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Month Date Issued Description of the Image of Interest Article(s)

May 2002 SP 3506 at El Paso coaling tower 10-18-47 1. Southern Pacific Box Car 115497.

June 2002 ASARCo GE #5 by Brian Griebewow 3-25-74 1. Thanks To Those who made the

El Paso Train Show a Success.

2. Madden Texas Collision of June 23, 1897.

3. In Memory of David W. Scruggs.

July 2002 SP 4449 on the Santa Fe mainline with the 1. The Lost Locomotive by Vernon Glover

Freedom Train by Bill Lewis

August 2002 Hachita Depot Jan 21, 1962 1. The Reasons for 3420’s construction for the

by Henry Bender Jr. El Paso & Northeastern.

2. Lubricating 3420 for Movement. Pt. 1.

3. San Antonio Division Brakeman Rescue’s 10-Year-Old.

September 2002 Nov 1942 Southern Pacific Bulletin Cover 1. Lubricating 3420 for Movement Pt. 2.

2. T. & N.O. Veteran W.D. Calhoun Wins a Carnegie Medal.

October 2002 PD #4 At Separ Jan 11, 1978 1. Lubricating 3420 for Movement Pt. 3.

2. An Unknown Visitor to El Paso Union Depot.

November 2002 El Paso PCC 1514 Sept. 4, 1952 1. Private Moore’s Family and a Southern Pacific Ad in 1943.

2. The Noble Cause of Saving Lives,

50 Years of Operation Lifesaver Pt. 1.

Thanksgiving Day Special

December 2022 12/12/2022 EPSW #1 from the SP Bulletin Jan  1954 1. The Noble Cause of Saving Lives,

50 Years of Operation Lifesaver. Pt. 2.

2. Rating of Engines in “M”s on the Southern Pacific.

Holiday Special 12/25/2022

January 2023 1/09/2023 AT & SF 4-8-2 #3715 March 13, 1953 at El Paso 1. Those Who Saved El Paso & Southwestern #1.

by Stan Kistler 2. The Effect of Throttle Position on Locomotive Water Level.

February 2023 2/06/2023 AT & SF 3160 1. The Gadsden Purchase 1854. By Gerald Hook

2. What is in a Historical Date?

March 2023 3/07/2023 AT&SF 3507 1. Our Santa Fe Waycars.

2. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Freight Tracer Form 112-A

Postcard. Jeff Moore and Gerald Hook

April 2023 4/12/2023 Defiance Coal 1 & 2 near Gallup by Ron Welch 1. Train Show Results

2. Southern Pacific’s former Back Shop Building in

Sparks, Nevada.

May 2023 5/11/2023 Southern Pacific 4-10-2 5028 passing Tower 6 1. Seeing Blue on the Railroad. ( Railroad Blue Flag Rules)

near El Paso Union Depot March 1949. 2. Southern Pacific 4-10-2 Q&A.

June 2023. 6/14/2023 N de M Alco S1 5004 Switching in Juarez Mexico 1. Defective Motive Power; Inspection of Trains; The

Westinghouse Brake; Miller Platform and Virtues of the

Vestibule by F. P Roesch

2. Southern Pacific MW 7522

July 2023 7/23/2023 High School Track workers in WWII 1. The San Marcial Locomotives of 1949.

2. Southern Pacific El Paso Division Superintendent

C. R. Morrill Hosts the Boy Scouts.

August 2023 8/31/2023 Former Southern Pacific Engineer 1. Discovering the History of Southern Pacific 3420

and 3420 supporter Alex Eason. and the Missing Mechanical Records.

2. When did Engineer Frank G. Lister come to El Paso?

3. Limiting the undesired Catastrophic Boiler Failure due

to Low Water Fusible Boiler Plugs by Robby Peartree

September/October 2023 10/8/2023 Altman studios View of the 1. A Trip Back in Time By George Bailey

El Paso & Southwestern erecting shop floor 2. El Paso’s G.H.&S.A. Shop Class 2 Repair Record?

2-6-2 in the foreground. by Matt Austin and Robby Peartree

3. “I’d Rather be in Jail in El Paso, Than a Millionaire in

Arizona.” The story of Building the Bisbee Road to El Paso.

Part 1 by Robby Peartree

November 2023 11/27/2023 Albuquerque, New Mexico. Magnaflux inspector 1. Helping Travelers in a National Emergency, the Travelers Aid Service.

A.J. Fry at work on an engine wheel axle in the By Gerald Hook and Robby Peartree

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad shop.

December 2023 1/7/ 2024 Albuquerque, New Mexico. In the wheel shop 1. Christening Nacional de Mexico’s  “El Paso Special”

of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad shop. By Robby Peartree and Gerald Hook

2. Our California Built Car, Southern Pacific Flat Car

SPMW 5683.

January/February 2024 2/27/2024 Farm Security Administration-Office of War 1. A Dream/Passion for a Long Time

Santa Fe Railway Albuquerque 2. The Old Fashion Gun Powder Capitalist of

Warehouse/Storeroom Stein’s Pass, New Mexico, 1881 to 1900.

March 2024 4/5/2024 Southern Pacific 4171 on Display 1. Southern Pacific latter AC Type Locomotives vs Union Pacific’s Big Boys

on June 20, 1937 at the 2. “I’d Rather be in Jail in El Paso, Than a Millionaire in Arizona”

Association of American Railroads Convention The Story of the Building of the Bisbee Road to El Paso. Pt 2

held in Atlantic City New Jersey.

April/May 2024 5/14/2024 Grand Canyon Railway 29 on a test run and 1. Southern Pacific’s Story about the saving of a bear known as “Hotfoot Teddy” 

Justin Tracey who is on the Canadian Pacific 2. “I’d Rather be in Jail in El Paso, Than a Millionaire in Arizona”

Final Spike Tour. The Story of the Building of the Bisbee Road to El Paso. Pt 3.