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Nostalgia & History > SP Crud in Passenger Service, Tracy, 1975Date: 03/22/06 15:56 SP Crud in Passenger Service, Tracy, 1975 Author: drew1946 Well, kinda sorta. #2576 was pulling an excursion train around the Tracy wye. This was the excursion operated over Altamont then back up the Mococco thru Byron to Oakland.
 Date: 03/22/06 16:08 Re: SP Crud in Passenger Service, Tracy, 1975 Author: WAF Yup, April, 1975.
Date: 03/22/06 16:20 Re: SP Crud in Passenger Service, Tracy, 1975 Author: drew1946 If am not mistaken, that was the first excursion operated by Amtrak around here. I have more shots of it but as usual I have no idea where the (insert word of your choice)they are.
Date: 03/22/06 17:43 Re: SP Crud in Passenger Service, Tracy, 1975 Author: WAF Actually, there were a couple prior trips in 1972, one from Sacramento to Reno in April. It had something to do with the V&T under construction. The other was the April Rio Vista Limited from San Jose to Sacramento and Susiun-Fairfield to San Jose.
Date: 03/22/06 20:36 Re: SP Crud in Passenger Service, Tracy, 1975 Author: SW1200 Cool! My Dad and I rode this train, and I was only 10 at the time. We went down to 16th Street station that morning just to see it off, and they had a couple of extra seats. Dad made a spur of the moment decision and we were off on a memorable trip! I believe it had 5 F-units for power. I remember he put up an impressive cloud of smoke going under Hiway 17 as he throttled up out of Jack London Square.
I'd love to see more pictures of this excursion if you have them. Thanks. SW1200 Date: 03/22/06 20:55 Re: SP Crud in Passenger Service, Tracy, 1975 Author: danf Someone has posted a shot of the train going past the Pleasanton depot with Amtrak F's on it. I would love to see more photos from that run too...
Date: 03/22/06 21:14 April 12, 1975? Pleasanton, East Pleasanton and Livermo Author: Pullman How about these? I think this is all the same trip...
http://www.trainorders.com/images2/view.php?99419 http://www.trainorders.com/images2/view.php?47930 http://www.trainorders.com/images2/view.php?47929 Date: 03/22/06 22:23 Re: April 12, 1975? Pleasanton, East Pleasanton and Liv Author: danf Yep. Those are most of them. Wasn't there one posted taken in Niles Canyon?
Date: 03/23/06 07:28 Re: April 12, 1975? Pleasanton, East Pleasanton and Liv Author: WAF Related to MDO's women engineers post, Evelyn Newhall was working the coach yard switcher that morning and brought the train into the depot.
Date: 03/23/06 12:01 Re: April 12, 1975? Pleasanton, East Pleasanton and Liv Author: topper WAF Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Evelyn Newhall Newell, actually. Would also go on to marry an SP company officer. Date: 03/23/06 14:36 Re: April 12, 1975? Pleasanton, East Pleasanton and Liv Author: WAF Got Newhall yard on the mind..
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