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Re: Alameda Belt Line-Any Freight Remaining?
Author: OPRRMS
Date: 07-13-2009 - 17:09
WAF Wrote:
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> Sad.. no more Alameda Belt drags straining to make
> it to Fruitvale with an S-6
Ah, yes. The Good Ol' Days!
As trivia, the yard job on the midnight shift that started at the Homestead, made the delivery and pick-up at the Belt, then took the cars from there to the Santa Fe in Emeryville before going back to the Homestead was called the "Super Chief". It acquired its name because of the speed at which it operated - you were always runnin' for an early quit.
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> Sad.. no more Alameda Belt drags straining to make
> it to Fruitvale with an S-6
Ah, yes. The Good Ol' Days!
As trivia, the yard job on the midnight shift that started at the Homestead, made the delivery and pick-up at the Belt, then took the cars from there to the Santa Fe in Emeryville before going back to the Homestead was called the "Super Chief". It acquired its name because of the speed at which it operated - you were always runnin' for an early quit.
