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Headlight Issue 56 is 44 pages and was published 10/3/23.

Articles:

• the HEADLIGHT February, 1942 - Editorial
• Mileposts December, 1949 - "Rattlers" Have Names, Too!
• WP Picnic Train Special June 25, 1983
• ON DUTY ON THE WP: You’re Called on the Portola Derrick Eastbound
• History of an EMD SW 1500
• Modeling the EMD SW1500
• WP’s Passenger Motorcar Journey
• The Western Pacific Years 1917 to 1939 on the Reno Branch

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More information for the "History of an EMD SW 1500" article

Member, Ken Rattenne, shared that while WP did assign a single SW1500 in the 1980s, in the mid-to-late 1970s they actually assigned a pair of units to the 25^th St. Yard. Ken also shared a photo he took on March 12, 1977.

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Selected material from Headlight Issue #56:

• WP’s Passenger Motorcar Journey By Darrol J. Stanley
  Links from article:
  
  
  • [1] https://www.wplives.com/passenger-operations/cz/cz-history-01.php
    
    
  • [2] https://www.wplives.com/passenger-operations/self-propelled/zephyrette-01.php
    
    
  • [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McKeen_Motor_Car_Company
    
    
  • [4] https://nevadagram.com/railroad-motor-cars-of-nevada-part-i/
    
    
  • [5] https://nevadagram.com/railroad-motor-cars-of-nevada-part-ii/
    
    
  • [6] http://www.coachbuilt.com/bui/m/meister/meister.htm
    
    
  • [7] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Motor_Company
    
    
  • [8] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hall-Scott
    
    
  • [9] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKSHXCwTMRc
    
    
  • [10] http://taplines.net/GN/GN.html
    
    
  • [11] https://www.wplives.com/passenger-operations/self-propelled/motor-coaches.php
    
    
  • [12] https://www.ncry.org/about/collection/motorcars/western-pacific-m601/
    
    
  • [13] https://www.wyndhamhotels.com/trademark/eureka-california/eureka-inn-trademark-collection/overview
    
    
• Four more web pages with related material that may be of interest to readers of WP’s Passenger Motorcar Journey By Darrol J. Stanley:
  
  
  • https://blogs.chapman.edu/huell-howser-archives/tag/california-zephyr-railcar-charters/ TV show about the CZ, albeit then on the SP, mentioned in the article postscript.
    
    
  • https://www.wplives.com/passenger-operations/self-propelled/motor-coaches.php - WP Motor Coach, Self-Propelled
    
    
  • https://www.wplives.com/passenger-operations/self-propelled/WPMotorCar198.php - WP Motor Car 198
    
    
  • https://wplives.org/mow_pages/motorcar_23.html - Information about the Model-T motorcar at the Western Pacific Railroad Museum at Portola
    
    
  • To hear a H-S RR motorcar engine operating see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xy6V0FCmw0s
    
    
  • More information on H-S can be found at: https://www.curbsideclassic.com/automotive-histories/automotive-history-hall-scott-the-legendary-builder-of-high-output-gas-engines-for-trucks-buses-boats-airplanes-and-more/