Steam & Excursion > Someone in The Paint Department May Be Taking A Real Risk Here!

At first glance in this photo we simply see a proud steam crew posing by their yard goat during a break in the day.  But wait now, look at that lettering on the tender!  Where did that come from?

In 1935 when Guy L. Dunscomb visited the Bayshore yards in San Francisco, California he simply thought he would record the typical Southern Pacific steam power going about their job duties.  He was quite surprised to see this "one-of-a-kind" painted steam engine in yard service.

All SP steam power had long sported "Southern Pacific Lines" and later just "Southern Pacific" as the banner lettering on the tender to designate the operator of the engine.  SP #1040 had briefly received a quite different lettering scheme in the form of the round SP Lines herald usually found on SP freight equipment.

We know of one very brief experiment in 1944 with the same round herald being tried out on GS-6 engines #4467 and #4468.  The herald on those engines lasted only a few days and was quickly replaced with the standard tender lettering reading "Southern Pacific".

Soon after this photo was taken, #1040 became SP MW #567 and served out her last year as the shop goat at Bayshore.  During this year as shop goat the round herald dissappeared and was replaced with the mundane SP MW lettering on her tender.

For now, when Guy found her basking in the sun, her crew was clearly quite proud of their special paint job!

Martin



Edited 4 time(s). Last edit at 02/04/16 03:13 by LoggerHogger.

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Just when you think you've seen everything...

Brian Ehni

Looks like the locomotive has at least 3 whistles too!

-Brian

Because it looked like the "Rising Sun" of Japan.

Ed

K8CNW Wrote:
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> Looks like the locomotive has at least 3 whistles
> too!
>
> -Brian

One whistle and 2 safety valves.

Martin

Who woulda thunk?

Bayshore Yard is in Brisbane,CA not San Francisco.

KF6MXK Wrote:
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> Bayshore Yard is in Brisbane,CA not San Frncisco.
Technically yes, But no one ever refers too Bayshore Yards as Brisbane...And try using spell check
Mike Jr

LoggerHogger Wrote:
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> At first glance in this photo we simply see a
> proud steam crew posing by their yard goat during
> a break in the day.  But wait now, look at that
> lettering on the tender!  Where did that come
> from?
>
> In 1935 when Guy L. Dunscomb visited the Bayshore
> yards in San Francisco, California he simply
> thought he would record the typical Southern
> Pacific steam power going about their job
> duties.  He was quite surprised to see this
> "one-of-a-kind" painted steam engine in yard
> service.
>
> All SP steam power had long sported "Southern
> Pacific Lines" and later just "Southern Pacific"
> as the banner lettering on the tender to designate
> the operator of the engine.  SP #1040 had briefly
> received a quite different lettering scheme in the
> form of the round SP Lines herald usually found on
> SP freight equipment.
>
> We know of one very brief experiment in 1944 with
> the same round herald being tried out on GS-6
> engines #4467 and #4468.  The herald on those
> engines lasted only a few days and was quickly
> replaced with the standard tender lettering
> reading "Southern Pacific".
>
> Soon after this photo was taken, #1040 became SP
> MW #567 and served out her last year as the shop
> goat at Bayshore.  During this year as shop goat
> the round herald dissappeared and was replaced
> with the mundane SP MW lettering on her tender.
>
> For now, when Guy found her basking in the sun,
> her crew was clearly quite proud of their special
> paint job!
>
> Martin

Martin....the MW567 was the shop switcher at Taylor Yd in Los Angeles.

Chris

I like her, she's got a crooked number plate.

Taylor

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engine3420 Wrote:

> Martin....the MW567 was the shop switcher at
> Taylor Yd in Los Angeles.
>
> Chris


I must correct you on that Chris.  The SP #567 that you refer to at Taylor yards was not converted and give that number until 1940.  That is an entirely different engine from the first #567.

SP #1040 in my post was converted in 1936 in to SP #567 and served for over a year at Bayshore as the shop goat before being retired in late 1937.  She was indeed #567 and wore that number several years before the engine you are referring to was converted and then bore that same number.

Here is photographic proof of what I say.

Martin



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/05/16 04:23 by LoggerHogger.

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LoggerHogger Wrote:
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> engine3420 Wrote:
>
> > Martin....the MW567 was the shop switcher at
> > Taylor Yd in Los Angeles.
> >
> > Chris
>
>
> I must correct you on that Chris.  The SP #567
> that you refer to at Taylor yards was not
> converted and give that number until 1940.  That
> is an entirely different engine from the first
> #567.
>
> SP #1040 in my post was converted in 1936 in to SP
> #567 and served for over a year at Bayshore as the
> shop goat before being retired in late 1937.  She
> was indeed #567 and wore that number several years
> before the engine you are referring to was
> converted and then bore that same number.
>
> Here is photographic proof of what I say.
>
> Martin

Thanks Martin...didn't know there was another MW567...from a earlier time period.
Chris