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Nostalgia & History > SP 150, the Business Car "Sunset"Date: 10/22/16 17:04 SP 150, the Business Car "Sunset" Author: MartyBernard I just scanned these two slides of Roger Puta's. SP 150 Sunset at Oakland's 16th Street Station in July 1980. At the time the car was SP Chairman Benjamin Biagini's.
Enjoy, Marty Bernard Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 10/23/16 13:57 by MartyBernard.   Date: 10/22/16 17:42 Re: SP 150, the Business Car "Sunset" Author: WAF Car set on the Private Car spur next to 16th St Twr. Guess BFB has done some entertaining and now the coach yard engine ( not Huff and Puff) will take the car back to the coach yard
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/22/16 17:43 by WAF. Date: 10/22/16 18:39 Re: SP 150, the Business Car "Sunset" Author: refarkas Two "A+" scans. Thanks for posting these.
Bob Date: 10/22/16 20:27 Re: SP 150, the Business Car "Sunset" Author: Atlpete STUNNING, what a beauty!
Date: 10/22/16 20:35 Re: SP 150, the Business Car "Sunset" Author: MojaveBill One of the very best of the breed...
Bill Deaver Tehachapi, CA Date: 10/22/16 20:42 Re: SP 150, the Business Car "Sunset" Author: SteveD Too bad U.P. Preferredvtomcoverbthevstsinlesscwithnarmourvyellow☹️.
Steve Donaldson Pacific Grove, CA Date: 10/23/16 07:38 Re: SP 150, the Business Car "Sunset" Author: mp51w Even the coupler is spray painted silver! Look at the trucks with the extra shocks! I bet that car rode well!
Date: 10/23/16 09:03 Re: SP 150, the Business Car "Sunset" Author: WAF mp51w Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Even the coupler is spray painted silver! Look > at the trucks with the extra shocks! I bet that > car rode well! As JLY has said, 'best track geometry car on the SP" Date: 10/23/16 09:17 Re: SP 150, the Business Car "Sunset" Author: dan sw1500 looks like
Date: 10/23/16 09:39 Re: SP 150, the Business Car "Sunset" Author: PHall SteveD Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Too bad U.P. > Preferredvtomcoverbthevstsinlesscwithnarmourvyello > w☹️. It's their toy now so they get to decide how it looks. Date: 10/23/16 09:40 Re: SP 150, the Business Car "Sunset" Author: kilroydiver That's how the Sunset should look! Not painted in diarrhea yellow.
Definitely not an SD-9 in the distance. Dave Date: 10/23/16 09:58 Re: SP 150, the Business Car "Sunset" Author: EtoinShrdlu SD-9s weren't used as switch engines in Oakland; it's probably the 1198 (or something like that).
Date: 10/25/16 07:26 Re: SP 150, the Business Car "Sunset" Author: BoilingMan It was (is) a beautiful car- until you took a peek inside.
I always referred to it as "The City of Formica". Very 60's in there! SR Date: 10/25/16 07:29 Re: SP 150, the Business Car "Sunset" Author: WAF Remodeled in 1973 by United Airlines because BFB liked the 747 lounge
Date: 10/26/16 08:55 Re: SP 150, the Business Car "Sunset" Author: Waybiller WAF Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Remodeled in 1973 by United Airlines because BFB > liked the 747 lounge Anybody have any photos of the interior pre-73 remodel? Or know of any on the web? Date: 10/26/16 09:38 Re: SP 150, the Business Car "Sunset" Author: BoilingMan I think there are photos of it in the old Lucas Beebe CP-SP book.
SR Date: 10/26/16 13:46 Re: SP 150, the Business Car "Sunset" Author: WAF There was a set of books that came out a number of years ago, vol 5 and 6 were SP Pullman built cars and factory shots of the Sunset were included
Date: 10/26/16 14:02 Re: SP 150, the Business Car "Sunset" Author: ExSPCondr The loco is not an SP SW1500, because the headlight is in the center over the cab door. It is also not one of the ten rebuilt SW900s (SP 1190-1199) for the same reason, all of them and the SW1500s had the five lights in a horizontal row.
Whats left? One of the two or three SW800s that weren't rebuilt, and didn't have ash can Mars lights, SP 1120-1122? G Date: 10/27/16 19:25 Re: SP 150, the Business Car "Sunset" Author: EtoinShrdlu 1330 or 1333?
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