Nostalgia & History > Santa Fe Merced CA

Merced depot
All photos looking east "late '40s'.
# 2 Picking up orders.
# 3 Is this the east bound San Francisco chief ???
FM photos.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/01/13 21:32 by fmaffei.

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Picture #3 is a Golden Gate.

Photo 3 would be a "Golden Gate".

When my folks and I rode the Golden Gates between Bakersfield and Hanford we were always seated in those combines - usually at the front of the coach section across from the News Butcher with all his goodies!
The trip took very little time because the train, in those pre-HSR times, usually exceeded 100 MPH on that straight piece of track, and was always listed in the annual Railroad Magazine speed tables...
Back in those days the folks in Hanford appreciated fast train service.

Bill Deaver
Tehachapi, CA

The December 1947 Official Guide shows eastbound Golden Gate train 60 stopping at Merced at 11:08am.

Hmmm..... Just went thru Merced EB a few hours ago. Sure would rather be on one of Frank's trains than the one I was on! :-)