Nostalgia & History > A Third & Townsend before & after

The wreaking ball says it all.

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Glad that Trainmaster got out of the way Bob.

dmaffei Wrote:
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> Glad that Trainmaster got out of the way Bob.

Which of the 4 or 5 guys standing there was the Trainmaster?   Sure are interesting photos.

That second shot sure is depressing.

Kent in CArmel Valley

Great shot of the 4815. Bayshore men called them “4800’s” for many years after the 1965 general renumbering. One couldn’t refer to them afterwards as “3000’s” because they wouldn’t want to confuse them with the lighter GPs. As passenger power, the GPs shared the 3000 series. I believe SP set aside 3000-3299 for varnish engines... IIRC.

Thanks again, Bob.

Walter

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HotWater Wrote:
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> Which of the 4 or 5 guys standing there was the
> Trainmaster?   Sure are interesting photos
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Probably the guy in white standing next to the Train Master.

WestinAshahr Wrote:
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> HotWater Wrote:
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> Probably the guy in white standing next to the
> Train Master.

I don't think so, since a Trainmaster was a supervisory/management position back in those days, thus he probably would have been dressed in a dark suit with the appropriate hat.

> I don't think so, since a Trainmaster was a supervisory/management position back in those days, thus he probably would have been dressed in a dark suit with the appropriate hat.

The hat was very important in those days. There was no "trainmaster" (official type of person)in SF but a terminal superintended. The last one was J. F. Bays, a.k.a. "Big Daddy", but I'm not sure whether he retired before or after the depot was torn down.

Wasn't there a Mad Dog Chronicle about the TM's in the SF area?

EtoinShrdlu Wrote:
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> > I don't think so, since a Trainmaster was a
> supervisory/management position back in those
> days, thus he probably would have been dressed in
> a dark suit with the appropriate hat.
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> The hat was very important in those days. There
> was no "trainmaster" (official type of person)in
> SF but a terminal superintended. The last one was
> J. F. Bays, a.k.a. "Big Daddy", but I'm not sure
> whether he retired before or after the depot was
> torn down.

dmaffei Wrote:
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> Glad that Trainmaster got out of the way Bob.

If I recall correctly, the last of SP's Train Master locomotives were scrapped the same year that the Third & Townsend depot was demolished - 1975.

Pardon the foolish question, but where was the U.S. Mail headed?  Did they work local mail like an RPO, or was it bulk storage mail for one destination?