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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. |
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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 |
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| Locomotives: |
SMV 10(70Tonner) |
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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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SMV 20(70Tonner) |
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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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| 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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| 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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642 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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| 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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703 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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| 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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1654 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 |
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ABL D-5(S2) |
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2122 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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1793 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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629 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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674 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Wharf Rat |
| Description: |
Howard Terminal no.8 is a former Army narrow-gauge Whitcomb 45tonner converted for standard tracks and used for years around the Oakland CA docks. |
| Photo Date: |
6/14/1974 Upload Date: 12/24/2009 4:13:38 PM |
| Location: |
Oakland, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
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HT 8(45 Tonner) |
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589 Comments: 2 |
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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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| Locomotives: |
WP 1503(SW1500) |
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2288 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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| Locomotives: |
WP 709(GP7) |
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1278 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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1586 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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| Locomotives: |
WP 603(SW9) |
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1001 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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| Locomotives: |
WP 727(GP9) |
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1465 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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1873 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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910 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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883 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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813 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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1299 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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798 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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| Locomotives: |
VCY 7(S6) VCY 9(S6) |
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1054 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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697 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 have 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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574 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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689 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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386 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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811 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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| Locomotives: |
EUKA 31(GP38) EUKA 33(GP38) |
| Views: |
1148 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
ESPEE Cadillacs on the NWP |
| Description: |
Five SP SD9Es ("Cadillacs") bask in the mid-day sun at Ukiah CA in September 1983. SD9Es were the dominant power on the North West Pacific during this period. SP 4367, 4365, 4360, 4351, 4306. |
| Photo Date: |
9/3/1985 Upload Date: 10/11/2008 10:04:12 AM |
| Location: |
Ukiah, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
SP 4367(SD9E) |
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829 Comments: 4 |
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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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1499 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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1186 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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| Locomotives: |
AMTK 282(F40PHR) |
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465 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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545 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Southbound SP Freight in the East Bay |
| Description: |
Eight units, led by SD45R 7558 in Kodachrome, head south through Oakland CA to the Coast Line in December 1985. SD45R 7558, SD45T-2 9235, SD40T-2 8380, B30-7 7807, SD40T-2 8503, GP93 3188, SD9E 4371, GP9E 3833. The last three will be dropped off at Watsonville Jct. |
| Photo Date: |
12/7/1985 Upload Date: 8/3/2012 6:17:19 PM |
| Location: |
Oakland, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
SP 7558(SD45R) |
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424 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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368 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP Geeps |
| Description: |
Paired SP Geeps at Watsonville Jct CA at the end of 1985 |
| Photo Date: |
12/8/1985 Upload Date: 8/3/2012 6:20:16 PM |
| Location: |
Watsonville Junction, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
SP 3770(GP9R) SP 3328(GP9R) |
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365 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP SW1500s in the 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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530 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP GP9E 3770 |
| Description: |
SP GP9E 3770 sits in the yard at Watsonville Jct in December 1985 |
| Photo Date: |
12/11/1985 Upload Date: 8/3/2012 6:19:45 PM |
| Location: |
Watsonville Junction, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
SP 3770(GP9R) |
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354 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) |
| Views: |
1005 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) |
| Views: |
466 Comments: 1 |
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