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Re: The Hollister Local Leaving San Jose Feb 1991
Author: OPRRMS
Date: 12-31-2013 - 12:03
brains Wrote:
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> Drew and other kind persons -Thanks for the
> corrections and info. I started riding the
> Daylight in 1962-3 between SJ and Glendale and I
> pretty distinctly remember the first time a
> Daylight scheme on the EMD unit which never
> re-appeared. From other sites I have gathered
> that the E units were solely for the Golden State,
> but perhaps not? Rode that train (99) in the
> evening up to SF many, many times while ploughing
> through San Jose State College, as was. It beat
> the Harriman subs and the frequent stops on the
> commute, even in the dark last days of downgrading
> on the SP.
All of SP's E units worked the Coast Lines trains at various times - even "Sad Sam" the mail trains - in addition to working the Sunset and Golden State routes.
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> Drew and other kind persons -Thanks for the
> corrections and info. I started riding the
> Daylight in 1962-3 between SJ and Glendale and I
> pretty distinctly remember the first time a
> Daylight scheme on the EMD unit which never
> re-appeared. From other sites I have gathered
> that the E units were solely for the Golden State,
> but perhaps not? Rode that train (99) in the
> evening up to SF many, many times while ploughing
> through San Jose State College, as was. It beat
> the Harriman subs and the frequent stops on the
> commute, even in the dark last days of downgrading
> on the SP.
All of SP's E units worked the Coast Lines trains at various times - even "Sad Sam" the mail trains - in addition to working the Sunset and Golden State routes.
