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Nostalgia & History > F Unit Friday. SP 6440 West, Coming Down Cape Horn 6/67Date: 04/19/24 07:54 F Unit Friday. SP 6440 West, Coming Down Cape Horn 6/67 Author: FiveChime Another great Joe Ward photo from June of 1967 with F units in charge heading for Colfax.
There is one double track bridge there over I-80 now and I don't remember two, but that was a long time ago. Regards, Jim Evans Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/19/24 07:56 by FiveChime.  Date: 04/19/24 10:16 Re: F Unit Friday. SP 6440 West, Coming Down Cape Horn 6/67 Author: pt199 Beautiful image!
Date: 04/19/24 10:31 Re: F Unit Friday. SP 6440 West, Coming Down Cape Horn 6/67 Author: timz The bridges are the same now as they were then.
There's only a few actual double-track bridges on Donner -- the others are single-track bridges side by side. Date: 04/19/24 12:33 Re: F Unit Friday. SP 6440 West, Coming Down Cape Horn 6/67 Author: FiveChime Thanks, I was just up there last week and didn't notice that there were twp bridges.
Regards, Jim Evans Date: 04/19/24 19:27 Re: F Unit Friday. SP 6440 West, Coming Down Cape Horn 6/67 Author: Evan_Werkema Date: 04/20/24 01:38 Re: F Unit Friday. SP 6440 West, Coming Down Cape Horn 6/67 Author: coach It's amazing how much freight rolled over Donner back then--lots and lots of freight to and from the SF Bay Area. Lots of warehouses, military bases, canneries, etc. all getting carload service.
Date: 04/20/24 06:54 Re: SP 6440 West, Coming Down Cape Horn 6/67 Author: timz Trainline 109 says 34 million gross tons over Donner in 1979
-- wonder how much these days. Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/20/24 11:01 by timz. |