Steam & Excursion > Western Roadroad 33&1/3 RPM recording

I have a record produced by the Railway&locomotive Historical Society, Southern California Chapter called "Whistles West"
On the cover is # 51 with a double header, 4464 on the point with a back-up malley 2nd out!
On side two is a recording of Coast Mail # 91 behind 4486 departing Moorpark. At the throttle is Engineer Simpson. He was
a real good whistle artist and the recording reflects his tooting away from the depot.
I think the cover photo might have been taken in Saugus Cyn?

Being from the area around Moorpark, I would love to hear the recording. Haven't heard any steam era ones from around here.

I have one for sale.  Contact me on Private Messages.

Lots of great SP whistles on that album. The one that is outstanding is the 3 cylinder SP 4-10-2. The ATSF 2-10-4 is another.

If you listen closely to one of the sequences when the train (Coast Daylight) is boarding, you hear a mother in the background  telling her son who is getting on the train "Johnny, be a good boy".



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/20/16 21:19 by Westbound.

There was a second album also released called "Steam Echoes."  Were these the only two releases?

Mary McPherson
Dongola, IL
Diverging Clear Productions

ValvePilot wrote:

> I have a record ... called "Whistles West"   On the cover is # 51 with a double header, 4464 on the point with a back-up malley 2nd out!

I don't have any of my references with me, but I'll sort of go out on a limb say it could be the January 1956 "Bankers' Holiday" excursion from Los Angeles to Bakersfield.  It was common for the L.A.-to-Bakersfield excursions to run as the first section of No. 51.  Also, that power combination was used on a number of mid-fifties excursions to Bakersfield.

> I think the cover photo might have been taken in Saugus Cyn?

No such thing as "Saugus Cyn" as far as I know.   Probably shot in Soledad Canyon.



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 05/21/16 16:49 by johnsweetser.

I previously wrote:

> I'll sort of go out on a limb say it could be the January 1956 "Bankers' Holiday" excursion from Los Angeles to Bakersfield. 

Turns out it wasn't that excursion.
 

The album cover shows that photo was taken by a Frank Hughes. Sure looks like the San Joaquin Daylight herself and not an excursion. Can see the first eleven or twelve cars and all are in Daylight colors in this B & W print. First car is an RPO followed by a full baggage, coaches, triple unit diner and then bushes obscure the rest. Whatever, it is a classic shot with the SP 4464 on the point.