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Viewing Album:  Railroad Slides: The 1970s
 
By:David Jackson
Dates:1/1/1970 - 12/31/1979
Album Info:Scans of railroad slides from the mid-1970s, taken mostly around the San Francisco Bay Area and Central California. Nearly all of the shots were taken by me, although several are unique originals taken by Wes Hammond during the same era.
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WP 804D and the California Zephyr
Title:  WP 804D and the California Zephyr
Description:  A scan from an original slide in my collection, showing the Western Pacific edition of the California Zephyr running in the streets of Oakland, Calif. (Date is a guess.)
Photo Date:  3/20/1970  Upload Date: 9/25/2012 9:54:29 PM
Location:  Oakland, CA
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  WP 804D(F7A)
Views:  3430   Comments: 2
WP 470
Title:  WP 470
Description:  Still shiny new, Western Pacific bay-window caboose 470 sits in the Oakland yard, circa Spring 1974.
Photo Date:  5/25/1974  Upload Date: 9/21/2012 2:15:04 PM
Location:  Oakland, CA
Author:  David Jackson
Categories: 
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Views:  642   Comments: 0
WP MW0677
Title:  WP MW0677
Description:  Western Pacific MW0677 on the siding near Sunol, Calif. (Wes Hammond photo, circa 1974.)
Photo Date:  9/20/1974  Upload Date: 9/21/2012 12:04:54 PM
Location:  Sunol, CA
Author:  Wes Hammond
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  483   Comments: 0
SP 3721
Title:  SP 3721
Description:  Southern Pacific bi-level commuter coach 3721 waits for commuter service in San Jose, Calif., circa 1975.
Photo Date:  5/31/1975  Upload Date: 9/24/2012 7:53:21 PM
Location:  San Jose, CA
Author:  David Jackson
Categories: 
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Views:  690   Comments: 0
WP 805A
Title:  WP 805A
Description:  Western Pacific 805-A sits ready to haul a freight train out of Milpitas, Calif., circa Summer 1975.
Photo Date:  6/1/1975  Upload Date: 9/21/2012 2:03:41 PM
Location:  Milpitas, CA
Author:  David Jackson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WP 805A(FP7A)
Views:  982   Comments: 0
SP 3551 Switching at GM Plant (Warm Springs, CA)
Title:  SP 3551 Switching at GM Plant (Warm Springs, CA)
Description:  One of my first railroad photos, with SP 3551 moving across Warm Springs Blvd. near the General Motors plant in the Summer of 1975. (Date is approximate.)
Photo Date:  7/12/1975  Upload Date: 3/2/2013 8:04:48 PM
Location:  Fremont, CA
Author:  David Jackson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 3551(GP9)
Views:  6553   Comments: 5
SP 3201
Title:  SP 3201
Description:  Southern Pacific 3201 leads a hotshot freight past the Carter and Filbert grade crossing in Newark, Calif., circa Fall 1975.
Photo Date:  10/11/1975  Upload Date: 9/21/2012 2:11:12 PM
Location:  Newark, CA
Author:  David Jackson
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SP 3201(SDP45)
Views:  607   Comments: 0
ATSF 501201
Title:  ATSF 501201
Description:  Santa Fe 501201 (XL Box Car) sits in SP's Newark Yard, circa Fall 1975.
Photo Date:  10/18/1975  Upload Date: 9/21/2012 2:19:12 PM
Location:  Newark, CA
Author:  David Jackson
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  701   Comments: 0
ABL D-5
Title:  ABL D-5
Description:  Alameda Belt Line D-5 idles at Oakland, Calif., circa 1976. (Wes Hammond photo.)
Photo Date:  5/31/1976  Upload Date: 9/21/2012 1:58:37 PM
Location:  Oakland, CA
Author:  Wes Hammond
Categories: 
Locomotives:  ABL D-5(S2)
Views:  887   Comments: 0
PICK 1965
Title:  PICK 1965
Description:  Pickens Railroad 1965 (XF Box Car) in bicentennial paint at Newark, Calif., circa Summer 1976.
Photo Date:  6/1/1976  Upload Date: 9/21/2012 1:53:21 PM
Location:  Newark, CA
Author:  David Jackson
Categories: 
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Views:  528   Comments: 0
WP 608
Title:  WP 608
Description:  Western Pacific 608 at ... Stockton Yard? (Circa 1976.)
Photo Date:  9/20/1976  Upload Date: 9/20/2012 9:56:59 PM
Location:  Stockton, CA
Author:  Wes Hammond
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives: 
Views:  866   Comments: 2
NPT 47
Title:  NPT 47
Description:  Portland Terminal Railroad (PTRR) 47 at Portland, Oregon, circa 1976. Wes Hammond photo.
Photo Date:  9/20/1976  Upload Date: 9/21/2012 12:53:21 PM
Location:  Portland, OR
Author:  Wes Hammond
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  PTRC 47(T6)
Views:  989   Comments: 1
SP 3209
Title:  SP 3209
Description:  SP 3209 pulls a string of Harriman commute coaches into San Jose station, circa 1976.
Photo Date:  9/20/1976  Upload Date: 9/21/2012 12:27:37 PM
Location:  San Jose, CA
Author:  David Jackson
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  SP 3209(SDP45)
Views:  791   Comments: 1
SP 2689
Title:  SP 2689
Description:  Back when Southern Pacific still handled commuter trains, circa 1976.
Photo Date:  9/20/1976  Upload Date: 9/21/2012 11:33:49 AM
Location:  San Jose, CA
Author:  David Jackson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 2689(SW1500)
Views:  842   Comments: 0
WP 701
Title:  WP 701
Description:  Western Pacific GP7 701 idles near Fremont station, circa 1976.
Photo Date:  9/20/1976  Upload Date: 9/21/2012 12:32:06 PM
Location:  Fremont, CA
Author:  David Jackson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WP 701(GP7)
Views:  1111   Comments: 0
WPMW 230
Title:  WPMW 230
Description:  Western Pacific MW 0230 -- a repurposed "Rides Like A Feather" box car -- sits near WP's Fremont station, circa 1976.
Photo Date:  9/20/1976  Upload Date: 9/21/2012 12:22:25 PM
Location:  Fremont, CA
Author:  David Jackson
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  287   Comments: 0
Stauffer Chemical (?) GE 44-ton
Title:  Stauffer Chemical (?) GE 44-ton
Description:  Wes Hammond photo from my collection (Circa 1976.)
Photo Date:  9/20/1976  Upload Date: 9/21/2012 12:41:26 PM
Location:  San Jose, CA
Author:  David Jackson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GE 44-TON(44Tonner)
Views:  772   Comments: 3
SP 3035
Title:  SP 3035
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/20/1976  Upload Date: 9/21/2012 12:06:25 PM
Location:  San Jose, CA
Author:  Wes Hammond
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 3035(H-24-66)
Views:  952   Comments: 0
SP 3025
Title:  SP 3025
Description:  SP 3025 takes a timeout from commuter service, circa 1976.
Photo Date:  9/20/1976  Upload Date: 9/21/2012 11:31:34 AM
Location:  San Jose, CA
Author:  Wes Hammond
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 3025(H-24-66)
Views:  1236   Comments: 1

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