Nostalgia & History > SD&AE (SP) Yard shots-San Diego (summer '69)

SW-8 #1118 looks freshly painted to me...

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Some power for the #452 (San Diego-El Centro) job...

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The power for the AM departure of SD&AE's #452 heads down to hook up to the train, as SW-8 #1126 rests...

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I thought these SP hoppers looked cool...

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SD&AE #452 prepares to depart San Diego for Tijuana, Campo, Carriso Gorge, and El Centro on a summer day in 1969...thanks for looking...PS-that's a brand new Coronado Bridge in the background- Steve

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WOW, MORE GREAT PHOTOS!! Thanks!

Steve,

How's the back? We were thinking of you last week in Winslow.

winks

Did F units ever make it into San Diego via the SD & AE?

john1082 Wrote:
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> Did F units ever make it into San Diego via the SD
> & AE?


All the time, but by the time these photos were taken, F's were getting rare on SP.

Brian E

john1082 Wrote:
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> Did F units ever make it into San Diego via the SD
> & AE?


If you scroll to the bottom of this SDRM page, you'll see an F westbound on Goat Creet trestle...

http://www.sdrm.org/gallery/sda/gorge/index.html

Brian E

Interesting. SD&AE had access to a wye in San Diego then?

m420 Wrote:
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> john1082 Wrote:
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> > Did F units ever make it into San Diego via
> the SD
> > & AE?
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> If you scroll to the bottom of this SDRM page,
> you'll see an F westbound on Goat Creet
> trestle...
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> http://www.sdrm.org/gallery/sda/gorge/index.html
>
> Brian E
>
>

I am not sure about a wye, but there was and is a turntable at San Diego.

No Y in San Diego, the closest was in Chula Vista at the Turkey trail connection to the Coronado Branch. An interesting feature was that it was an air driven TT, which in later years didn't work and they just hooked a speed swing or some such to it and pulled the table around with a cable. Made it importaant to get the unit centered. The F unit era usually furnished lash-ups that had cabs on both ends. My first trip thru the Gorge was with a 6 unit A-B-B-B-B-A set; Black Widow cabs to boot and IIRC one was a T&NO unit with the Sunset nose emblem still attached( yes, it was afterwards too, dammit). Andy2472