Nostalgia & History > SP SP10 breaks down

Budd car SP-10 has just taken over train 246 wich for years was held down by P10 2486, my favorite pacific., all went well for a week and then SP-10 broke down near Selby and the 2-8-0 2747 was working the Union 76 turn at the time and in the second shot, 2747 has been assigned to take train 246 to Sacramento..the shot is at Martinez......

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Ah, railroading! It’s always something!
SR

That's certainly nothing you see every day. Nice catch!

Arved Grass
Fleming Island, FL

Nice catch.

Neat story with a great photo!

Must have broke pretty good to require a tow since RDC's had two seperate engines and power trucks.

The second shot has to be one of the most unusual SP photos I have ever seen.

PHall Wrote:

> Must have broke pretty good to require a tow since
> RDC's had two seperate engines and power trucks.

E.K. Muller also caught SP's RDC being pulled by a steam locomotive in 1956:

https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?11,3879958,3879988#3879988

As the only RDC on the roster, it probably suffered from inexperienced maintenance on top of any intrinsic weaknesses.  I've also heard that SP used the 10 to haul a baggage car from Sacramento as far as Davis on its westbound run, something Budd hadn't designed RDC's to do.  That probably didn't help the car's mechanical reliability.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/10/20 20:11 by Evan_Werkema.

How is the SPH&TS SP RDC up in Woodland, CA doing now?

How is the restration going,? Has the car dried out?

Any photos?

Watts local