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Notes Along the Pacific Coast Right Of Way

Andrew Merriam is writing a fabulous series of articles about the Pacific Coast Railway. They are published in "SLO Trains", the newsletter of the San Luis Obispo Model Railroad Club (SLOMRC). Below is a brief index to this series, including links to the appropriate newsletter files (on the SLOMRC web site).

"SLO Trains", the SLOMRC newsletter, is available in PDF format, for which you'll need the Adobe Acrobat Reader. It's free.

Each article is fairly lengthy and quite detailed, including great photographs and diagrams!

[Photo: Pacific Coast Railway Engine No. 108 near San Luis Obispo Creek — Photo from Andrew Merriam Collection, used by permission.]

Notes Along the Pacific Coast Right Of Way

by Andrew Merriam, accessed by permission

to read PDF files (it's free).

Article Title (description) Date Link (size)
Passenger Service Anyone? February 2001 PDF (1,126Kb)
A-Frames & Gallows (turntables) March 2001 PDF (845Kb)
Visited Avila? May 2001 PDF (636Kb)
Critters, Dinkies and Electrics: Part I June 2001 PDF (917Kb)
Critters, Dinkies and Electrics: Part II August 2001 PDF (1,339Kb)
Nineteenth Century Steam Locomotives, Part I September 2001 PDF (1,276Kb)
Nineteenth Century Steam Locomotives, Part II November 2001 PDF (1,048Kb)
The Carter Connection Part I (freight cars) January 2002 PDF (1,517Kb)
The Carter Connection Part II (passenger cars) March 2002 PDF (1,054Kb)
Sugar Beets and Betteravia May 2002 PDF (1,119Kb)
Jackrabbits, Rum-running and Murder July 2002 PDF (1,421Kb)
Now and Then In Arroyo Grande (Loomis story) September 2002 PDF (1,469Kb)
Now and Then: Meet Me at the Station (SLO depot) November 2002 PDF (1,532Kb)
Ghosts at the Junction (SLO's SPRR/PCRy Junction) January 2003 PDF (1,644Kb)
Oil Cans on the Central Coast (tank trains) March 2003 PDF (1,411Kb)
Wood Sided Gondolas Part 1 May 2003 PDF (2,296Kb)
Rock, Sand and Gravel July 2003 PDF (1,425Kb)
Modeling the Southern Pacific Sand Tower at SLO in the 1950s March 2004 PDF (1,674Kb)

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