Logan & San Miguel Railroad Passenger Trains

I originally posted fictional information for my model railroad on my website when I started it in November 2002, but this information, which I wrote in August 2005, was not included. I am including it now for completion.

Passenger Trains on the Logan & San Miguel Railroad

Nevadan
Union Pacific – Logan & San Miguel – Western Pacific

Seattle – Portland – Bend – Reno
LIMITED STATION STOPS

Route:
Union Pacific: Seattle, WA – Portland, OR
Logan & San Miguel: Portland, OR – Bend, OR
Western Pacific (on GN): Bend, OR – Bieber, CA
Western Pacific: Bieber, CA – Reno, NV

Connections:
Portland: City of Portland, Portland Rose (UP)
Santiam: City of Logan (LSM)
Bend: Deschutes River (LSM-UP)
Klamath Falls: Cascade (SP)
Reno: City of San Francisco (SP), California Zephyr (WP)
Through cars connect with Cascade and City of San Francisco.

Equipment:
Streamlined Union Pacific equipment. Southern Pacific through cars on Nevadan in Union Pacific colors. Western Pacific provides own motive power.

Through Car Operation:

Northbound

• Southern Pacific coaches & sleepers received from westbound City of San Francisco at Reno, NV.
• Southern Pacific cars except one coach and one sleeper transferred to northbound Cascade at Klamath Falls, OR.
• Remaining Southern Pacific cars continue with Nevadan to Seattle, WA.

Southbound

• Reverse of above procedure.

 

Lake Tahoe Limited
Union Pacific – Logan & San Miguel – Western Pacific

Seattle – Portland – Bend – Reno
LIMITED STATION STOPS

Peak-season complement to Nevadan, following same route on different schedule.

Route:
Union Pacific: Seattle, WA – Portland, OR
Logan & San Miguel: Portland, OR – Bend, OR
Western Pacific (on GN): Bend, OR – Bieber, CA
Western Pacific: Bieber, CA – Reno, NV

Connections:
Portland: City of Portland, Portland Rose (UP)
Santiam: City of Logan (LSM)
Bend: Deschutes River (LSM-UP)
Klamath Falls: Cascade (SP)
Reno: City of San Francisco (SP), California Zephyr (WP)
Through cars connect with Cascade and City of San Francisco.

Equipment:
Streamlined Union Pacific equipment. Western Pacific provides own motive power.

 

Deschutes River
Southern Pacific – Logan & San Miguel – Union Pacific

Eugene – Logan – Bend – Pendleton
LIMITED STATION STOPS

Route:
Southern Pacific: Eugene, OR – Logan, OR
Logan & San Miguel: Logan, OR – Bend, OR
Union Pacific: Bend, OR – Pendleton, OR

Connections:
Eugene: Cascade (SP)
Logan: City of Logan (LSM)
Bend: Nevadan (LSM-WP)
Pendleton: City of Portland (UP)
Through cars connect with Cascade and City of Portland.

Equipment:
Streamlined Union Pacific equipment. Southern Pacific provides own motive power.

Through Car Operation:

Northbound

• 10-6 Sleepers, UP or SP, from northbound Cascade at Eugene, OR.
• 10-6 Sleepers and one Coach to eastbound City of Portland at Pendleton, OR.

Southbound

• Reverse of above procedure.

 

North Star
Union Pacific – Logan & San Miguel

Seattle – Portland – Bend
LIMITED STATION STOPS

Overnight train – mostly express freight. Express cars connect to other trains.

Route:
Union Pacific: Seattle, WA – Portland, OR
Logan & San Miguel: Portland, OR – Bend, OR

Equipment:
UP motive power, assorted express boxcars & reefers, streamlined UP baggage cars, heavyweight L&SM baggage cars, streamlined UP coach, diner & sleepers.

Operation:
Some head-end cars transfer to trains such as Nevadan, Deschutes River, Cascade & City of Portland.

 

Mountaineer
Logan & San Miguel

Portland – Bend
ALL STATION STOPS

Route:
Logan & San Miguel: Portland, OR – Bend, OR

Connections:
Santiam: City of Logan, Foster Mixed (LSM)

Equipment:
L&SM motive power and heavyweight & streamlined cars.

 

City of Logan
Logan & San Miguel

Santiam – Logan
ALL STATION STOPS

Route:
Logan & San Miguel: Santiam, OR – Logan, OR

Connections:
Santiam: Nevadan, Mountaineer, Foster Mixed (LSM)
Logan: McKenzie River (SP)

Equipment:
L&SM or UP motive power & heavyweight cars.

 

Foster Mixed
Logan & San Miguel

Santiam – Foster
ALL STATION STOPS

Route:
Logan & San Miguel: Santiam, OR – Foster, OR

Connections:
Santiam: Nevadan, Mountaineer, City of Logan (LSM)

Equipment:
Heavyweight combine as caboose on local train to Foster.

