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Vintage Sacramento Northern photos from Ray L
Author: Graham Buxton
Date: 12-07-2016 - 18:00
These photos have been posted to Altamont Press some months ago, but I thought these are a better alternative than the "political" and "peoples" threads that we have been inundated with lately.
;>)
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Ray wrote this caption ...
This time around I’ve attached photos which I took during the 1948-1952 era.
I don’t know the specific dates. One shows the former Key 495 repainted back
into its original Sacramento Northern livery. As I recall that was one of five
cars deeded to the California Toll Bridge Authority by the SN in exchange for
Bay Bridge train control equipment.
During that era, railfans used the term "stench" or "stenchy" to describe the magnificent
decrepitude many of the rail systems had deteriorated into. 40th & Shafter most certainly
was stenchy. Both the 495 and the MW302 have been preserved by the Rio Vista Junction folks.
Sacto Northern 40th & Shafter Facility (1)
Sacto Northern 40th & Shafter Facility (2)
Sacto Northern 40th & Shafter Facility (3)
Sacto Northern 40th & Shafter Facility (4)
Sacto Northern 40th & Shafter Facility (5)
Links to multiple previous threads with more Ray L photos can be found here:
[www.altamontpress.com]
And here is the thread where these photos were posted in April, and links to comments by various readers: [www.altamontpress.com]
;>)
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Ray wrote this caption ...
This time around I’ve attached photos which I took during the 1948-1952 era.
I don’t know the specific dates. One shows the former Key 495 repainted back
into its original Sacramento Northern livery. As I recall that was one of five
cars deeded to the California Toll Bridge Authority by the SN in exchange for
Bay Bridge train control equipment.
During that era, railfans used the term "stench" or "stenchy" to describe the magnificent
decrepitude many of the rail systems had deteriorated into. 40th & Shafter most certainly
was stenchy. Both the 495 and the MW302 have been preserved by the Rio Vista Junction folks.
Sacto Northern 40th & Shafter Facility (1)
Sacto Northern 40th & Shafter Facility (2)
Sacto Northern 40th & Shafter Facility (3)
Sacto Northern 40th & Shafter Facility (4)
Sacto Northern 40th & Shafter Facility (5)
Links to multiple previous threads with more Ray L photos can be found here:
[www.altamontpress.com]
And here is the thread where these photos were posted in April, and links to comments by various readers: [www.altamontpress.com]
Vintage Sacramento Northern photos from Ray L