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Nostalgia & History > "Maintenance of Way" Operations on the Southern Pacific !Date: 05/25/16 09:34 "Maintenance of Way" Operations on the Southern Pacific ! Author: KeyRouteKen Hi Everybody-- As promised, you are about to take a "sojourn" with Key Route Ken to different locales upon the great Southern Pacific system to see what "Maintenance of Way" operations were all about. This is a subject that is not carried very often on Trainorders.com ! There are approximately ninety-five photos from the late 1920's to middle 1930's that I have assembled to help tell my story. They are from my late Father's photo album. They were in very poor condition. Infact, I threw his worn out, torn photo album out in the garbage pickup yesterday. But first, I removed all the photographs and scanned them into my computer at a jpeg size of 300 dpi. It took me two days to scan them all ! So don't worry-- they have been saved ! A very few years ago, some of these photos were seen on Trainorders before. I thought I had lost them ! But THIS time, you get to see his entire album.SP Welding Gang # 23 (System) traveled in FIVE Western states for the Southern Pacific.. CA, NV, NM, AZ, OR.. They were responsble for welding track, bridges and signal masts. My Dad 'Jim Shattock' was the foreman. They lived aboard an "Outfit Train"--a number of old coaches and a tank car or two for water. My Dad and his Gang were involved with the following major wrecks:
Selma, CA 1937 The "OWL" Harney, NV 1939 The "City of San Francisco" Watsonville, CA 1944 Cab Forward Boiler Explosion My Grandfather, Victor Shattock and his oldest Son, Ronald, also lived on an "Outfit Car" of their own. They were in the Water Service Department and were mainly assigned to the Davis, CA , Sacramento, Woodland, Elmira, Vacaville, Rumsey and Capay hamlets. My Dad and his Gang visited places like:Albany, OR Eugene, OR Sudden, CA Arlight, CA Springfield, OR Concepcion, CA Del Monte Jct, CA Monterey, CA Salinas, CA Honda, CA Sargent, CA Marina, CA Cascade Summit, OR Oakridge, OR Steins, NM Vanar, AZ San Carlos, AZ Shedd, OR Bowie, AZ Willcox, AZ Sybil, AZ Dragoon, AZ Texas Canyon, AZ Tangent, OR Jefferson, OR Lordsburg, NM Cochise, AZ Palmdale, CA Tehachapi, CA Bealville, CA Caliente, CA Mojave, CA Beowawe, NV Imlay, NV Lovelock, NV Toy, NV Harney, NV Selma, CA to name a few, from what I found. "Maintenance of Way" was a Family affair ...My Grandfather Victor and Uncle Ron were in the Water Service.My Aunt Irene and Uncle Roy were in the Signal Department.My Dad Jim was in Track and Wayside Maintenance.My Brother Jimmy worked as a Machinist Apprentice in West Oakland at the "System Maintenance of Way" Shop. --------------------------------- The following photos are in no certain order and contain everything from "Live Steam" models to Firearms and horseplay !! Anyway, let's start on an oldtime adventure on the rails of the Southern Pacific Railroad "" a LONG time ago "" ... Photo 1. Vic Shattock's SP 2422 under construction. Photo 2. The Welding Gang, Albany, OR. Left to Right, top-- Dorsey , Frank, Jim / bottom- Lou Photo 3. Lou Hummer- Eugene, OR    Date: 05/25/16 09:39 Re: "Maintenance of Way" Operations on the Southern Pacific ! Author: KeyRouteKen SPMW continued--
Photo 4. Signal repair Photo 5. Welding on the track Photo 6. Two " California Swedes"    Date: 05/25/16 09:44 Re: "Maintenance of Way" Operations on the Southern Pacific ! Author: KeyRouteKen Photo 7. Ripley's Believe It or Not
Photo 8. Explanation of Ripley's photo Photo 9. "Horseplay Time" Jim & George-- somewhere in Oregon    Date: 05/25/16 09:47 Re: "Maintenance of Way" Operations on the Southern Pacific ! Author: KeyRouteKen Photo 10. Time to throw the switch.
Photo 11.Sudden, CA (Jim peeking out of the car) Photo 12. Jim-- Arlight, CA    Date: 05/25/16 09:51 Re: "Maintenance of Way" Operations on the Southern Pacific ! Author: KeyRouteKen Photo 13. Malley (Springfield, OR ??)
