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Re: Last Train #75, The Lark at San Jose
Author: WAF
Date: 02-05-2010 - 14:16
Jim Wrote:
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> On page 185 of the Richard Wright "Train 98 and 99
> Coast Daylight" book, he states that a GP9 was
> used for power on train 99 on January 4, 1969. He
> also says that GP9s were confined to the commute
> pool before that, which is not totally true. I've
> seen photographs also of the Daylight and Lark
> with GP9s in multiple with other units in earlier
> years. One of the old SP Motive Power Annuals has
> a photo of an E9 and GP9 in multiple passing the
> Millbrae station on 99. The way he words it in
> the Coast Daylight book it sounds like it was a
> single GP9 ("....a GP9 was used as 99's motive
> power...."). It's not out of the realm of
> possibility. I believe that the winter consist of
> the Daylight was only about 7 lightweight cars by
> that late date, with the GP9s capability.
Due to the small fuel and water capacity of a Geep Nine, I still seriously doubt that a GP-9 pulled 99 by itself. I'm sure Wright meant that a GP-9 was used in a locomotive consist. Never would be able to get 7 cars up Cuesta by itself.
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> On page 185 of the Richard Wright "Train 98 and 99
> Coast Daylight" book, he states that a GP9 was
> used for power on train 99 on January 4, 1969. He
> also says that GP9s were confined to the commute
> pool before that, which is not totally true. I've
> seen photographs also of the Daylight and Lark
> with GP9s in multiple with other units in earlier
> years. One of the old SP Motive Power Annuals has
> a photo of an E9 and GP9 in multiple passing the
> Millbrae station on 99. The way he words it in
> the Coast Daylight book it sounds like it was a
> single GP9 ("....a GP9 was used as 99's motive
> power...."). It's not out of the realm of
> possibility. I believe that the winter consist of
> the Daylight was only about 7 lightweight cars by
> that late date, with the GP9s capability.
Due to the small fuel and water capacity of a Geep Nine, I still seriously doubt that a GP-9 pulled 99 by itself. I'm sure Wright meant that a GP-9 was used in a locomotive consist. Never would be able to get 7 cars up Cuesta by itself.
