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Re: Freight on Streets Of San Francisco--What Was Like In 70s?
Author: Ed Immel
Date: 01-06-2015 - 09:16
I was involved in a couple of operations on the street trackage in San Francisco. One was with the American Freedom Train when we displayed the train at the Presideo. Due to a 22 degree curve on Marina Green the 4449 had to stay at Aquatic Park. Even so, those 85 foot long cars did not like doing through the tunnel at Fort Mason. Several cars had their trucks lift 4-6 inches off the rail going through curves at Fort Mason. I had my fingers crossed that we were not going to display in the tunnel.
The engine and the crew car were spotted at the end of Jefferson (?) street just below the cable car turn around. Those ALCO's really had to grunt moving the train without the help of the steam engine.
The Train had a local office just off of Bay and Taylor and one morning I was walking to work when the Belt and one flour car came down the street. The conductor wanted to know if I wanted a ride. Unfortunately, no one had a camera to take a picutre of a person in a suit carring a brief case riding the foot boards of the ALCO.
In Spring of 1977 I was trainmaster for the Royal Hudson. Again, we returned to the Aquatic Park parking spot. I still remember being in my berth listening to the waves slap against the beach. Through a series of circumstances the Hudson was in a scene at Aquatic Park for an episode of "The Streets of San Francisco". The bad guys ran down the Aquatic Park seats, down across the front of the Hdson, and then down Fisherman's Wharf.
The engine and the crew car were spotted at the end of Jefferson (?) street just below the cable car turn around. Those ALCO's really had to grunt moving the train without the help of the steam engine.
The Train had a local office just off of Bay and Taylor and one morning I was walking to work when the Belt and one flour car came down the street. The conductor wanted to know if I wanted a ride. Unfortunately, no one had a camera to take a picutre of a person in a suit carring a brief case riding the foot boards of the ALCO.
In Spring of 1977 I was trainmaster for the Royal Hudson. Again, we returned to the Aquatic Park parking spot. I still remember being in my berth listening to the waves slap against the beach. Through a series of circumstances the Hudson was in a scene at Aquatic Park for an episode of "The Streets of San Francisco". The bad guys ran down the Aquatic Park seats, down across the front of the Hdson, and then down Fisherman's Wharf.
