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| Title: |
Beets on the Pilot |
| Description: |
Santa Maria Valley GE 70T 50 at a Sugar Beet plant with some of the roots resting on the pilot and step. |
| Photo Date: |
6/8/1974 Upload Date: 8/31/2013 6:01:57 PM |
| Location: |
Betteravia, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
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SMV 50(70Tonner) |
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| Title: |
Santa Maria Valley 70T 10 |
| Description: |
Santa Maria Valley GE 70T 10, working beets |
| Photo Date: |
6/8/1974 Upload Date: 8/31/2013 6:02:35 PM |
| Location: |
Guadalupe, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
SMV 10(70Tonner) |
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505 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SMV GE 70T 20 |
| Description: |
Santa Maria Valley GE 70T 20, working beets in California. Equipped with Hancock Air Whistles instead of air horns. |
| Photo Date: |
6/8/1974 Upload Date: 8/31/2013 6:03:24 PM |
| Location: |
Guadalupe, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
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| Locomotives: |
SMV 20(70Tonner) |
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618 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SMV Beet Train |
| Description: |
Two Santa Maria Valley GE 70Ts work the sugar mill at Betteravia CA in Jun 1974. |
| Photo Date: |
6/8/1974 Upload Date: 10/10/2008 9:25:58 PM |
| Location: |
Betteravia, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
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SMV 30(70Tonner) |
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674 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Beet Me |
| Description: |
The standard pair of GE 70Ts work an SMV beet train in June 1974. At this time the road had a small fleet of 70Ts and one U6B. All of the 70Ts were equipped with melodious Hancock Air Whistles. |
| Photo Date: |
6/8/1974 Upload Date: 10/10/2008 9:25:43 PM |
| Location: |
Betteravia Junction, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
SMV 10(70Tonner) |
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968 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
The Beets Go On |
| Description: |
GE 70 tonners 10 and 20 bring a train of beets toward the mill on the Santa Maria Valley RR |
| Photo Date: |
6/8/1974 Upload Date: 10/10/2008 9:25:34 PM |
| Location: |
Betteravia Junction, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
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| Locomotives: |
SMV 10(70Tonner) |
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649 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Passing paperwork |
| Description: |
Crew from the Santa Maria Valley RR pass paperwork between cabooses in June 1973 |
| Photo Date: |
6/8/1974 Upload Date: 1/23/2008 8:49:28 PM |
| Location: |
Betteravia, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
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Action |
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391 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SMV train and headquarters |
| Description: |
A pair of SMV GE 70 tonners lead a train past the road's headquarters in Santa Maria CA |
| Photo Date: |
6/8/1974 Upload Date: 1/23/2008 8:49:41 PM |
| Location: |
Santa Maria, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SMV 30(70Tonner) |
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705 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SMV among the beets |
| Description: |
Santa Maria Valley 70 tonners lead a caboose and three PFE cars back towards Santa Maria CA in June of 1974 |
| Photo Date: |
6/8/1974 Upload Date: 1/23/2008 8:49:50 PM |
| Location: |
Betteravia, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
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Action |
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406 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Small Boat on the SMV |
| Description: |
A rare (for the US) GE U6B was bought by California's Santa Maria Valley RR to work with its fleet of 70 tonners. It's shown here by the road's shops. |
| Photo Date: |
6/10/1974 Upload Date: 10/10/2008 9:26:06 PM |
| Location: |
Santa Maria, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
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SMV 60(U6B) |
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1662 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Alameda Belt Line D-5 |
| Description: |
Alameda Belt Line AlCo S-2 D-5. (70156, 2/44) ex SFB 22, it would later receive a fresh coat of paint and be renumbered ABL 105. |
| Photo Date: |
6/11/1974 Upload Date: 10/28/2008 8:59:29 PM |
| Location: |
Alameda, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
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ABL D-5(S2) |
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2123 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP S6 1233 |
| Description: |
SP Alco S6 1233 works near Fruitvale Tower in Oakland CA in Jun 1974. |
| Photo Date: |
6/11/1974 Upload Date: 1/10/2009 3:48:51 PM |
| Location: |
Oakland, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
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SP 1233(S6) |
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1801 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
WP GP35 3008 |
| Description: |
