Steam & Excursion > Both The Commute And The Passenger Trains Needed One Of These!

While a variety of passenger trains and commute trains both arrived and departed from the Southern Pacific's 3rd & Townsend passenger terminal in San Francisco over the years of it's operation, it could not have carried all those passengers without the help of a small fleet of these hard working steam locomotives.

We see here SP #1157 as she works past the tower at 3rd & Townsend on August 11, 1939.  She is part of the S-8 Class of 0-6-0 switchers that SP had on it's roster for a number of years.  The SP had a total of 76 S-8 Class engines stationed all around the SP systems during the years they were in service.  Both Baldwin and ALCo supplied S-8 Class switchers to the SP between 1906 and 1911.

SP #1157 had been built by Baldwin in March 1907 and was only 38 years old when she was scrapped at the near-by Bayshore yards in October, 1946.  There is no telling how many passenger trains she shuffled about during her years at 3rd & Townsend.

Martin



Edited 4 time(s). Last edit at 01/14/19 03:12 by LoggerHogger.

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So many details... Beautiful image.
Bob

Lightly chuffing in reverse, bell swinging, all eyes focused on the rearward move...
NICE.

W.

I like mine better, tender has more character!

Out

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As long as we are choosing favorites, here's one of mine.

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Is that location the lower end of the The Putt?

W.

 

callum_out Wrote:
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> I like mine better, tender has more character!
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> Out

Really nice work! B

Not sure, Wes.  It's a Vollrath photo.  Certainly could be.