Re: SP SW8's Part 1
Author: OPRRMS
Date: 05-01-2014 - 22:56
George Andrews Wrote:
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> Is that a Trombone Air horn under the cab roof ???
> The Horizontal pipe thingie...
The whistle itself has been removed, but the piping is still there.
The location of the photo is on the 50 Lead in front of the switchman's shanty at the Homestead, which was the on duty location at the Adeline Street end of the West Oakland yard. Steve, your dad would've worked there many, many times.