Nostalgia & History > SP Train 1-632 & UP1989 50 years apart

Heres a shot I took back in 1961 of Train 1-632 at MP330 at Sawmill Curve above Dunsmuir also a shot I took in 2011 at the same spot of the Rio Grande Heritage Unit. Little did I know back in 1961 I would be photographing trains in the same location with a camera that doesn't use film. The SP would no longer own the tracks and a Rio Grande painted unit owned by the new owners the UP would be passing by. And what are those boxes stacked on top of each other?

Robert Morris Photography
http://www.snowcrest.net/photobob/index1.html

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Great work, as usual. If we only knew... I, for one, would have taken so many more photos. But then, the SP was going to be there forever, right? Or so we thought.

Walter
Sanfranciscotrains.org

Bob

Judging by your posts of shots taken in your early years, you lived in the Bay area . . . so when did you start going up to Dunsmuir and environs . . . in your late teens or early twenties? And did you get up to Dunsmuir and The Loop often . . . obviously you loved the area as much as I do . . . but the big difference if you now live there!

Craig
mcmrailvideos.com

My first trip to Dunsmuir was with my Dad in 1958 when I was fourteen. I started taking photos in 1959.

photobob Wrote:
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> My first trip to Dunsmuir was with my Dad in 1958
> when I was fourteen. I started taking photos in
> 1959.

The year I was born! Still, I took very few photo's and what few I took are in my ex's attic - I may never see them. I miss the SP of my younger years in the Davis/Sacramento/Donner Pass area of the 70's and 80's.

Cheers, Jim Fitch

Bob,

Great photos and an interesting story about your early days and your trips to the Shasta Route. Thanks for all you do to share your photos and experiences with the rest of us!

ShastaDaylight

Wonderful comparison, Bob. Love them Espee F's.

Thanks for sharing,

~Ryan

That first shot is a real winner Bob, thanks for sharing.

Kent in CArmel Valley