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Nostalgia & History > SP Train #99 The Coast Daylight May 1966Date: 09/25/06 21:40 SP Train #99 The Coast Daylight May 1966 Author: drew1946 SP FP7A with #99 at Newhall St. May 1966, still carrying train numbers. The "B" unit appears to be 543 which I believe was a Cotton Belt Unit. The third unit is four digits but I cannot get it clear enough to read.
I kinda goofed and did not get the GP35 as well as I should.  Date: 09/25/06 23:52 Re: SP Train #99 The Coast Daylight May 1966 Author: latl1450 Nice photo! Where is Newhall Street? #99 is a Northbound train between Los Angeles and San Francisco. How is it that the sun is full on the nose of the unit? Does the track run east/west at this location? Bud
Date: 09/25/06 23:58 Re: SP Train #99 The Coast Daylight May 1966 Author: drew1946 Newhall St. and yard in the Northwest portion of San Jose. At that point the track actually does head to the Northwest. It is also in May so Daylight Savings was in effect.
Date: 09/26/06 00:11 Re: SP Train #99 The Coast Daylight May 1966 Author: topper drew1946 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > The "B" unit appears to be > 543 which I believe was a Cotton Belt Unit. T&NO. > The > third unit is four digits but I cannot get it > clear enough to read. It's an FP7, so it would have to be between 6446 and 6461 (less the 6453). Date: 09/26/06 05:58 Re: SP Train #99 The Coast Daylight May 1966 Author: WAF Less the 6453?? They were all intact until 1967 when 6452 got wreaked
Date: 09/26/06 11:32 Re: SP Train #99 The Coast Daylight May 1966 Author: topper WAF Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Less the 6453?? They were all intact until 1967 > when 6452 got wreaked Look at the photo again, then read my answer again. Date: 09/26/06 11:56 Re: SP Train #99 The Coast Daylight May 1966 Author: WAF Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Date: 09/26/06 21:34 Re: SP Train #99 The Coast Daylight May 1966 Author: InsideObserver >#99 is a Northbound train between Los Angeles and San Francisco
There were only two directions on the SP: Eastbound and Westbound. Since "all the oddballs go to San Francisco", to quote a rules examiner, and odd numbered things on the SP were Westbound, this made #99 a Westbound train. The SSW was a North-South railroad, but it was a separate company, thanks to Columbia University. |