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Nostalgia & History > Alligators in the BackshopDate: 01/20/20 09:25 Alligators in the Backshop Author: spider1319 In 1971 Santa Fe was still overhauling the the 9800 class Alco built engines at San Bernardino Backshop.However by 1974 they would all be taken out of service and stored and never to run again on the ATSF.Here are images from 1971 snapped near,actually both sides of the transfer table on the eastend of the locomotive shop complex.The white sheet on the frontal view is the paperwork for the overhaul.Bill Webb
   Date: 01/20/20 10:33 Re: Alligators in the Backshop Author: 3rdswitch Nice catches. Wish I would have wondered back there a few more times. The paint job on those gators look great.
JB Date: 01/20/20 11:39 Re: Alligators in the Backshop Author: refarkas Excellent black and white catches.
Bob Date: 01/20/20 12:19 Re: Alligators in the Backshop Author: penncentral74 Notice the crosshair and OK from the measurement check of the center of the knuckle above the rail (34 1/2").
Date: 01/21/20 00:17 Re: Alligators in the Backshop Author: Evan_Werkema Curious that 9820 still has its pre-1970 number (820) in the rear bugboards. Did you get a front view of it (other what we can see to the right of 9814 the first photo)? This is the unit that is now at the California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento (not displayed).
Thanks for explaining the plaque for the paperwork. We've seen those in other shots and speculated as to their use. Date: 01/21/20 11:28 Re: Alligators in the Backshop Author: spider1319 Evan,I went back and looked and I do not think I got a front view of the 9820.I wish I would have taken more shots back there,although I did take a fair number particularilly near the end.The San Bernardino Backshops were like a different world.As soon as you drove in you felt you had entered that world Bill Webb
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