Western Railroad Discussion > Now and Then - Martinez Ca

Zephyr recently posted a nice series of photos comparing the changes on the Santa Fe's Pasadena Sub as it looks now compared to how it looked many years earlier. These comparisons by our contributors are the posts that I really look forward to seeing. With Zephyrs inspiration, I dug out a few slides from the scanning tray and compared them to shots I took within the last few weeks it Martinez Ca. 

Photo 1: Coal is running again to Richmond CA. Here a CSKLR drops off the bridge through the Shell Refinery
Photo 2: A late Cascade is shot at the same spot 45 years earlier ( I can't count that far back!! ) but with a wide angle lens rather than a telephoto.

2 more to follow.....



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/21/17 21:52 by casavoye.

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Photo 3: IOGOA detours away from the Sac Sub due to the derailment at the Consumes River.  Here the train enters the curve approaching the old depot
Photo 4: A wild consist on a Westbound drag taken from outside the operators office at the old Martinez Depot

Thanks for sharing in some old ( I mean really old ) memories.



Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 02/21/17 21:22 by casavoye.

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No. 2 is the SJ Daylight

Coming down of the Martinez bdrige?? The WB Tracy line is off to the left.

More classics Chip! Well, some of them are classic at least...haha. Thanks for sharing!.

EtoinShrdlu Wrote:
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> Coming down of the Martinez bdrige?? The WB Tracy
> line is off to the left.

Then its the COSF or Cascade

Both leaders in the Martinez photos look awful! The trailing unit in the Then would be great to see and hear today.
Thanks for the post.
Gonut

Excellent comparisons between now and then Chip!  Really appreciate you digging into the old slide trays for those shots of the SPRR operations near Martinez.  Keep up the excellent work!

Zephyr

Photo #4 blew me away.  I wasn't expecting that!
-  Eric Blasko

I was thinking of you Eric, when I decided on that slide!!

Chip,

Great photos! I particularly like the one showing my favorite SDP45, the 3205... Thanks for sharing!

ShastaDaylight

Note the size of the snowplows.  SP knew something...