Nostalgia & History > Sacramento Northern M.W. 302 Interesting

This seems to be train #3. I have no information as to date or location. Interesting car when you take a close look. Photo/PRS Archive

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My guess would be she is out on the mainline south of Montezuma on the series of trestles leading to the ferry slip.

Date would be between 1941 (when she was renumbered MW 302) and 1955 (when her motors and electrical gear were removed). Since she does not have footboards (applied when used as a switcher in WWII), this is probably post 1944-1945. My guess would be early 1950s. As an MW car, she was used as an inspection car for the SN.

She was built in 1913 by Hall Scott as an interurban trailer for the Oakland, Antioch and Eastern and received motors and electrical gear in 1915. She survives today at Rio Vista, restored as an OA&E trailer.

More info: http://www.wplives.org/sn/1020.html

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/22/14 10:29 by zephyrus.

Appears to be equipped to go anywhere on the SN.
Trolley pole, pantograph and third rail shoes.

Until her electrical gear fried, MW302 was also used on several public excursions. Chances are that's what this is.

Sacramento Northern Hall-Scott trailer # 1020 ('nee MW 302),
('nee OA&E 1020) was restored by WRM shop forces as OA&E control trailer # 1020.. When operated with restored SN Combo # 1005, control can be maintained from 1020 rather than 1005.

Cheers.

KRK (two working days left) ...

What burned was the redwood cable trunking in between the center sills. On the last fan trip out of Oakland, the motorman was so worried about speed limits that he went up the hill on a resistance point. Since the grids were directly under the center of the car, this caught the trunking on fire. The Key shops removed and scrapped the electrical gear.

All the South End cars were always equipped for both trolley pole and pantograph operation (pan in the middle of the car). When the 1020 was converted to MW 302, one trolley base was removed and the pantograph moved to the end of the car. After being stripped of its electrical gear it became MW 83, a bunk car, although never painted orange.