Nostalgia & History > Ted Wurm: Tidewater Southern, Manteca, CA, 1971

A few weeks back, Zephyrus posted a request for pictures of California's Tidewater Southern Ry Manteca Branch.

http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?11,3559984

The following three images from the Western Railway Museum Archives were taken by Ted Wurm at Manteca in 1971. They were the only three negatives in that particular envelope, and I didn't find any others from that day or from the Manteca Branch among his other Tidewater Southern negatives. Regardless, the images he did capture at least leave no doubt as to their location.

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I can hear the RS-1.

KG

Yes the RS-1's did sound like nothing else. If anyone's interested, Soundtraxx nailed the sound with their 539 Turbo sound decoder. I have several installed in some Atlas RS-1's & the sound brings back many fond memories of watching(and hearing) NYSW's fleet of these locos on a daily basis on NYSW's Passaic Branch.

Fantastic! Thank you, Evan! Some of the best photos I have seen taken on the Manteca Branch.

Z

Some of the ONLY pictures of the Manteca branch!

Out

Evan_Werkema Wrote:
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> A few weeks back, Zephyrus posted a request for
> pictures of California's Tidewater Southern Ry
> Manteca Branch.
>
> http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?11,
> 3559984
>
> The following three images from the Western
> Railway Museum Archives were taken by Ted Wurm at
> Manteca in 1971. They were the only three
> negatives in that particular envelope, and I
> didn't find any others from that day or from the
> Manteca Branch among his other Tidewater Southern
> negatives. Regardless, the images he did capture
> at least leave no doubt as to their location.


Spreckles Sugar in Manteca was served by both the SP and TS. That WP airslide is either going to or from the sugar plant. TS entered from the back of the plant. SP from the front

Spreckles Sugar in Manteca was served by both the SP and TS. That WP airslide is either going to or from the sugar plant. TS entered from the back of the plant. SP from the front."

Huh? Both the TS and the SP entered the Spreckles plant from the west side, the spurs running side-by-side after crossing Moffat Blvd. Once inside inside, crossovers connected the two, and a couple of other tracks, so that the Spreckles center cab GE could switch the cars around in the plant.

lynnpowell Wrote:
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> Spreckles Sugar in Manteca was served by both the
> SP and TS. That WP airslide is either going to or
> from the sugar plant. TS entered from the back of
> the plant. SP from the front."
>
> Huh? Both the TS and the SP entered the Spreckles
> plant from the west side, the spurs running
> side-by-side after crossing Moffat Blvd. Once
> inside inside, crossovers connected the two, and a
> couple of other tracks, so that the Spreckles
> center cab GE could switch the cars around in the
> plant.


I saw a SPINS that showed the TS coming from in back of the plant