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Steam & Excursion > SP1744 in Oakland, 1939Date: 06/30/20 19:17 SP1744 in Oakland, 1939 Author: xcsrm Photograph from the Larry Harrison collection.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/30/20 19:18 by xcsrm.  Date: 06/30/20 19:58 Re: SP1744 in Oakland, 1939 Author: RuleG Thanks for posting. I celebrated one of my birthdays riding behind that locomotive.
Date: 07/01/20 07:52 Re: SP1744 in Oakland, 1939 Author: gregscholl Coincidentally, we are working on a 1744 video, from a 2007 photo charter weekend(The only one such event ever for the engine).
The show will release in November. Great action on the La Veta Pass line with up to 3% grades. We even have some footage of the last fantrip on the SP on May 4, 1958!!! Sounds great in Colorado, and only lasted there a few months. Hopefully it will run again at Niles Canyon. Greg Scholl Date: 07/01/20 11:56 Re: SP1744 in Oakland, 1939 Author: Elesco It would be interesting to know why, in 1939, a lowly Mogul was dressed up with white wheel rims and white smokebox front.
Date: 07/01/20 21:14 Re: SP1744 in Oakland, 1939 Author: xcsrm And another question would be: why are there NO stars on the wheel centers?
Date: 07/02/20 04:27 Re: SP1744 in Oakland, 1939 Author: HotWater xcsrm Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > And another question would be: why are there NO > stars on the wheel centers? Because it is equipped with standard grease-cake axle journal lubrication. The stars indicated that a locomotive was equipped with the pressure feed oil lubrication design. Date: 07/02/20 07:32 Re: SP1744 in Oakland, 1939 Author: up833 Location? Anyone? I dont recall seeing photos of that oili tank with SP on it..
RB Date: 07/02/20 08:45 Re: SP1744 in Oakland, 1939 Author: Elesco up833 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Location? Anyone? I dont recall seeing photos > of that oili tank with SP on it.. > RB In the photo below, the tank can be seen to the left of the roundhouse. The 3 unequally-spaced smoke stacks in the OP photo background are located at the roundhouse.  Date: 07/02/20 12:50 Gray or not-black cylinder jacket? Boiler jacket? Author: DWDebs/2472 The glossy cylinder jacket sure looks like it is a lighter color than the surrounding area. It harder to be sure for the boiler jacket, but it may well be the same lighter color... grayish-green or bluish-green to simulate Russian Iron?
- Doug Debs Date: 07/03/20 16:52 Re: Gray or not-black cylinder jacket? Boiler jacket? Author: Oski3751 Interesting photo. Given the year (1939), it might have been painted for the Golden Gate International Exhibition...
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