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Re: SP Millbrae / North Burlingame

Author: Jim

Date: 07-24-2017 - 10:58

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.

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SP Millbrae / North Burlingame	AZebra	07-21-2017 - 15:41
Re: SP Millbrae / North Burlingame	espee2472	07-21-2017 - 17:06
Re: SP Millbrae / North Burlingame	OPRRMS	07-21-2017 - 19:26
Re: SP Millbrae / North Burlingame	espee2472	07-21-2017 - 20:17
Re: SP Millbrae / North Burlingame	Don Douglas	07-21-2017 - 21:06
Re: SP Millbrae / North Burlingame	OPRRMS	07-21-2017 - 21:32
Re: SP Millbrae / North Burlingame	Jim Evans	07-21-2017 - 22:11
Re: SP Millbrae / North Burlingame	OPRRMS	07-21-2017 - 23:22
Re: SP Millbrae / North Burlingame	George Andrews	07-23-2017 - 21:20
Re: SP Millbrae / North Burlingame	OPRRMS	07-24-2017 - 08:12
Re: SP Millbrae / North Burlingame	AZebra	07-24-2017 - 10:04
Re: SP Millbrae / North Burlingame	Jim	07-24-2017 - 10:58
Re: SP Millbrae / North Burlingame	OldPoleBurner	07-24-2017 - 14:18

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Jim Wrote:
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> AZebra Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > 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.

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