KRK Wrote:
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> Dr Zarkoff Wrote:
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> > Didn't it go by there MUed with the 751 (still
> > painted red from the SL&U) and MW 302 while on
> the
> > fan trip on 12-6-1952?
>
> SL&U 751
>
> The red observation car is Salt Lake And Utah
> #751. That railroad was short lived. Basicly, no
> money, no power, no trains. The car was bought and
> moved to California by BAERA where it was
> privately owned and repainted in Sacramento
> Northern railroad “Green”. After a number of years
> of service on the SN main and branch lines and the
> Western Railway Museum's mainline, she was finally
> repainted back into her original paint scheme at
> WRM about 10-15 years ago.
>
> Regarding the famous three-car trip of December 6,
> 1952 (which was a horrible rainy day) consisting
> of SN 1005, SN 1020 (MW302) and the 751, it is
> entirely possible that the excursionists "MAY"
> have passed thru Birds Landing, CA on the original
> OA&E mainline.....
>
> WHY ?? Because the SN's Lisbon trestle collapsed
> between Arcade and Saxon on July 24, 1951--about
> seven miles West of West Sacramento. About 4000
> feet of trestle collapsed.
>
> The trestle did not re-open to train service until
> April 6, 1954. Because of the trestle problem AND
> because the SN ferry RAMON was still operating
> until 1954, the SN eliminated ALL electrification
> North of ARCADE, and ALL track South of the
> trestle break as far as DUTTON, on July 1, 1953...
> GE 44-tonners were substituted.
> Therefore, it IS conceivable that the December 6,
> 1952 trip in Solano County COULD have operated
> from the Bay Area via the ferry RAMON to cover the
> Solano County trackage under overhead trolley and
> back-up what the good Doctor tells us.. The
> Eastbay electrification died in 1957 and the wires
> in Marysville-Yuba City lasted until April 10,
> 1965..
>
> KRK
An early day photo of SL&U # 751 on an excursion on the Sacramento Northern at Pittsburg, CA.
Date unknown..

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