Nostalgia & History > The Curley Grieve's Rose Bowl train

Curley Grieve was a famous sports writer for the SF Examiner who was instrumental in helping the Giants to move from New York to San Francisco in 1958. Researching him on the web shows he helped to entice investors to finance Candlestick Park so the the Giants would move west. These undated photos of the SF Examiner "Curley Grieve's Rose Bowl Tour" Sailing from Track 10 at SP's Third and Townsend Depot. The train must have left the night before the game arriving in southern California the next morning. Wondering if this was a one time trip or an every year thing? I've seen images of trains for the Cal/Stanford game, but never any for the Rose Bowl.

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So perhaps Curley's train ran as an extra section of the Lark. The "proper" passengers on the adjacent observation car have the look of Lark patrons, decidedly aghast at the rolling New Year's Eve revel that's about to hit the high iron.

Stephanie Ann

steph62850 Wrote:
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> So perhaps Curley's train ran as an extra section
> of the Lark. The "proper" passengers on the
> adjacent observation car have the look of Lark
> patrons, decidedly aghast at the rolling New
> Year's Eve revel that's about to hit the high
> iron.
>
> Stephanie Ann

Good observation there, and I agree with your analysis. Neither train has marker lights....at least not yet. Also, if that is the Lark on the adjacent track, this makes the photo pre-1941, the year the Lark was streamlined.....if memory serves, that is. AA

Stanford White
Carmel Valley, CA

Forgot to wonder just when SP started with the program of modernizing their heavyweight cars? Pre-1941 does seem a bit early....but perhaps the program started with the installation of air conditioning, which would be somewhere in the '30s. AA

Stanford White
Carmel Valley, CA