth 49 in San Pedro. (reported by Leon Callaway, Pacific News, December 1971, page 15)
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I've found it not an especially good reference for <1990 modeling, but there are some gems hidden there if you look hard enough.
That unit looks to be a Phase II, which is great for me, however when I asked on the Atlas facebook page, they said it will be a Phase I unit. Or they just going to paint Phase II units as Phase I being the loco is part of the Trainman line.
Wow... sure looks like it. Keenbrook. Hmm. Would like to know what customer and mine this was servicing. Totally not familiar with this car and that's where I used to live and was actively railfanning at the time. Never saw a UP ore train through Cajon. Coal trains for Kaiser service using H-100-x hoppers and "K"-marked cabooses, yes, but never ore.The only mill in SoCal I was aware of that processed raw ore was Kaiser Steel in Fontana (north of Bloomington, i.e., West Colton). The mill was served by Santa Fe (2nd District) and possibly the SP (I don't recall a spur from the SP mainline, though), and the ore was from Eagle Mountain via the SP using SP ore cars. In so many words, the picture of the lone UP ore car in Cajon makes zero sense to me.Bachmann's execution is hamfisted, anyway. The short ladder is missing a rung, and where is the underbody detail? I expect just a little more attention to the fine points for $33, not something I have to re-detail.
Good question. In HO, Atlas did a Phase I and a Phase II - both in the Trainman line.Mark
I heard they are doing both the Phase I and Phase IIc in N
... found this on Don Strack's Website from 1971...
Here's the Reserve/Northshore Mining cars that are close aswell... Hard to find an online pic of these... https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7640/16389184673_f77997d90a_b.jpg
That would be very good news, the Phase II wold be a good staring point for a Kennecott high cab or the high cabs rebuilt to regular cabs for the MKT.
The late Phase II GP39-2 shown is the picture is going to be pretty much useless for a Phase I GP39-2.Note the standard anticlimber, 88" short hood vs. 81" short hood, gap between the cab and clean air room (and different doors as a result), exhaust silencer, etc.Phase 1a GP38-2 with dynamic brakes and turbocharger from an early Phase II GP40-2 would be a closer match.http://www.atlasrr.com/Images/NLocomotives/ngp382/0508/47649_TQ.jpg
Thought I recognized it. Could also be a stand-in for the cars SP used on the Eagle Mountain Kaiser Steel trains. UP also had a similar style, but I don't know in what service, as the cars for the Atlantic City (WY) - SLC trains were closer to the DM&IR style produced by Atlas and Roco.I commented previously about Bachmann's pricing for these.
I looked in my SP Freight Car Vol 1 and this car appears to be dead-on match for a SP G-100-1 ore car. It has the same rib patterns, sill supports, ladder styles, end stiffeners. This is the same car that MDC/Roundhouse did for years in HO (I got one at work holding business cards). I looked at pictures of PRR G-38's and it definitely doesn't match as that car has all thick ribs on the sides . here's link to Tony Thompson's Modeling the SP page - scroll a down a bit to the 6th image...https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjK8fi_k8HVAhUN1GMKHawNDp4QjRwIBw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmodelingthesp.blogspot.com%2F2014%2F05%2F&psig=AFQjCNEvBxn5qb0PqxPPRWlie6I-2PSF0A&ust=1502058855837657
Atlas' SF boxcar had etched coupler lift bars that were gone by the end of the day. I guess that's what happens when delicate items are within reach of small children.
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