Nostalgia & History > Valley Division Vignettes Part 1

During my time living in the southern San Joaquin Valley I TRIED to record as much branch line activity as I could. I had no idea what the service used to be so my slides started in 1980 until I vacated the Valley in 1999

I called the branch lines , "Rails less traveled"

#1.....I believe this is a Oil City District Local with GP50 # 3830 in 1989
#2.....This is the short lived local out of Corcoran to Visalia. The train was the Bakersfield-Corcoran Turn...with a side trip to Early California Foods in Visalia. In this picture it is departing Visalia about to cross Walnut. These tracks are no longer here.1991
#3.....A Ducor Turn waiting at Oil Junction for its turn to get in the hole at Saco. This was the only time I saw a GP7/9 on this train.

More to come

Thanks for looking

Jay

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Great stuff and great memories. I guess now I will have to dig out the slides from Porterville and scan them. Lived there from 1981-1993. I have always appreciated the pictures from this area.
Tom

Good stuff! Keep 'em coming!

I agree -- great stuff! A wonderful time.....