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A few more from the “Archives of Bernard Levine”.


#1 SP 4628 Location unknown 12-65 Actually this wasn't unusual for the time, I just didn't know where else to put it.

#2-3 Great Western 75 Taylor Yard 12-65

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#4 Ice Capade Cars Location unknown 6-65

#5 SP Los Angeles coach yards 6-65

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#6 New Haven sleeper Lords Point Santa Fe coach yards 6-65

#7 NH and NYC baggage cars Santa Fe coach yards 6-65

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#8 SP 2248 Alhambra shops 1958

#9 UP passenger train leaving LAUPT 1958

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Was #75 down there to film "The Prfessionals"?

Interesting pictures! What's with the Ice Capades cars? Did they travel in them like Ringling Bros., or just haul equipment? It looks like the end car is gutted.

drew1946 Wrote:
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> Was #75 down there to film "The Professionals"?

I don't remember for sure, but that sounds right. It was headed for Ferrum and we were going to follow it. We never made it past Banning though, well actually it was the Truck Scales a few miles east of there. That's when my old 57 Ford decided it didn't want to run anymore. We sat all day in Banning watching the trains go by a couple of blocks away while they fixed the beast. Ten dollars for labor, twenty five cents for the part. It was cloudy anyway.

davew833 Wrote:
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> Interesting pictures! What's with the Ice Capades
> cars? Did they travel in them like Ringling Bros.,
> or just haul equipment? It looks like the end car
> is gutted.


Sorry, I don't remember what the the rest of the train looked like. I had forgotten about the Ice Capades until I saw Bernard's picture.

John, I love the shot of the 2248. While I didn't want to make it my life's work, I fiddled with it a bit to try and restore the color. I believe that the last time she ran in the LA Area was for a 1960 Cinco de Mayo celebration. Following that, she was stored for a time at Taylor yard along with the 1765-which is now the centerpiece of the Lomita Railroad museum.
Cheers,
Jack

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africansteam Wrote:
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> John, I love the shot of the 2248. While I didn't
> want to make it my life's work, I fiddled with it
> a bit to try and restore the color. I believe that
> the last time she ran in the LA Area was for a
> 1960 Cinco de Mayo celebration. Following that,
> she was stored for a time at Taylor yard along
> with the 1765-which is now the centerpiece of the
> Lomita Railroad museum.
> Cheers,
> Jack


Jack

You did a better job of fiddling than I did. Any time you want to fiddle you have my permission.

I do believe that No. 75 was headed to the Eagle Mountain Railroad for filming "The Professionals". If I remember my dates correctly, they filmed in January and February of 1966. Today, No. 75 is restored, operational, and happy at its new home in Heber City, UT working on the Heber Valley Railroad.

#75 is at Heber, but not currently operational. It operated briefly in 2002 when it arrived in Utah, but is currently undergoing boiler recertification and associated work. It will run again.

So was 2248 "Tarted-up" for excursion service...? and When/Why?
...or could one have reasonably expected to see her looking like this at some time in regular service?

Besides the paint, I don't seem to recall that type of stack in SP photos...

Richard - San Leandro