Nostalgia & History > A Western Pacific memory

A westbound gravel train near Pleasanton, California with caboose 650 bringing up the rear in 1960.

Robert Morris Photography
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Excellent look back. Bet is doesn't look ANYTHING like that today!
JB

Very cool shot Bob. And yes, Pleasanton looks slightly different today!

billmeeker Wrote:
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> Very cool shot Bob. And yes, Pleasanton looks
> slightly different today!
LOL, very droll and understatement of the decade, Bill!

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Great capture, Bob...as always.

~Ryan

When Pleasanton was pleasant, with open fields of wildflowers, valley oaks, song birds and cattle ranches before humanity devoured everything (like locusts). So nice to see this photo.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/16/14 22:02 by coach.

coach Wrote:
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> When Pleasanton was pleasant, with open fields of
> wildflowers, valley oaks, song birds and cattle
> ranches before humanity devoured everything (like
> locusts). So nice to see this photo.

A bit less traffic too.

masterphots Wrote:
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> coach Wrote:
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> > When Pleasanton was pleasant, with open fields
> of
> > wildflowers, valley oaks, song birds and cattle
> > ranches before humanity devoured everything
> (like
> > locusts). So nice to see this photo.
>
> A bit less traffic too.

You forgot hotter then hell in the summer!