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Nostalgia & History > Truckee 1952Date: 11/23/08 16:09 Truckee 1952 Author: photobob I was finally getting around to scanning some negatives we have up here in the Dunsmuir Archives. The quality isn't the greatest but you cant take them again. This one was taken from the Truckee Freight House in 1952 as 4262 heads up the Hill with a rotary.
Robert Morris Photography http://www.snowcrest.net/photobob/index1.html  Date: 11/23/08 16:12 Re: Truckee 1952 Author: wabash2800 Awesome. The cold weather sure produces the smoke effects!
Date: 11/23/08 16:23 Re: Truckee 1952 Author: LoggerHogger Great shot Bob! I love Cab-Aheads in the snow. Here is one Bert Ward caught at Fields, OR in 1948.
Martin  Date: 11/23/08 18:01 Re: Truckee 1952 Author: parkcity AWESOME! I love Truckee and Donner Pass. Thanks for sharing.
Jason Date: 11/23/08 19:54 Re: Truckee 1952 Author: IC_2024 The dude in the foreground with the Kromer cap adds alot to the photo--thanks for sharing, Bob!
Date: 11/23/08 21:17 Re: Truckee 1952 Author: steampower Great shots.!! You sure can tell that the Cab-Forward on the second shot has a stack splitter, the way it makes the steam plume look like a volcano. They put them on to ease the blast on the wooden snowshed roofs.
Too bad we may never see one run again, although you never know. The 4294 on display at the CSRM in Sacramento is one big engine to stand next to. Steampower forever Date: 11/23/08 22:33 Re: Truckee 1952 Author: choochoocharlie For those that have never seen one, this is what an exhaust splitter looks like on the 4294.
C.C.Chas.   Date: 11/24/08 12:37 Re: Truckee 1952 Author: dmaffei photobob Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > The quality isn't the greatest but you cant take them again. Who needs quality when its steam on Donner? Cool? I thought that might be Bill Fisher in the mackinaw and cap! Date: 11/24/08 15:36 Re: Truckee 1952 Author: AdamPhillips It appears that the foundation for mounting the splitter brackets was cast into the stack casting. Did SP expect the splitter to be needed at the design phase or were new stack castings produced and welded onto the smokeboxes after experience demonstrated a need? Never seen an up close and personal like these. Thanks!
Date: 11/24/08 16:44 Re: Truckee 1952 Author: WAF 1952, Bill Fisher was working in the Valley as signal foreman
Date: 11/25/08 18:36 Re: Truckee 1952 Author: dmaffei WAF Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > 1952, Bill Fisher was working in the Valley as > signal foreman It was the Mackinaw that got me Wes... Date: 11/25/08 19:21 Re: Truckee 1952 Author: WAF Seem to be typical winter wear in those days, Dave
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