Photo 14. Outfit's watchman Photo 15. Jim, a'la Tex Ritter    Date: 05/25/16 09:55 Re: "Maintenance of Way" Operations on the Southern Pacific ! Author: KeyRouteKen Photo 16. Vic Shattock models
Photo 17. Track welding somewhere Photo 18. Vic Shattock models    Date: 05/25/16 09:57 Re: "Maintenance of Way" Operations on the Southern Pacific ! Author: KeyRouteKen Photo 19. Fred Cdaers
Photo 20. Signal repair Photo 21."KP" Duty    Date: 05/25/16 10:01 Re: "Maintenance of Way" Operations on the Southern Pacific ! Author: KeyRouteKen Photo 22. More gunplay
Photo 23. Marina, CA Photo 24. L--R-- Slim, Prokee, Tip Monterey,CA Nite-Welding    Date: 05/25/16 10:04 Re: "Maintenance of Way" Operations on the Southern Pacific ! Author: KeyRouteKen Photo 25. Bridge repair-- Del Monte, CA
Photo 26. Signal Repair Photo 27. Signal Repair    Date: 05/25/16 10:08 Re: "Maintenance of Way" Operations on the Southern Pacific ! Author: KeyRouteKen Photo 28. Signal Repair
Photo 29. Vic Shattock models Photo 30. Vic Shattock models    Date: 05/25/16 10:15 Re: "Maintenance of Way" Operations on the Southern Pacific ! Author: KeyRouteKen Photo 31. Uncle Ron Shattock-- Aunt Carmel Shattock-- Vic Shattock models
Ron worked for SP-- then quit and went to work for Western Electric. Carmel worked for many years for Duncanson-Harrelson Co. in Richmond--the old Pile Driver company. Photo 32. Vic Shattock models Photo 33. Vic Shattock models    Date: 05/25/16 10:18 Re: "Maintenance of Way" Operations on the Southern Pacific ! Author: KeyRouteKen Photo 34. Out on the Line
Photo 35. Taking a Break (Jim on the right) Photo 36. Feet to the Mountains    Date: 05/25/16 10:21 Re: "Maintenance of Way" Operations on the Southern Pacific ! Author: KeyRouteKen Photo 37. Smokebreak
Photo 38. Hot Rail Photo 39. Time to Hide Out    Date: 05/25/16 10:25 Re: "Maintenance of Way" Operations on the Southern Pacific ! Author: KeyRouteKen Photo 40. "The Buzzards" Salinas, CA
Photo 41. A Knock-Out Salinas, CA Photo 42. Outfit's Milk Supply Sudden, CA    Date: 05/25/16 10:28 Re: "Maintenance of Way" Operations on the Southern Pacific ! Author: KeyRouteKen Photo 43. SP Passenger--Springfield, OR
Photo 44. Break time (again ?) Photo 45. "Boy, you oughta see the view " !    Date: 05/25/16 10:31 Re: "Maintenance of Way" Operations on the Southern Pacific ! Author: ShastaDaylight Ken,
These are great! What a fine look at the SP in an era before most of us were around! This brings back memories of my Great-Grandfather who was a Section Foreman on the Missouri Pacific handling M of W along the MP passenger main from Independence, MO (just east of Kansas City) to Sedalia, MO (where MP had a big shop). He worked from 1899 to 1940, staying on to get the line in shape for the first streamlined Missouri River Eagle trains with their blue, white and gold E-3 diesels. After he retired, during World War II, he moved west to the Bay Area and handled track expansion at the Hunter's Point Naval Shipyard south of San Francisco. He and my Great-Grandmother lived in a Civil War-era converted boxcar (they called it an "extra gang car") during the early years, and he had photos like this that I recall seeing, but they were destroyed in a flood. As such, yours bring back memories of my own families photos of working on the railroad in years gone by. Thanks again for sharing; I really love all the Style B signals and those classic model trains! Best wishes, ShastaDaylight Date: 05/25/16 10:32 Re: "Maintenance of Way" Operations on the Southern Pacific ! Author: KeyRouteKen Photo 46. "Pastime" (Teaching a Dog new Tricks)
Photo 47. Grinding a Joint-- Albany, OR Photo 48. "The Happy Go-Luckies" Honda, CA    Date: 05/25/16 10:36 Re: "Maintenance of Way" Operations on the Southern Pacific ! Author: KeyRouteKen Photo 49. Bridge Welding--Sargent, CA
Photo 50. SP Malley # 4026 Photo 51. More welding on track--someplace !    Date: 05/25/16 10:39 Re: "Maintenance of Way" Operations on the Southern Pacific ! Author: KeyRouteKen Photo 52. "Tip" Marina, CA
Photo 53. "One Long Hooey" -- Salinas, CA Photo 54. Cascade Summit, OR    Date: 05/25/16 10:45 Re: "Maintenance of Way" Operations on the Southern Pacific ! Author: KeyRouteKen Photo 55. Take a Rest Time.
Photo 56. What are you looking at ? Photo 57. Oakridge, OR    |