RVJ refugee Wrote:
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> The Vacaville branch originally connected to the
> main line at Creed via a wye; when the air base
> expanded during WWII, that line was removed and
> replaced by the line to Dozier--with another wye.
> When the connection to the SP was built (to
> replace the line severed by the ship channel), it
> included a wye so a train could head to either
> Vacaville or Dozier. On the other side of the
> bridge over the SP was a wye at the junction with
> the Willota branch. I believe the spur into the
> air base during WWII had a wye also. Way back
> when, there was also a wye in Fairfield where the
> Suisun City branch took off from the Willota
> branch. So that's "only" six wyes on the SN in
> Solano County.
> Now, who remembers when downtown Vacaville reeked
> of onions?
OK there, Mr. RVJ Refugee, as Art Baker once said, "You Asked For It" !!
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