my ESPEE MODELERS ARCHIVE

California's Railroad to the U.S. 1861 - 1996

Southern Pacific Sugar Beet Gondolas

All full size images are ~250k and (C) Tony Jones

For the moment, this page is only a container for Tony Jones' collection of photos of the Sugar Beet Gons at the FRRS in Portola, Ca.

Eventually more info will appear...

see also: Southern Pacific Freight Car Specification Sheet #24

Modeling choices (from memory) at the moment are:

• For N Scale:
  • Dimi Trains

• For HO Scale:
  • Detail Associates
  • Red Caboose

• For O Scale:
  • ?

References:

• SP Trainline No. 69, Fall 2001 - Sugar Beets and the Southern Pacific by Patrick Bray
• CTC Board Issue 275, September 2001 - The Beets by Dick Dorn and Vic Neves
• CTC Board Issue 276, October 2001 - The Beets by Dick Dorn and Vic Neves