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Re: SP slab train, Long Beach, 1988
Author: Paul
Date: 08-09-2017 - 16:36

BOB2 Wrote:
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> Same lead below the now "old" bridge, where we
> used to pull and spot about 40 or so carloads at a
> time of wheat for Soviet ships back when.......
> The grain, lumber, steel, palm oil, coconut oil
> "bulk commodities" came into the docks, located
> there, way back then.
>
> Long Beach was a fun place to work, the new piers
> with vast auto and container yards, the old hidden
> PE yards, old PE mains with trolley poles still in
> place, leads from everywhere to everywhere, the
> "bridge" over to Long Beach, scrap yards, boat
> yards, big ships, lousy restaurants and seamy
> bars, but fun, never boring.

Was Virlon working there with his 2 packs of Marbolos?

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  Re: SP slab train, Long Beach, 1988 BOB2 08-09-2017 - 14:24
  Re: SP slab train, Long Beach, 1988 Paul 08-09-2017 - 16:36
  Re: SP slab train, Long Beach, 1988 brains 08-09-2017 - 17:29
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  Re: SP slab train, Long Beach, 1988 SP 0-6-0 08-09-2017 - 20:39
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