Re: Memories of Judson Steel, Emerville
Author: BTW
Date: 11-25-2020 - 12:29
OPRRMS Wrote:
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> SP shoved inbound scrap into Judson's scrap
> receiving area shown at the upper right, using a
> lead that came off the Water Side Drill near the
> old Pfizer plant, and also accessed the south
> (railroad west) area of Judson's mill from a
> switch within the 34th Street interlocking plant
> that was controlled by the 16th Street tower
> operator.
>
> SP yard jobs (originally from Emeryville Yard,
> later from the Desert or Glass House after E'ville
> was closed) were not permitted to operate on the
> actual plant trackage.
>
> Judson used several small industrial locomotives
> for plant switching. They usually parked on the
> tracks near where you've circled.
One of their Plymouths, model JLA c/n 3368, was purchased by my dad and his buddy back in 1974/75 and rebuilt to run at the Castro Point Railway in Richmond. It’s currently on the Niles Canyon Railway.