Sgt. Joe Friday Wrote:
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> After the SP succeeded in taking off the Lark and
> Golden State early in 1968, they shut down the
> Mission Coach Yard and contracted with Santa Fe to
> provide car cleaning and maintenance. This was
> clearly shot in the morning hours, and from the
> sun's position I would guess sometime in the fall
> or early winter. I see an automat car in the
> consist, so my guess is that it's either outbound
> No. 98 being readied for departure, or inbound No.
> 1 being wyed to go down to Santa Fe's 8thStreet
> coach yard.
They wyed the Sunset and set it back in the station to be the Coast Daylight or Vis versa. A small cleaning crew would give it a once over while it was being wyed. Automat restocked. If a car needed mechanical attention, someone from the ATSF 8th st would come out and see if it could be fixed. Otherwise, it was thrown out and replaced with one of the extra cars that was on hand in the station