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Steam & Excursion > Sometimes All It Takes Is A New Perspective To Truly See A Place!Date: 05/19/20 02:14 Sometimes All It Takes Is A New Perspective To Truly See A Place! Author: LoggerHogger We have all see many, many photos of the Oakland Pier in the steam era and the activity that it was famous for. However, few railfans thought to expose a frame of film from the perspective of a waiting passenger seeing his train approach the huge open structure from the inside.
The year is 1946 and here we see Southern Pacific #2474 and her trains as it arrives at the Oakland Mole. This is the view so many thousand passengers would see on a daily basis. While it may have been a common sight for them, it is a treat for us now. Martin Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 05/19/20 02:34 by LoggerHogger. Date: 05/19/20 08:46 Re: Sometimes All It Takes Is A New Perspective To Truly See A Pl Author: asheldrake good point....todays regular occurance is tomorrows historical moment.....capture it. Arlen
Date: 05/19/20 09:56 Re: 229 Author: timz Ten stops for train 229, plus a flag stop at Elmira
http://wx4.org/to/foam/sp/maps/zukasETT/1946-06-02WESTERN241-TIMZUKAS.pdf Deadhead cars on the head end? Date: 05/19/20 10:15 Re: 229 Author: Trainhand I bet many happy servicemen went through that station on the way home from the pacific.
Date: 05/19/20 10:34 Re: Sometimes All It Takes Is A New Perspective To Truly See A Pl Author: cewherry And the sign on the Albers building is just as true today as it was 74 years ago. It made my morning.
Charlie Date: 05/19/20 14:06 Re: Sometimes All It Takes Is A New Perspective To Truly See A Pl Author: wjpyper cewherry Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > And the sign on the Albers building is just as > true today as it was 74 years ago. It made my > morning. > > Charlie Looking at that sign I thought that it was probably coffee. So I Googled it and it turns out that it is grits. Still available today. Bill Pyper Lacey, WA Date: 05/19/20 17:40 Re: Sometimes All It Takes Is A New Perspective To Truly See A Pl Author: TonyJ The late KeyRoute would approve.
Date: 05/19/20 18:38 Re: Sometimes All It Takes Is A New Perspective To Truly See A Pl Author: agentatascadero This may be excessivelt nit-picky Martin, but passengers waiting for or boarding their outbound trains would almost never see their train approaching the Pier. The train shown is inbound. Outbound trains would be brought to the gate for loading far before the outbound passengers arrived.....unless one took an earlier ferry just for the purpose of seeing their outbound train spotted at the gate.
Great image of a great passenger facility. I feel fortunate ot have originated/terminated many trips there.....well, I guess the actual point of departure was the SF Ferry Bulding. AA Stanford White Carmel Valley, CA Date: 05/20/20 08:30 Re: Sometimes All It Takes Is A New Perspective To Truly See A Pl Author: PHall wjpyper Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > cewherry Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > And the sign on the Albers building is just as > > true today as it was 74 years ago. It made my > > morning. > > > > Charlie > > Looking at that sign I thought that it was > probably coffee. So I Googled it and it turns out > that it is grits. Still available today. > Bill Pyper > Lacey, WA > The coffee plants were in San Francisco. |