Re: SMART Larkspur Extension Update ?
Author: B. Richard Richard
Date: 10-06-2019 - 21:39
Seems to be going great. The Cal Northern Green and Whites hasn't been down there in years, by the way. This is now all SMART territory and SMART switches the industries in San Rafael if there were any (the last one, a quick lime shipper, quit last year--Syar) I remember well watching Cal Northern Green and White #1 running down there and through the tunnel to pick up NWP 2472 to move it to Martinez where it was stored for years on a spur cross the crossing from the Amtrak depot(ex. SP depot). That legendary engine was left there to rot for decades since 1955 when it was saved from a scrapyard. This was back in 2003 I believe when it was picked up. Of course since then CAl Northern Green and White shortened their name to simply Green and White or G&W for short and changed their paint scheme from purple and silver to Orange in honor of Reeses Pieces, majority owner of the G&W company and ex-SP customer.