AZebra Wrote:
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> Thank you for all of the replies so far. Good
> information!
>
> As for that "house" at Millbrae, was it possibly a
> former "section house", but was retained so that
> the switch crews had somewhere to hang out during
> the commute curfew?
>
> The oddest commute train I saw back in the day
> (late 1970s) was when a cab forward (SW1500)
> arrived at Hillsdale dragging a dead/ailing SDP45
> and a bunch of Subs during the PM commute.
> Surprisingly, that Crud really didn't seem to be
> having any issues with that load! I guess it was
> a matter of do whatever you need to, just keep the
> trains moving.

I lived in Millbrae during the mid-1970s. That house was occupied by a family. I saw their family dog almost got hit by train 133 one morning.

I'd like to have seen the SW1500 pulling that commute. I had seen a GP35 pulling an ailing SD45.