KRK Wrote:
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> 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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Just a side note to Ken's photo, I've got that Pittsburg "SACRAMENTO NORTHERN" depot sign.
It goes to WRM as soon as I can get it pointed that direction.
ARD