WP GP35 3008 at Oakland CA |
| Photo Date: |
6/14/1974 Upload Date: 10/4/2013 6:43:52 PM |
| Location: |
Oakland, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
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WP 3008(GP35) |
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630 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
WP GP40 3514 |
| Description: |
WP GP40 3514 at Oakland |
| Photo Date: |
6/14/1974 Upload Date: 10/4/2013 6:44:32 PM |
| Location: |
Oakland, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
WP 3514(GP40) |
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681 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
WP SW1500 1503 |
| Description: |
Western Pacific SW1500 1503 sits in the mid-day sun at the Oakland engine facility in June 1974. It's only a year old in this picture and would make the move to the UP along with the rest of the WP. |
| Photo Date: |
6/14/1974 Upload Date: 2/16/2011 10:30:28 PM |
| Location: |
Oakland, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
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WP 1503(SW1500) |
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2289 Comments: 4 |
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| Title: |
WP GP7 709 |
| Description: |
WP GP7 709 sits in the Oakland engine facility on a mid-summers day. |
| Photo Date: |
6/14/1974 Upload Date: 3/26/2011 8:55:25 AM |
| Location: |
Oakland, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
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WP 709(GP7) |
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1281 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Sacramento Northern engine facility |
| Description: |
Both of SN's ex-WP GP7s sit in their engine facility at West Sacramento. |
| Photo Date: |
6/14/1974 Upload Date: 2/9/2008 7:02:07 PM |
| Location: |
West Sacramento, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SN 711(GP7) SN 712(GP7) |
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1592 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Western Pacific SW9 603 on the SN |
| Description: |
WP SW9 603 sits in the Sacramento Northern's small engine facility in West Sacramento in June 1974. |
| Photo Date: |
6/17/1974 Upload Date: 2/11/2011 10:09:35 PM |
| Location: |
West Sacramento, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
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WP 603(SW9) |
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1002 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
WP GP9 727 at Sacramento |
| Description: |
Western Pacific GP9 727 sits at the road's Sacramento shop in 1974. Sacramento Northern NW2 607 sits behind it. |
| Photo Date: |
6/17/1974 Upload Date: 2/12/2011 9:30:10 PM |
| Location: |
Sacramento, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
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WP 727(GP9) |
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1468 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
WP 713 |
| Description: |
A somewhat worn-looking WP GP7 713 switches the road's Oroville yard in June 1974. |
| Photo Date: |
6/17/1974 Upload Date: 5/15/2008 9:26:25 PM |
| Location: |
Oroville, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
WP 713(GP7) |
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1883 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
ATSF S2 2367 |
| Description: |
Santa Fe Alco S2 2367 sits on a siding in the California central valley in 1974 |
| Photo Date: |
7/6/1974 Upload Date: 1/29/2011 6:58:17 PM |
| Location: |
Shafter, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
ATSF 2367(S2) |
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916 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
WP westbound freight |
| Description: |
A westbound WP freight puts Oroville behind it on a scorching hot day in August. GP40 3532 leads 3535. |
| Photo Date: |
8/1/1976 Upload Date: 1/19/2008 8:30:18 PM |
| Location: |
Oroville, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
WP 3532(GP40) |
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959 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Westbound WP freight |
| Description: |
Five units pull a WP freight westbound about ten miles south of Oroville. GP40 3523, GP40 3511, GP35 3020, GP40 3508, GP40 352?. |
| Photo Date: |
8/1/1976 Upload Date: 1/19/2008 8:30:27 PM |
| Location: |
Oroville, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
WP 3523(GP40) |
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704 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
WP SW9 606 Working the SN |
| Description: |
Western Pacific SW9 606 works Sacramento Northern trackage in Yuba City CA in 1976 |
| Photo Date: |
8/5/1976 Upload Date: 2/12/2011 9:29:20 PM |
| Location: |
Yuba City, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
WP 606(SW9) |
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889 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Snoozing at Marysville |
| Description: |
Espee local power, in this case GP9E 3879, sits with one of the road's trademark bay-window cabooses at Marysville CA in August 1976. 3879 was one of 20 GP9s SP had delivered in 1959 with a low nose (as 5890); it came out of the Sacramento rebuild program in May 1976. |
| Photo Date: |
8/5/1976 Upload Date: 1/11/2009 4:11:51 PM |
| Location: |
Marysville, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
SP 3879(GP9R) |
