Nostalgia & History > SP "Your Friendly Railroad"

Roger Puta took this in April 1974.  Any idea as to where?

Thanks,
Marty Bernard

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A guess. Possibly at Third & Townsend station in San Francisco.

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The SP was certainly not friendly to railfans in the 1970's.

KG

Oakland 16th Street station.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/20/17 09:20 by goldcoast.

kgmontreal Wrote:
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> The SP was certainly not friendly to railfans in
> the 1970's.
>
> KG

Corporately, maybe not.  But the rank and file employees usually made up for it.


Allen



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/20/17 08:33 by bradleymckay.

I have a photo of a similar or identical sign on the 16th Street station in Oakland that I took in 1973.  So I vote for Oakland.

Lee Hower - Sacramento

Thanks Lee.

Marty

kgmontreal Wrote:
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> The SP was certainly not friendly to railfans in
> the 1970's.
>
> KG

Oh yes they were,we used too spend the night in the Roseville Ca yards..SP Police used to come by and chat with us..(Us being my dad and his friends)...And it was never a issue..  

Yes SP was very friendly, crews were awesome!!!! Even there police werent bad never had a bad experience with them.

kgmontreal Wrote:
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> The SP was certainly not friendly to railfans in
> the 1970's.
>
> KG

I always thought we were pretty friendly. Maybe some of the fans were not?

V

SLOCONDR

SLOCONDR Wrote:
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> kgmontreal Wrote:
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> > The SP was certainly not friendly to railfans
> in
> > the 1970's.
> >
> > KG
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> I always thought we were pretty friendly. Maybe
> some of the fans were not?
>
> V
>
> SLOCONDR

More like PIA

SLOCONDR Wrote:
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> kgmontreal Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > The SP was certainly not friendly to railfans
> in
> > the 1970's.
> >
> > KG
>
> I always thought we were pretty friendly. Maybe
> some of the fans were not?
>
> V
>
> SLOCONDR


They were pretty nice to me. Brakeman always answered questions, they have me 2 cab rides, and never seemed to care if I wandered the yards.