Does anyone know when SP stopped using Southern Pacific Lines and went to just Southern Pacific. The reason I ask is this.  I picked up an MTH GS-4 #4449 fairly cheap but never run and it is lettered Southern Pacific Lines. So I looked and found on ebay a mint MTH 8 car passenger set which I thought was advertised as Southern Pacific Lines. I recieved the passenger car set this morning and on opening found it lettered Southern Pacific. I natuarlly want to run both together but I wondering if it is prototipically correct to run with the two lettering styles.

I've spent the last few months reviewing these two books and find more useful information each time I open a cover. Though these two books are detailed histories of logging in the Comox area of Vancouver Island, the methods used would apply just as well to Washington or Oregon coastal logging. For anyone interested in west coast logging they would be a valuable reference. The text leans heavily towards local history and the people, but it is the pictures and diagrams that are of special interest to a model railroader.

www.financialpost.com/news/long+trains/4348592/story.html

I came across this fascinating article in the Canadian Financial Post today.  It deals with the how CN and CP are using longer and longer trains to increase efficiency.  The associated risks of derailment and use of distributed (CP) vs head end (CN) power are described

Does anyone know if Eastern Car Works is still in business? I've been looking for some of their "Taylor" passenger trucks, and can't find anything about them. They used to have some good stuff; I hope it's not gone for good.

Bruce Randall

Haverhill, Mass.