Nostalgia & History > SP 4324 Albany,OR circa 1971

Found this not to great picture taken at 34th St. I think in
1971 maybe 72. The print is only about a 3x3 inch size. I'm surp-
ised it lasted. I'm curious if anyone knows where this train
was headed. It must have come up the main from Eugene and has
switched onto the now gone connecting track to the Mill City branch.
I'm guessing it must have been going to Griggs or Mill City.
Thanks for any info
Geoff

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In the early to mid-70's they ran a Lebanon Hauler which I believe came out of Eugene for a short time.

Wes

Thanks Wes, that was what I thought and that explains
why that connecting track didn't last much past the mid 70's.
Here is the second engine on the same train. The number dates
the picture for sure and it looks like the 3894 even has an
icicle breaker.

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I made my first trip running on the engineer's working list on September 1,1976 on the Lebanon Turn,and still have my trainorders to prove it.I don't remember what time we were on duty,but our clearance from Eugene Yard was O.K.ed at 8;40 p.m. I remember it was dark when we reached the switch on the mainline where we were to head on to the Lebanon branch and I had a sweaty-palm time finding it.Our Lebanon bound engine was the 3873 and our Eugene bound engine was the 3943.Those S.P.SD-9's were fine engines.Thanks for the memories,Geoff.