On Saturday, January 3, 2026, my Bowser HO model of Western Pacific (WP) 583 was leading a local past the "Salmonella" fishery at the California Central Model Railroad Club (CCMRC) in the historic Agnew depot in Santa Clara, CA.
The real WP 583 was a Baldwin VO-1000, WP Class S-60. Reportedly, it was built in 1945, serial 71542. It was sold in 1973, becoming Auto-Train 624.

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On Friday, December 26, 2025, at the Tri-City Society of Model Engineers (TCSME) model railroad club in the historic Niles depot in Fremont, CA, my HO scale Rapido Southern Pacific (SP) passenger engines 6046 and 6044 were pulling a passenger train.
The real SP 6046 was an EMD E9A. Reportedly: It was built in 1954, serial number 20095, SP Class DF-12. In 1965 it was reclassified to SP Class EP624A-1. It was retired in 1970.

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#Bovino carries out #Halloween #arrests. 'They showed up here to terrorize people,' alder says

The agents swept through the #Chicago Albany Park & Edison Park neighborhoods, & suburban #Evanston, #Skokie & #Niles Friday morning & afternoon after [dog killer] #DHS Secy #KristiNoem said *enforcement* [terrorist] operations would continue on Halloween despite #Illinois Gov #JBPritzker asking they pause for the holiday.

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Meet at Niles
On Friday June 27, 2025, my son Kenneth's HO models of Southern Pacific (SP) 4357 and a GS-4 double heading passed my model of SP 3509 at the Tri-City Society of Model Engineers model railroad in the historic Niles depot in Fremont, CA. This SP 4357 is an Athearn Genesis model, the GS-4 and SP 3509 are BLI models.
The real 4357 was an SP MT-4, 4-8-2. Reportedly it was built in the SP's Sacramento Shops in 1927, retired in 1957 and scrapped in 1958.

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