Nostalgia & History > Berkeley, California, March 10, 1985, Interesting Day On The SP

1. SP SDP45 3208 on the point of Amtrak #5. This was a Sunday afternoon so 3208 was probably returning from
    Weekend Warrior work with other commute locomotives running over Donner.

2. During this time SP was pooling power with Rio Grande and here we see DRGW SD40T2 5374 with other similar units eastbound
    through Berleley. Rio Grande had Nathan M3 horns on most of their 2nd generation and later units and the hogger working this train
    was having fun playing with the M3 on 5374.

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#5 with 15 cars--NICE!--those were the days!

Man, I havent been down there for a few years. Is the Sake factory still in business? Used to be able to do tastings there.

phthithu Wrote:
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> All right I was looking forward to these after the
> tease last night and they didn't disappoint.
> Thanks for sharing! It's great to see cars in
> Berkeley at Cal Ink and that freight forwarder or
> whatever it was where today there's the parking
> lot for the gourmet ghetto area I believe they
> call it. Also nice to see the spurs into the sand
> place and for the lead to 2nd St. When would these
> industries get switched back in the 80's? Did the
> same job switch both sides of the mains? Were
> there crossovers in Berkeley to get from waterside
> to landside drills?

Gourmet Ghetto, first I've heard Fourth st called that :-). When I was working the area in the early ninties, I dont recall any service to the sand/cement? plant.

Oops, this isn't the Gourmet Ghetto. Just looked it up. Here's the right location for that: "=14px"North Berkeley’s Gourmet Ghetto is located along Shattuck Avenue from Delaware to Rose Street, and along Vine from Shattuck to Walnut St."
Anchored by Chez Panisse. 

ChrisCampi Wrote:
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> phthithu Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > All right I was looking forward to these after
> the
> > tease last night and they didn't disappoint.
> > Thanks for sharing! It's great to see cars in
> > Berkeley at Cal Ink and that freight forwarder
> or
> > whatever it was where today there's the parking
> > lot for the gourmet ghetto area I believe they
> > call it. Also nice to see the spurs into the
> sand
> > place and for the lead to 2nd St. When would
> these
> > industries get switched back in the 80's? Did
> the
> > same job switch both sides of the mains? Were
> > there crossovers in Berkeley to get from
> waterside
> > to landside drills?
>
> Gourmet Ghetto, first I've heard Fourth st called
> that :-). When I was working the area in the early
> ninties, I dont recall any service to the
> sand/cement? plant.

Enjoyed both videos!
Especially the hogger playing those DRGW horns.
Nice video conversion job (to digital) too, was that from VHS or Film?

Jim Baker
Riverside, CA

Very cool!

Loved the videos, had fun showing my kids what the SP used to look like when I was a kid, especially the caboose!

Cal Ink still had cars in 2000/2001 when I was riding the Capital Corridor for my commute. And there would be a hopper at the sand place.

That stretch from Albany to Emeryville had lots industry when I was a kid. But after the 89’ quake, things seemed to have changed rather quickly.

Nathan

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I believe March of 1985 was also when Caltrain F40s starting taking over the commute runs on the pennisula - so maybe the SDP45 was set free to roam at that time?

Great memories of the mid-80s,

Rich

Excellent videos!  What kind of cars did Cal Ink receive?