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Nostalgia & History > SF Bay Area Wereisit & Whatwasit 1957Date: 01/14/06 21:23 SF Bay Area Wereisit & Whatwasit 1957 Author: dmaffei I'll give you a year ....1957....And Railroad.....SP..... One of my Dads photos.
Any Takers?  Date: 01/14/06 21:30 Re: SF Bay Area Wereisit & Whatwasit 1957 Author: TonyJ Looks like the special run with specially painted 4-6-0 SP2248. I cabn't pinpoint the exact location, but I'd say it's somewhere around Belmont. - Tony J.
Date: 01/14/06 21:44 Re: SF Bay Area Wereisit & Whatwasit 1957 Author: dmaffei Tony,
Your on the right line and yes it was a special, but for what? Anyone know? I knew when I saw your post below you'd probably know Tony! The location is almost impossible to figure out. Summer 1957... If my Dad is right. Dave Date: 01/14/06 21:51 Re: SF Bay Area Wereisit & Whatwasit 1957 Author: samreeves Me thinks they went on a sidetrip to my old hometown, Los Altos.
Sam Reeves http://www.samreevesphoto.com Date: 01/14/06 22:15 Re: SF Bay Area Wereisit & Whatwasit 1957 Author: Nitehostler This may have been the special to honor retiring Louis Chess. It did operate via the Los Altos Branch on a Sunday. Our family watched it go by from our front lawn near the station of Loyola where we lived.
Tom Date: 01/14/06 22:30 Re: SF Bay Area Wereisit & Whatwasit 1957 Author: dmaffei Nitehostler Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > This may have been the special to honor retiring > Louis Chess. It did operate via the Los Altos > Branch on a Sunday. Our family watched it go by > from our front lawn near the station of Loyola > where we lived. Good show Tom! T.L.C. retirement special June 1957. T.L.Chess. General passenger agent for SP for 49 years. The shot was taken at LNDEN AVE CROSSING South San Francisco. Dave (Photo taken 3 years before I was born!) Date: 01/14/06 22:40 The "Zeyphyr" at Linden Ave Author: samreeves Cool stuff there Dave. Here's Linden Ave with the 2472 Zephyr from 2002.
Sam Reeves http://www.samreevesphoto.com [img::]https://cdn.trainorders.com/attachments/thumbs/76000/BW35021130_7.jpg[/img] Date: 01/14/06 22:41 Re: The Zeyphyr at Linden Ave Author: samreeves Speeding away down the Peninsula at track speed after crossing Linden Ave.
Sam Reeves http://www.samreevesphoto.com [img::]https://cdn.trainorders.com/attachments/thumbs/76000/BW35021130_8_0001.jpg[/img] Date: 01/15/06 00:12 Re: SF Bay Area Wereisit & Whatwasit 1957 Author: Vasona If anyone possesses photos of the Louis Chess train in Los Gatos, we could use a few for our "Images of Rail" project. I hear there was even a derailment on Billy Jones' railroad that day. Royalties bring money to good local (steam and history) causes!
Date: 01/15/06 02:05 A Couple Of 2005 Perpsectives: Author: fjc Here's the general area at Linden Avenue, 48yrs later in 2005.
 Date: 01/15/06 02:06 A Couple Of 2005 Perpsectives: Author: fjc Linden Avenue, South San Francisco, 2005
 Date: 01/15/06 16:01 Re: SF Bay Area Wereisit & Whatwasit 1957 Author: fjc BTW, one of the Sunday River Production programs on SP steam shows this steamer in action, believe in SF on display and on the move around San Bruno.
Date: 01/20/06 02:18 Re: SF Bay Area Wereisit & Whatwasit 1957 Author: JohnSweetser If "fjc" is referring to Sunday River's video, "GS 4/6 As It Used To Be," then the sequence showing SP No. 2248 on an excursion train was shot at these three Southern California locations: near Sylmar, the south end of Saugus siding and about four miles east of Piru on the Santa Paula branch. Unfortunately, the narration ridiculously stated the train was going through Niles Canyon (the excusion was called "Farewell to Age of Steam" and also "The Hansen Special" and ran on June 8, 1958).
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