Nostalgia & History > SD&AE San Diego yard 45 years ago

Chrome Crankshaft former SP RS32 4004 at SD&AE San Diego on 3/15/80.   Skyline has changed a bit since then.

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Truly historic view.
Bob

Excellent look back.
JB

Not from same vantage point as my original post,  but here's the general area in May 2013.

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Wonderful look at the engine house, Alan. 

Can you orient me regarding just where the SD&AE yard office lay in relation to the the other elements
in your photo?

That engine house is where I had my first occasion to meet D.J. Russell; the morning he made an inspection
of the road to El Centro, in early January 1963.

Charlie

Very interesting look back at the SD&AE!

Larry

The 4004 is an interesting and somewhat rare locomotive.  Glad it ended up at the PSRM in Campo, CA.  Hopefully there will be funds for restoration some day. 

It was north of the yard (out of photo to left) at the grade crossing of the first street to cross the tracks.  The street is still there but no longer crosses the railroad tracks.  

Neat comparison and thanks for the post. Bill Webb

Great look back

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Hotrail wrote:    "The 4004 is an interesting and somewhat rare locomotive."

Here's a shot of the 4004 in it's original Southern Pacific paint scheme about to head into Bayshore Yard near Visitacion in June 1974.

Greg Stadter
Phoenix, AZ

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cewherry Wrote:
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> Wonderful look at the engine house, Alan. 
>
> Can you orient me regarding just where the SD&AE
> yard office lay in relation to the the other
> elements
> in your photo?

The SD&AE yard office is out of the photo to the left of the large
San Diego Refrigerated Services building. It later became the 
SD&AE office when Kyle operated the SD&AE and then the SDIV
office.
>
> That engine house is where I had my first occasion
> to meet D.J. Russell; the morning he made an
> inspection
> of the road to El Centro, in early January 1963.
>
> Charlie

The ex SP, Chrome Crankshaft RS32 4004 and the small silver
ex NWP tank car over the top of the Mopac boxcar behind the
4004 are both part of the collection of SDRM at Campo, CA.

I prepped the tankcar for movement to Campo. It had been used
for fuel storage for the SD&AE on a short stub of the turntable,
located behind the enginehouse.

I worked for National Projects Inc. a subsidiary of the old Morrison-
Knudsen Construction Company back in 1991. We tore down the
enginehouse and relocated the turntable out to it's present location
alongside Harbor Drive. We were rebuilding a portion of the SD&AE
yard for more storage tracks for the SD Trolley and the Coaster
equipment, along with rebuilding some of the freight tracks.

We were also doing a job rebuilding portions of the Santa Fe 22nd
Street yard on the west side of Harbor drive.

Mike

2720 Wrote:

"..... We were rebuilding a
> portion of the SD&AE
> yard for more storage tracks for the SD Trolley
> and the Coaster
> equipment, along with rebuilding some of the
> freight tracks......"

Do you recall any of those 5 yard tracks in the foreground of Alan's photo (with the 4004) 
that were named the "Cotton" track? 

While working the afternoon yard job with Ralph Carnahan, Ralph would have me in the 
engineer's seat of our 5100 class GE while we struggled valiantly to kick-out cars stored 
on that track. Lots of noise but the uphill grade severely limited our ability to kick more than one
or two cars before drifting back northward to make another "kick". Great memories.

Charlie