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Steam & Excursion > Santa Fe steam on Adeline StreetDate: 01/05/13 05:34 Santa Fe steam on Adeline Street Author: KeyRouteKen Here's a view, thanks to John Harder, of what it was like in the 30's with Santa Fe trains running down Adeline Street in Oakland, near Emeryville. The good old days, huh ?
KRK  Date: 01/05/13 05:44 Re: Santa Fe steam on Adeline Street Author: refarkas Thanks for posting this. There is so much history here. How soon we forget that in 1938 wooden boxcar were probably still the majority, and an old 2-8-0 was used as today's older Geeps might be used.
Bob Date: 01/05/13 08:25 Re: Santa Fe steam on Adeline Street Author: TonyJ The Santa Fe 2-8-0 reminds me of an old SP "twelve-wheeler" doing the same thing.
Date: 01/05/13 08:29 Re: Santa Fe steam on Adeline Street Author: YG Date: 01/05/13 12:42 Re: Santa Fe steam on Adeline Street Author: Westbound Ken, outstanding photo! I remember the last time I was out in that vicinity in the 1990s... There was a tank car spotted at the edge of the street at one of the industries served by the Santa Fe, which was surprising. Then I could see it had been left there permanently for industrial use and would never again roll in service.
Date: 01/05/13 12:51 Re: Santa Fe steam on Adeline Street Author: Evan_Werkema Great photo, thanks for sharing! The 998 was a homebrew, one of ten 990-class 2-8-0's designed and built in the company shops at Topeka in 1900-01. In 1938, it only had a couple of years left - it was cut up at Calwa (Fresno, CA) in 1940.
Date: 01/05/13 20:28 Re: Santa Fe steam on Adeline Street Author: JimBaker The 998's main rod and crank pin was so low to the roadway you could almost crack and egg and not squash it!
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