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815 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
SN GP7 711 |
| Description: |
SN's ex-WP GP7 711 sits at the road's small West Sacramento terminal with WP caboose 447 in August 1976. |
| Photo Date: |
8/5/1976 Upload Date: 9/5/2009 10:17:47 AM |
| Location: |
West Sacramento, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
SN 711(GP7) |
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1301 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Switching Oroville |
| Description: |
Western Pacific GP9 728 works the yard in Oroville CA during the summer of 1976 |
| Photo Date: |
8/6/1976 Upload Date: 12/26/2010 8:57:45 AM |
| Location: |
Oroville, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
WP 728(GP9) |
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1167 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Ventura County S6s |
| Description: |
Two of Ventura County's S6s at their engine house in beautiful downtown Oxnard CA |
| Photo Date: |
6/28/1983 Upload Date: 7/11/2010 9:39:25 AM |
| Location: |
Oxnard, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
VCY 9(S6) VCY 7(S6) |
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805 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Ventura County Power |
| Description: |
Two VCY Alco S6s (7 and 9) sit next to the road's engine house in beautiful downtown Oxnard California in the summer of 1983. The road acquired a trio of ex-SP S6s to replace GE 70 tonners in the early 1980s. |
| Photo Date: |
6/28/1983 Upload Date: 12/20/2008 10:16:33 PM |
| Location: |
Oxnard, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
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VCY 7(S6) VCY 9(S6) |
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1058 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
BN Power at Beiber |
| Description: |
A pair of BN SD40-2s prepare to depart Beiber CA for a trip up the "Inside Gateway" to Klamath Falls. |
| Photo Date: |
8/28/1985 Upload Date: 11/5/2008 9:31:17 PM |
| Location: |
Bieber, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
Station |
| Locomotives: |
BN 8002(SD40-2) |
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701 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Interchange |
| Description: |
Beiber Ca must rank among the nation's most obscure interchanges; GN and WP met here for many years, more recently it's been between BN and UP. Three UP SD40-2s havf brought a train into town and now a pair of BN units will take it north. |
| Photo Date: |
8/28/1985 Upload Date: 1/20/2008 9:50:26 PM |
| Location: |
Bieber, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 3718(SD40-2) |
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580 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Beautiful Downtown Petaluma |
| Description: |
SP GP9E 3828 and SW1500 2594 work the small yard at Petaluma CA in August 1985 |
| Photo Date: |
8/29/1985 Upload Date: 11/10/2012 10:26:50 PM |
| Location: |
Petaluma, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
SP 3828(GP9R) SP 2594(SW1500) |
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695 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Deep in the Canyon |
| Description: |
A UP train runs westbound through the Feather River Canyon in August 1985. Two C30-7s are followed by a pair of SD40-2s and a U30C. |
| Photo Date: |
8/29/1985 Upload Date: 5/10/2009 6:11:50 PM |
| Location: |
Pulga, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
UP 2519(C30-7) |
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392 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Reflections |
| Description: |
Five units head west in the Feather River Canyon |
| Photo Date: |
8/29/1985 Upload Date: 1/20/2008 9:49:53 PM |
| Location: |
Feather River Canyon, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
UP 2519(C30-7) |
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813 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Eureka! |
| Description: |
Eureka Southern RR operated the former Northwestern Pacific line in California between 1984 and 1992. Two of its vividly painted GP38s are shown here late in the day at Eureka in September 1985. |
| Photo Date: |
9/3/1985 Upload Date: 12/19/2009 11:26:26 PM |
| Location: |
Eureka, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
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EUKA 31(GP38) EUKA 33(GP38) |
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1150 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
EUKA |
| Description: |
Eureka Southern was a short-lived line that operated the former Northwestern Pacific from 1984 to 1992. Their power included four colorful GP38s. |
| Photo Date: |
9/3/1985 Upload Date: 1/23/2008 8:43:38 PM |
| Location: |
Eureka, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
EUKA 31(GP38) |
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1502 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Switching Milpitas |
| Description: |
UP 790, a former WP GP35, switches the yard in Milpitas in November 1985 |
| Photo Date: |
11/14/1985 Upload Date: 12/20/2008 10:15:59 PM |
| Location: |
Milpitas, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
UP 790(GP35) |
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1189 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Station stop, Salinas |
| Description: |
Amtrak's southbound no. 11, the Coast Starlight, coasts to a stop at Salinas CA on an overcast Novermber day in 1985. Eleven cars trail the pair of F40s. |
