BOB2 Wrote:
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> When I worked the Culver City job, it went to work
> at six pm at Culver City six days a week Sunday
> through Friday. The job worked that way from at
> least 1969 through about 1980, when the job was
> consolidated with the day job out of Butte Street,
> and started at J Yard.
>
> The Culver City job covered all westside branches:
> serving Alla-Inglewood, Alla-Venice, Santa Monica,
> Sawtelle, Beverly Hills, to the West Hollywood
> team track on Santa Monica Blvd. Power in the
> early days was ususally an 1100 clase SW-8, which
> was required to have a PE whistle to comply with
> Beverly Hills no "airhorn" policy. Later, when I
> worked this out of Butte Street, power was usually
> an SW 1500.
>
> Industries included the Pasta works in Culver
> City, the French Fry plant in Venice/Santa Monica
> off of Washington, Wonder Bread in Beverly Hills,
> delivering construction steel for the Blue Whale
> to the West Hollywood Team track, steel for
> wheelchairs to Sawtelle, and lumber, or occasional
> liquor deliveries to Inglewood and Santa Monica.
>
> Interesting stops, Marina del Rey, McCabes Guitar
> Shop, The Troubador, The massage parlor upstairs
> on Santa Monica at the West Hollywood team on the
> second floor, where the girls all came out to
> wave.
>
> Most famous crew members: Termite and Jay Bell
> (pre coast days).
>
> I hope this helps.


Great info, Bob2.

What was that furuniture factory at Venice and Robertson where the Office Max is today? I remember seeing the job work that in the 1980s.

Also, back when it was two jobs, was the the Culver's work or the Airline's work? It was west of Sentous, but barely.

SAn Joaquin Engineer Wrote:
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> As far as the job that switched the Bull Ring
> etc... these jobs were around the clock filled by
> switchman. i worked in an dout of the Bull Ring
> but never a switching job that went to work at the
> BR. The BR jobs switched the freight sheds,
> Captiol Mill, worked down Alamdea St. etc.


Also great infor, SJE! I have another question, when I saw the Bull Ring in the late 1970s, there was a lot of track that looked like it had just been laid down on concrete. Was that put there just to store excess power?