Nostalgia & History > SP Suntan Santa Cruz CA

# 1 How the train was greeted back then,
with a band at left.
# 2 Rear of Suntan. Yours truly on
back.
FM photos Circa 1948

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Only a railfan like you would skip going to the beach for the opportunity to stand on the observation end. (So would I.)

Wow, people sure wore a lot of hats back in the day. Those are some great pictures.

AL Bayer

Alright-- Let's get a little closer to the action on this SUNTAN subject, a 'la Virgil Staff...
First off, here are a couple of great PR photos..

Photo 1. 1947

Photo 2. 1957 (The model is wearing a "nice hat", don't you think ?)

Photo 3. Sixteen cars behind a 4400-type loco makes a great SUNTAN, huh ?
(Doug Richter photo, filmed at San Bruno)

Got another one coming that you guys will really like...

KRK

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Photo # 4.

It is late in the 1940's. WWII is over and once again the famous "Suntan Special" is coming to the Beach Boardwalk at Santa Cruz, California. It is now 5:10PM on this given August, 1947 Sunday. A Southern Pacific 2300 and 2500 series steam locomotive works the point as over 700 happy beach goers are leaving the "Walk", bound for San Jose, Palo Alto, and eventually San Francisco.

Photographer: Fred C. Stoes

Cheers to everyone..

KRK

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Hey there.. Here's a couple more you might like...

KRK

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If only they would bring this trin back, get some congestion off of highway 17!

Dave