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It’s the early 70s and we caught this Amtrak train heading over the spillway towards its terminus at Crescent City. The engines are Rapido and the cars are a mix of Walthers and Rapido Trains Inc. .
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GATX 82865 TPI 1979 MILW Ottumwa IA ©1979, 2026 N. L. Pitsch nlp03014 AEROPRES AEROSOL HYDROCARBON PROPELLENTS
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Rock Island’s bicentennial E8 652 debutes on the 20th Century Railroad Club’s Railfair ’76 special from Chicago to Bureau, shown here departing Chicago. May 16th, 1976.
Photo Credit to John Dziobko.
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MEC 6409, a 40′-6″ IL 3934 cuft boxcar from MEC series 6385-6434; from MEC series 8000-8249 built by Pullman-Standard, Lot 5999A, May-51. Rebuilt in 5/73. Photo at Burnham Junction, Maine on 9/2/83 by Steve Vincent.
Even though this is the 80s, the car wouldn’t have looked much different a decade earlier.
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SGBX 1248, a 49′-6″ IL 4427 cuft 3-bay covered hopper from SBGX series 1201-1251; from TLDX series 2530-2704 built by Pullman-Standard, Lot 8885, Feb-Apr 1964. To SBGX in 1973 and mostly painted yellow; SBGX 1236 was painted pale green. To IAIS series 65000-65032 in 1992. Photo at Colton, CA on 12/12/76 by Steve Vincent.
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What you can model in the 1970’s could be surprising. PC 60104 a New York Central USRA clone boxcar in company service of some kind at Galion, Ohio on March 21, 1977.
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NKP 86218, a 50′-6″ IL 4980 cuft boxcar from NKP series 86200-86349 built by Greenville Steel Car, Office Order 650, Jan-55. To NW series 286200-286349, class B-57. Photo at Roseville, CA on 11/9/75 by Steve Vincent.
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Introduction
Hello All,
My name is Matt and I am the organization of this group.
I thought we should get to know each other better so here’s a few questions.
1.What do you enjoy most about 1970s railroading.
2. Do you have a favorite road from this era.
3. Do you model this era and if so what scale and prototype?Feel free to add any other…
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LMS Coronations ..Nos 46237 ‘ City of Bristol ‘ , 46256 ‘ Sir William Stanier F.R.S. ‘ 46228 ‘ Duchess of Rutland ‘ and LMS Class 5 No. 45142 photographed at 5A Crewe North Motive Power Depot on the 2nd August 1963.
Image source scrapbook scan ©copyright Martin Welch / IAL
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My new Rapido Sd7 demonstrator has arrived. It’s certainly one of my favorite looking locomotives that I currently own.
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