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Delta King
Author: John West
Date: 07-16-2011 - 14:23

I had an old friend who's father was a Chief Engineer on the Delta King and Queen. So I have always been a bit interested in them. Had a good lunch on the Delta King a couple of weeks ago while visiting Sacamena. Then just last Wednesday I was at a luncheon, and sitting at the same table was Alan DeMoss, retired VP-O of SP. Somehow the subject of the Delta King came up and he mentioned as a kid his father had taken him to SF on one of the Delta's. He said the morning arrival in SF was the first time he had ever smelled salt water. I wonder how many people are still around who rode the King or Queen on the Sacramento River. Alan is somewhere in his 80's and he was just a kid when he did it. I have never ridden the Queen, although I have a friend who has, and apparently it has been heavily modified for its second life on the Mississippi. Neat boats.

JBWX

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