| Photo Date: |
11/24/1985 Upload Date: 4/6/2008 4:52:33 PM |
| Location: |
Salinas, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
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AMTK 282(F40PHR) |
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466 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP SD9E 4371 |
| Description: |
Cadillac- SP 4371 idles at Watsonville in December 1985. |
| Photo Date: |
12/7/1985 Upload Date: 6/12/2015 9:13:37 PM |
| Location: |
Watsonville, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
SP 4371(SD9E) |
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546 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP GP9E 3188 at Watsonville Jct |
| Description: |
SP GP9E 3188, one of the few that retained a steam generator for passenger service, sits in a line of locomotives at Watsonville Jct CA. |
| Photo Date: |
12/8/1985 Upload Date: 1/31/2011 5:17:04 PM |
| Location: |
Watsonville Junction, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
SP 3188(GP9R) |
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370 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP SW1500s in ihe East Bay |
| Description: |
Two SP SW1500s sit at Newark with one of the road's signature bay-window cabooses in December 1985 |
| Photo Date: |
12/11/1985 Upload Date: 11/14/2008 1:05:19 PM |
| Location: |
Newark, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
SP 2626(SW1500) |
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438 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Watsonville Jct Tower |
| Description: |
SP SD-45-T2 9229 trundles past the tower at Watsonville Jct CA with Cotton Belt SD45 8981 and southbound freight on ESPEE's Coast Line in Dec 1985 |
| Photo Date: |
12/11/1985 Upload Date: 7/31/2009 9:00:27 PM |
| Location: |
Watsonville Junction, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
SP 9229(SD45T-2) |
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531 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Alameda Alco |
| Description: |
Alameda Belt Line's S2 105 sits near the road's headquarters on Alameda Island in December 1985. 105 is the former ABL D-5, which was acquired from San Francisco Belt in 1960. It was retired by ABL about 1991. |
| Photo Date: |
12/11/1985 Upload Date: 4/6/2008 4:53:09 PM |
| Location: |
Alameda, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
ABL 105(S2) |
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1006 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
ABL World Headquarters |
| Description: |
Alameda Belt LIne was a shortline co-owned by WP and ATSF that operated industrial trackage on Alameda Island near Oakland. Their headquarters was suitably marked. |
| Photo Date: |
12/11/1985 Upload Date: 4/6/2008 4:53:40 PM |
| Location: |
Alameda, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
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260 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Oakland Terminal Baldwin 101 |
| Description: |
One of the more obscure railroads in the Bay Area was Oakland Terminal. As of 1985 its sole unit was DS44-1000 101; which is shown sitting in the shade of the approaches to the Bay Bridge. |
| Photo Date: |
12/13/1985 Upload Date: 7/17/2010 1:27:16 PM |
| Location: |
Oakland, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
OTR 101(DS44-1000) |
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467 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Boarded up, awaiting its fate |
| Description: |
SP's Newark CA depot is closed and boarded up in Dec 1985. Note the wig-wag to the right. |
| Photo Date: |
12/13/1985 Upload Date: 6/26/2009 6:40:28 PM |
| Location: |
Newark, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
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191 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
UP Switchers at Oakland |
| Description: |
A pair of UP switchers, SW10 1224 and SW1500 1503, in the Oakland yard |
| Photo Date: |
12/13/1985 Upload Date: 5/25/2012 9:57:09 PM |
| Location: |
Oakland, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
UP 1224(SW10) UP 1503(SW1500) |
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361 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
UP GP35 787 |
| Description: |
UP GP35 787, the former WP 3006, at Milpitas. It only lasted with UP through 1993 and eventually end up with Arizona Eastern. |
| Photo Date: |
12/13/1985 Upload Date: 5/25/2012 9:57:22 PM |
| Location: |
Milpitas, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
UP 787(GP35) |
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355 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
UP SW10 1244 |
| Description: |
UP SW10 1244 at Milpitas |
| Photo Date: |
12/13/1985 Upload Date: 5/25/2012 9:57:51 PM |
| Location: |
Milpitas, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
UP 1244(SW10) |
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286 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
UP 1503 |
| Description: |
UP 1503 idles at Oakland CA in December 1985; it's a former WP unit and would become UP 1317 in time. |
| Photo Date: |
12/13/1985 Upload Date: 4/6/2008 4:52:03 PM |
| Location: |
Oakland, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
UP 1503(SW1500) |
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507 Comments: 0 |
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