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Re: 39 Years ago at Santa Clara
Author: Jim
Date: 12-09-2009 - 14:15

"The other possibility is that the Espee was known to use the subs on freights when they had a shortage of cabeese."

Really? I grew up on the Peninsula and I've never heard or seen, or seen photos of this.

Two other theories why the subs were in the yard track in Santa Clara:

1) They were recently retired. SP retired the first 20 subs when that order of new galleries was delievered in 1969 (the ones with the green tinted windows and no restrooms). (The fleet of 75 subs remained intact from 1927 to about 1969).

2) They were being deadheaded in a freight train to West Oakland for maintenance. I have seen photos of this.

I'll bet on #2.

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  39 Years ago at Santa Clara Drew Jacksich 12-08-2009 - 22:09
  Re: 39 Years ago at Santa Clara Espee99 12-09-2009 - 11:06
  Re: 39 Years ago at Santa Clara Jon 12-09-2009 - 11:39
  Re: 39 Years ago at Santa Clara Jim 12-09-2009 - 12:14
  Re: 39 Years ago at Santa Clara Drew Jacksich 12-09-2009 - 12:24
  Re: 39 Years ago at Santa Clara Jim 12-09-2009 - 14:15
  Re: 39 Years ago at Santa Clara OPRRMS 12-09-2009 - 14:53
  Re: 39 Years ago at Santa Clara Drew Jacksich 12-09-2009 - 15:14
  Re: 39 Years ago at Santa Clara George Andrews 12-09-2009 - 18:43
  Re: 39 Years ago at Santa Clara Marty Bernard 12-09-2009 - 21:41
  Re: 39 Years ago at Santa Clara W.Nicholson 12-12-2009 - 11:17
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