Re: Benecia Scrap 1975
Author: OPRRMS
Date: 02-05-2012 - 10:09
Craig Tambo Wrote:
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> I distinctly remember visiting the Benicia
> scrapyard in the Fall of 1974. All that was left
> of the Train Masters was a couple of short hoods.
> There were several "intact" H12-44s, a couple of
> Alco S-4s and one S-2, and a BLH S-12 (which I
> believe California Western had bought from SP,
> stripped parts, and sold for scrap).
The S-12 you saw should've been the 2146 which was indeed sold by SP to CW as a parts horse for its other Baldwins. The 2148 was sold at the same time for use as CW 57. Both units had been LA Division units for years.