This brings this day in the life of the Westside Line to a close. I hope you enjoyed this little photo essay of this neat little operation along the route of the Owl. It was about 20 years since I have spent a day like this on the Westside. I lived in Patterson for eight years.
I have many good and tragic memories along this line. I chased many sugar beet trains on this line as well as detoured SP freights. My first wife perished in a car accident on highway 33 near Westley in 1991.
The Westside Line will always be a special place to me.
~Steve Sloan