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Re: Speaking of Substations.......
Author: Craig Tambo
Date: 03-11-2012 - 12:57

If it hasn't been destroyed, there's a concrete substation building at Valdez on the right-of-way of SN's Holland Branch (below West Sacramento). Cast into the front wall were the words, "Sacramento Northern Railway Automatic Sub-station." Inside (at least in the 1980s) was all the electrical equipment, thoroughly trashed and vandalized. I haven't been to look at it in many years, however.
About twenty years ago, I saw two substation structures on the Visalia Electric (or whatever a substation is called on an AC-powered railroad); one was between Visalia and Farmersville (actually on the SP where the VE had trackage rights), the other was in Woodlake. Still there?

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Subject Written By Date/Time (PST)
  Speaking of Substations....... Paul Kepler 03-10-2012 - 11:48
  Re: Speaking of Substations....... JCA 03-10-2012 - 12:48
  Re: Speaking of Substations....... Marty Bernard 03-10-2012 - 17:36
  Re: Speaking of Substations....... Ed Immel 03-11-2012 - 09:25
  Re: Speaking of Substations....... Erik H. 03-11-2012 - 20:07
  Re: Speaking of Substations....... OldPoleBurner 03-12-2012 - 10:31
  Re: Speaking of Substations....... Dr Zarkoff 03-11-2012 - 11:46
  Re: Speaking of Substations....... Craig Tambo 03-11-2012 - 12:57
  Re: Speaking of Substations....... Al Stangenberger 03-11-2012 - 14:04
  Re: Speaking of Substations....... beverlyhelper 03-14-2012 - 19:02
  Re: Speaking of Substations....... Paul Kepler 03-14-2012 - 20:08
  Re: Baltimore Park substation .... Al Stangenberger 03-14-2012 - 23:03
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