Re: City Rock.. Bay Area SP old heads needed for Q
Author: OPRRMS
Date: 04-21-2016 - 17:02
WAF Wrote:
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> HUTCH 7.62 Wrote:
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> > How many, if any of these trains traveled the
> > Dumbarton Cuttoff? Too bad not many photos seem
> to
> > exist of trains traveling this line.
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> In daylight on Altamont Pass, you could photo the
> Tracy Rock, but it was a very small train after
> setting out its rock cars. Both the Tracy and City
> Rock along with East Pleasanton Turn went over the
> Dumbarton Cutoff along with other trains heading
> for Oakland
What was the symbol of the Bayshore-West Colton train they ran for awhile, Wes? SFWCY or something like that. Ted Benson has a photo of it up on the pass with two F7s and a DD35.