Nostalgia & History > SP Location Needed

I'm going through parts of the Jim Wren collection that have yet to be scanned and ran across this little gem of SP 4363 and NW2 1317 at some unknown location circa 1952 or so. This is a Ray Whitaker photo. Anyone have an idea where this is? (I'm guessing Roseville)



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/07/13 17:21 by CrudPunko.

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Looks like Train No. 55 in the indicators.
Anybody got a better eye on the photo?

--Jim Baker

More,,,

Train 55 is the 'Tehachapi': Los Angeles to Fresno.

I'll bet this is Fresno.

--Jim Baker

A check in the December, 1954 OG reveals SP train #55 would be the San Joaquin route Oakland - LA local passenger train. Someone else will have to place the location. That train number board is very fuzzy, but I think it is "55", but for a while, I thought it to be #43, which would be a Golden State route train. AA

Stanford White
Carmel Valley, CA

JimBaker Wrote:
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> More,,,
>
> Train 55 is the 'Tehachapi': Los Angeles to
> Fresno.
>
> I'll bet this is Fresno.
>
> --Jim Baker

The original photo is not sharp but I looked at my original scan which is at a higher resolution and it is indeed Train 55. I looked at a 1938 SP timetable and it does show Train 55 is LA to Fresno. I don't know how long Train 55 ran but I think Fresno would be a good guess on this location.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/07/13 20:01 by CrudPunko.

I post-date any memory of the little office. But the conical tower on the depot, and the general layout of tracks, make Fresno almost a dead lock for location.

Hey! I was just there! I mean... right actual there! The station is preserved (as an office), the Pullman Shed is sagging a little at one column and occupied by business storage units, and it's on the Historic Register... which means you can (sorta) go home again.

~ BZ

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Notch16 Wrote:
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> I post-date any memory of the little office. But
> the conical tower on the depot, and the general
> layout of tracks, make Fresno almost a dead lock
> for location.
>
> Hey! I was just there! I mean... right actual
> there! The station is preserved (as an office),
> the Pullman Shed is sagging a little at one column
> and occupied by business storage units, and it's
> on the Historic Register... which means you can
> (sorta) go home again.
>
> ~ BZ

I recognize the "vented" block building as Fresno.