 

McKenzie River
Southern Pacific

Eugene – Logan
ALL STATION STOPS

Route:
Southern Pacific: Eugene, OR – Logan, OR

Connections:
Eugene: Cascade (SP)
Logan: City of Logan (LSM)

Equipment:
SP GP9, FP7 or PA and Harriman cars.

Logan & San Miguel Railroad Late Paint Schemes

I originally posted paint schemes for my model railroad on my website when I started it in November 2002, and last updated them on June 22, 2008. I made some of these images for earlier versions of the roster, so not all of them are applicable anymore.

Here are a selection of Logan & San Miguel paint schemes, from the early diesel era to the present.

Road-switcher scheme on Alco RS3, circa 1967-1983.

Road switcher scheme on Alco RS11, circa 1964-1984.

Road-switcher scheme as applied to a Fairbanks-Morse H24-66 Trainmaster, 1968-1975.

4-6-2 Steam Locomotive, circa 1960-Present.

40-Foot Boxcar, early 1960s.

40-Foot Boxcar, 1960s-1970s.

40-Foot Ice-Bunker Refrigerator Car, Early 1960s.

40-Foot Ice-Bunker Refrigerator Car, Late 1960s.

40-Foot Rebuilt Refrigerator Car, Late 1960s.

Wood Caboose, circa 1960s.

Standard caboose scheme, circa 1960s-present.

Standard boxcar scheme, circa 1960s-present.

Airslide Covered Hopper scheme, circa 1960s-present.

Standard Covered Hopper car scheme circa 1960s-present.

Streamlined Excursion Coach, circa 1980s-Present.

EMD switcher scheme, circa 1973-present.

Road-switcher scheme on EMD GP7, circa 1978-1985.

Road-switcher scheme on EMD GP20, circa 1970s.

Modern road-switcher scheme for 2nd generation diesels on an EMD GP38-2, circa 1973-present.

Northwest Connection scheme, front view, on a GP38-2.

Modern road-switcher scheme on EMD GP30 circa 1980-85.

Modern road-switcher scheme for 2nd generation diesels on an EMD GP40, circa 1973-present.

Modern road-switcher scheme on GE U25B circa 1975-1985.

Bicentennial scheme, circa 1976.

Simple modern paint scheme on EMD GP40.

Former MKT GP40, circa 1990s.

Former C&NW GP40, circa 1990s.

Former Rio Grande GP40, circa 1990s.

Former SP “Kodachrome” GP35, circa 1990s.

Former Southern Pacific GP35, circa 1990s.

EMD SD50 paint scheme, circa 2001-present.

GE C44-9W “Lightning Stripe” scheme concept.

See the Next Post for information about the Logan & Sam Miguel’s passenger trains.

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Logan & San Miguel Railroad Early Paint Schemes

I originally posted paint schemes for my model railroad on my website when I started it in November 2002, and last updated them on June 22, 2008. I made some of these images for earlier versions of the roster, so not all of them are applicable anymore.

Here are a selection of Logan & San Miguel paint schemes, from some of the road's earliest equipment to the early diesel era.

4-4-0 Steam Locomotive, circa 1885

Passenger Coach, circa 1885

2-8-0 Steam Locomotive, circa 1890

2-8-0 Steam Locomotive, circa 1900

Santiam Depot, pre-1910.

Santiam Depot, post-1910.

2-8-2 Steam Locomotive, circa 1920

4-6-2 Steam Locomotive, circa 1920-1960

Motorcar, circa 1920-1960

Heavyweight Passenger Car, circa 1920-1970

40-Foot Boxcar, circa 1940

40-Foot Boxcar with Union Pacific-style Lettering

Wood Caboose with Union Pacific-style lettering

“Proposed” 1957 diesel paint scheme (never used)

EMD F7-A scheme circa 1963. (First applied to F3s in 1957. Seen as late as 1980.)

EMD F7-A scheme circa 1963. Front & rear view

Full A-B-A set of F7s, circa 1963

Alco FA-1 scheme circa 1964. (Seen as late as 1978.)

Full A-B-A set of Alco FAs, circa 1964

Alco PA-1 scheme, circa 1958-1973

Original switcher paint scheme on an Alco S-2, circa 1963-1966

Road-switcher scheme circa 1960-1966. (Seen as late as 1973.)

Original switcher paint scheme on an H10-44, circa 1963-1966.

50-Foot Boxcar, circa 1960s

This H10-44 shows one of the simplified paint schemes for the Logan & Sam Miguel Railroad.

This F7A shows a simplified version of the L&SM paint scheme.

This GP20 shows one of the first simple paint schemes, with initials replacing the road name.

See the Next Post for Logan & San Miguel Paint Schemes from the modern era.

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