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Steam & Excursion > A Couple More for the Santa Fe Steam FansDate: 03/31/15 21:22 A Couple More for the Santa Fe Steam Fans Author: drumwrencher Two more for our Santa Fe friends. I recently found these in dad's photographs.
My father, Fred Boland, a machinist at Bayshore had taken a trip on his SP pass in September, 1929 to LA to photograph as much railroading as he could. A month later, the Great Depression hit with a vengence. But even that didn't stop him from rail fanning... Captioned as follows: 1: "Santa Fe freight yards near station, Los Angeles 9/29" 2: "Santa Fe station, Los Angeles 9/29" And, thanks to my frend Evan Werkema, here's the Santa Fe thread posted several weeks ago from the same trip: http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/warning.php?forum_id=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.trainorders.com%2Fdiscussion%2Fread.php%3F10%2C3679691 Any additional info would be most apreciated. Hope you enjoy this long look back. (And thanks, Evan!) Walter Sanfranciscotrains.org Edited 6 time(s). Last edit at 04/01/15 06:10 by drumwrencher. Date: 03/31/15 21:36 Re: A Couple More for the Santa Fe Fans Author: Evan_Werkema drumwrencher Wrote:
> 2: "Santa Fe station, Los Angeles 9/29". La Grande station before it lost its dome following the 1933 Long Beach earthquake. Always wondered if D&RGW had a corresponding "La Fe" station somewhere...;^) Date: 03/31/15 21:39 Re: A Couple More for the Santa Fe Fans Author: drumwrencher Evan_Werkema Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > drumwrencher Wrote: > > > 2: "Santa Fe station, Los Angeles 9/29". > > La Grande station before it lost its dome > following the 1933 Long Beach earthquake. > > Always wondered if D&RGW had a corresponding "La > Fe" station somewhere...;^) Thanks, Evan. I think dad never figured anyone was that interested in his rail pics, so sometimes he left simple, yet important details out. Like excursion names, station names, etc... Walter Date: 04/01/15 23:10 Re: A Couple More for the Santa Fe Fans Author: JimBaker Could the yard in the first photo here be the top of First Street Yard?
Long before the Concreting of the Los Angeles River? --Jim Baker Date: 04/02/15 20:25 Re: A Couple More for the Santa Fe Fans Author: drumwrencher JimBaker Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Could the yard in the first photo here be the top > of First Street Yard? > Long before the Concreting of the Los Angeles > River? > > --Jim Baker I wish I had an answer for you, my friend, but, unfortunately, I've never been there. Never even saw these photos till about 3 days ago. I hope one of our LA masters can chime in with an answer for you! Walter |