Richard Hendrickson grew up
        
        
          around the Santa Fe Railway in
        
        
          Southern California during and
        
        
          after World War II, when most
        
        
          trains were still steam powered.
        
        
          Richard has authored or
        
        
          co-authored several books,
        
        
          several hundred periodical
        
        
          articles, and numerous seminar
        
        
          clinics.
        
        
          When not busy with research
        
        
          and writing activities, Richard works on an operating diorama
        
        
          representing Rivera, CA on the Third District of the Santa Fe’s
        
        
          Los Angeles Division in October of 1947.
        
        
          Since the turn of the century, Richard and his wife Sandra have
        
        
          lived in Ashland, Oregon.
        
        
          Freight Car Trucks - 26
        
        
        
        
          MRH-May 2013