Re: SP Business Observation #2901 April 12, 1970
Author: John Sweetser
Date: 11-19-2017 - 22:00
Ferroequinologist wrote:
> Caption states date as April 12, 1970 (Sunday) shown at SP Oakland 16th Street Station ready to depart for Rio Vista as part of a Bay Area Electric RR excursion?
Correct. Train was called the Rio Vista Junction Limited. Run to Rio Vista was via Tracy, Stockton, Sacramento, then west of Sacramento to the Sacramento Northern interchange. Return route was regular Cal-P. Engine was 3209.
(the Truckee Limited excursion ran two weeks after this one)