Nostalgia & History > SP 2456 & SP coach yard ?

# 1 San Bruno  CA  just NO SP depot with Ocean View line
     to left of engine.
# 2  At the " coach yard" ?
      At  3rd & Townsend  SF
 FM photos  Both late 40s



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/25/15 21:58 by fmaffei.

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Hmmm, interesting....it appears the engine number is in the number boards.  I would have expected this to be a disabled engine from the commute pool or the Del Monte.  Wonder if there is a rest of the story?  As always, another great historical SP post.  AA

Stanford White
Carmel Valley, CA



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/25/15 22:33 by agentatascadero.

2456 was not one of the engines assigned to the Del Monte. 2453, 2454, and 2458 were.

Dave


 

This is the first picture I've seen of a streamlined P-10 on the Peninsula, even though the skirts were not removed from them until 1950. I always assume that they were assigned to Oakland at the time, so yeah, like Stanford, I'm wondering what the deal is.

In the second shot, I'm wondering what the louvers inside the car were about. Heating vents? Never seen that before, either.

I've enjoyed the out-of-the-ordinary shots that you have shared lately, Frank. "Puzzling" is good mental exercise for us old farts.

EO

The second photo is the east end of the coach yard.