Nostalgia & History > SP Train 28, Where is it?

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Looks like Dunsmuir but "28" is an eastbound.

Nudge



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/22/14 12:51 by spnudge.

Auburn or Colfax??

spnudge Wrote:
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> Looks like Dunsmuir but "28" is an eastbound.
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> Nudge

28 didn't go through Dunsmuir either.

Colfax

Eastbound out of Colfax.

#28 was the eastbound Overland, which connected in Ogden with UP #10, the City of St. Louis. The photo appears to be from the late fifties as the lead unit is in the grey scheme introduced in 1957 or 58. It's also carrying a dome, which was shifted to the City of San Francisco around the middle of 1960.

Dave

Colfax- taken from the Highway 174 overpass. I'm headed down there right now to p/u my daughter from High School- I'll take an "After" shot for you and post it here this evening.
SR

Okay, here is the same spot today.
The Nevada County Narrow Gauge (Colfax to Nevada City) ran parallel to the SP on the left- were the truck is in the original photo.
Went I moved to this area in 1982 the 3rd track was still there along with the sheds in the lower left (there were 3 of them).
SR



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/22/14 17:53 by BoilingMan.

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Colfax, and the photographer is standing on the highway bridge.

Thank you, SR

Well done before/current shots, Colfax is a great railroad town in the Mother Lode country of the Sierra Nevada. Pure rail history of the first water.

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