Nostalgia & History > A lucky grab shot of the SP

On my way home from work after dropping off a co worker in El Serino

MP487 on the Mission Blvd line between Alhambra and Mission Tower

Had to be about 1977, I did not record the date on the slide.


Thanks for looking


Jay

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2 nice photos here: SP, and a Black Velvet lady. Loved those Black Velvet ads--classy ladies.

That is a really lucky grab shot. I wouldn't have believed one could have seen Alcos (looks like C628's) on the road in the Bay Area as late a 1977. The older SD9 outlived all the rest on that train by a wide margin.

Thanks for sharing the lucky shot.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/14/14 07:44 by Milwaukee.

Milwaukee Wrote:
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> That is a really lucky grab shot. I wouldn't
> have believed one could have seen Alcos (looks
> like C628's) on the road in the Bay Area as late a
> 1977. The older SD9 outlived all the rest on
> that train by a wide margin.
>
> Thanks for sharing the lucky shot.


This is in the Los Angeles Basin, taken about 3 miles east of the LATC.



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SLOCONDR

SLOCONDR Wrote:
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> Milwaukee Wrote:
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> > That is a really lucky grab shot. I wouldn't
> > have believed one could have seen Alcos (looks
> > like C628's) on the road in the Bay Area as late
> a
> > 1977. The older SD9 outlived all the rest on
> > that train by a wide margin.
> >
> > Thanks for sharing the lucky shot.
>
>
> This is in the Los Angeles Basin, taken about 3
> miles east of the LATC.
>
>
>
> V
>
> SLOCONDR


That makes much more sense. I must have been reading the caption too fast and jumped to the conclusion it was the other "Mission" up in San Fran. Thanks.

coach Wrote:
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> 2 nice photos here: SP, and a Black Velvet lady.
> Loved those Black Velvet ads--classy ladies.


I've long noticed that SP right-of-ways seemed to be a favored location for whiskey billboards, but that their frequency declined after mandatory random urine testing of employees was instituted.

hogheaded Wrote:
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> coach Wrote:
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> > 2 nice photos here: SP, and a Black Velvet
> lady.
> > Loved those Black Velvet ads--classy ladies.
>
>
> I've long noticed that SP right-of-ways seemed to
> be a favored location for whiskey billboards, but
> that their frequency declined after mandatory
> random urine testing of employees was instituted.

As Mr. Spock might comment: "Fascinating." Coincidence or conspiracy between the ad agency and SP?! One for Svengooli.

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