Nostalgia & History > BAERA Trip --Oakland to Sacramento-- MW302

A crowd of railfans checks out SN MW-302 (ex-1020) and SL&U Observation # 751 on a BAERA railfan excursion from Oakland to Sacramento as well as rare passenger mileage on the Holland Branch.  The train is seen here at MALLARD with SN ferry RAMON already in the slip.
The date:  BAERA 7/4/1950 MW302 / 751 Oakland to Sacramento
and Holland Branch...
Must have been a GREAT day !!

KRK

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Words simply cannot describe how wonderful this photo is!
ALLEN

Are there any photos from the trip on the Holland Branch? How far out the Hollnd Branch did the trip go?
KeyRouteKen Wrote:
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> A crowd of railfans checks out SN MW-302 (ex-1020)
> and SL&U Observation # 751 on a BAERA railfan
> excursion from Oakland to Sacramento as well as
> rare passenger mileage on the Holland Branch. 
> The train is seen here at MALLARD with SN ferry
> RAMON already in the slip.
> The date:  BAERA 7/4/1950 MW302 / 751 Oakland to
> Sacramento
> and Holland Branch...
> Must have been a GREAT day !!
>
> KRK

I wonder how good the striped bass fishing was off the slip.  Working that ferry and being out there in the Delta would have been a great job.

This was the first trip SL&U 751made on the SN because it's still painted its original color, "Chinese" red. It also still had it's coach seating.

In Californa, bass is an introduced species.

Great photo that captures the SN very well.

Here's the flyer and the relevant portions of the BAERA Reviews pubished before (June 23, 1950) and after the trip (July 25, 1950)

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"JUniper", now there's a phone exchange I've never heard of before.

Wasn't there a separate trip a while later on the Holland Branch?