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Nostalgia & History > SDAE/Kyle San Diego Engine HouseDate: 07/24/14 12:49 SDAE/Kyle San Diego Engine House Author: spider1319 Two views of the now long gone engine house that served SP/SDAE and Kyle.The facility was located where the Trolley and Coaster Yard now reside.There's a little bit left of the old freight yard ,but not much, just several tracks.I wish I would have taken more photos of the SDAE,but I guess I will have to be happy that I took some.San Diego is a lot more citified and less open than in the past.Bill Webb
Date: 07/24/14 13:52 Re: SDAE/Kyle San Diego Engine House Author: Out_Of_Service SDG TOFC ... how long did that last ... nice photos ... i wish the OMNI hotel webcam would come back online again
Date: 07/24/14 14:19 Re: SDAE/Kyle San Diego Engine House Author: spider1319 Seems like BNSF TOFC service to San Diego lasted into the mid to late 90's.We hauled the last straddle buggy lift out after taking it down a few years earlier when they upgraded the TOFC facility at 22nd Street Yard.SDIY operated no TOFC so I presume SDAE TOFC ended when SP quit.Maybe one of the San Diego guys can help out here.Bill Webb
Date: 07/24/14 15:11 Re: SDAE/Kyle San Diego Engine House Author: 2720 spider1319 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Seems like BNSF TOFC service to San Diego lasted > into the mid to late 90's.We hauled the last > straddle buggy lift out after taking it down a few > years earlier when they upgraded the TOFC facility > at 22nd Street Yard.SDIY operated no TOFC so I > presume SDAE TOFC ended when SP quit.Maybe one of > the San Diego guys can help out here.Bill Webb With the Kyle GP 9 in the photo, this is between 1979 and 1983! Kyle did run TOFC for a short time, the ramps were two old SP 50 foot flats with one truck removed and the ends of the cars in the dirt! In the photo, the track with the TOFC cars and the Kyle locomotive was one of the two ramp tracks, the second is the track through the enginehouse. I spent many hours working in that enginehouse when I worked for SDIV in 89/90! I also worked for National Projects Inc., a division of Morrison-Knudsen, when the enginehouse was removed and the turntable moved to its present location. This work was done to increase the size of the trolley storage yard and the tracks where the Coaster trains are parked! I had arranged with the company to save the enginehouse for PSRMA, but the crew taking it down screwed up most of the major frame pieces! Great photos with lots of memories!! Mike Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 07/24/14 15:24 by 2720. Date: 07/24/14 15:23 Re: SDAE/Kyle San Diego Engine House Author: 2720 spider1319 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Seems like BNSF TOFC service to San Diego lasted > into the mid to late 90's.We hauled the last > straddle buggy lift out after taking it down a few > years earlier when they upgraded the TOFC facility > at 22nd Street Yard.SDIY operated no TOFC so I > presume SDAE TOFC ended when SP quit.Maybe one of > the San Diego guys can help out here.Bill Webb National Projects also built the TOFC facilities for the Santa Fe, as well as moving the engine service facility from alongside of Harbor Drive to the west side of the yard. Most of this work was done 1990-91 and by 94-95, Santa Fe shut down ALL TOFC traffic to San Diego. Very interesting job, we had Haz-Mat and archaeologists on site, a skeleton was dug up along Switzer Creek, now a concrete lined drainage ditch. The job was immediately shut down and the SDPD, Harbor Police, Santa Fe Special agents and the FBI converged on the site! Murder most Foul? NO, turned out to be a 5,000 year old Indian, the local tribes would migrate down from the mountains and summer along the coast! We discovered other "native" sites in the yard as well as along the line to National City! Most where photographed and mapped with a few artifacts removed for study and later reburied! Mike Date: 07/25/14 07:33 Re: SDAE/Kyle San Diego Engine House Author: 3rdswitch Nice catches.
JB Date: 07/25/14 14:56 Re: SDAE/Kyle San Diego Engine House Author: the_expediter Nice Shots! I can still heard those SW-8's revving up in my mind!- Steve
Date: 07/25/14 16:04 Re: SDAE/Kyle San Diego Engine House Author: callum_out Back when Santee was out in the sticks.
Out Date: 07/28/14 11:40 Re: SDAE/Kyle San Diego Engine House Author: reedsguy Back around 1962 I would ride my paper boy bike along Imperial Avenue and then Commericial street while chasing the El Cajon train. Usually the El Cajon train consist would be broken down . About that time both the turntable and the engine house were constructed. I remember that the reason for the turntable was the taking out of part of the existing wye for the construction of a large warehouse. At that time, the old engine house was still in existence but not for much longer.
Steve Date: 07/29/14 01:05 Re: SDAE/Kyle San Diego Engine House Author: 2720 The turntable and the enginehouse were installed in the mid
fifties. The turntable came from Colton yard and was primarily used to turn cars with bad order doors, to match the customers facility. The original 7 track enginehouse was demolished in 1970. It had been leased for other purposes then housing and repairing locomotives. Mike |