Nostalgia & History > NEW Photos Discovered...

Well, actually, the photos are NEW because you guys haven't seen them before. They are VERY old photos that I had misplaced years ago.

They came to me in an old black photo album from the estate of the late Gorme Koeppe (sic), a former Bay Area locomotive engineer (SP, I believe)..

Ok-- Wait til you see these. The duel with Stash, Harder, Espeeboy and Tony J. is going to heat up again.

Examples: The complete still photo collection of the CASPAR excursion in 1938 by the R&LHS...
The still photos of the Michigan-Cal Lumber Co. excursion around the same era with the Diamond & Caldor thrown in..
Calvalcade of the Golden West on Treasure Island for the GGIE/World's Fair...
Grahame Hardy's BOOKSTORE and basement railroad in Oakland, CA...
Old West Oakland photos..
Photos of the Eastbay Model Engineers Society O-scale layout in the Western Pacific baggage room at 3rd & Washington Sts in Oakland... (this was PRIOR to setting up in Emeryville for 44 years)..
Misc Key System shots.. The list continues...

The Problem: "Koeppe" 'GLUED' the photos on old black photo album paper, two sided.. Tie strings hold the album together (barely) !!

I'm thinking about removing the tie strings and seeing if I can maneuver the pages around in different ways to SCAN them with my HP... This will take a little time.
The wife is going thru some surgery treatments and my time is dedicated to her at the moment except for occasional postings.

Just was excited as to what I "may" have found hiding in my closet.. I'll be in touch.

"Key Route Ken"...

Thanks, Gorham was a good friend to a lot of us PLA members in the 60's & 70's. I spent a couple of graveyard shifts with him in SF, once on an Alco & once on an FM. He had some nice old stories of firing on the Coast Division that I wish I'd recorded for posterity.
He came down to Castro Point a few times...I remember him running Heisler 5 for one day. He missed 4449 on the Freedom Day in the Bay Area by maybe a week or so. This was pointed out to me at his funeral by Charles Heimerdinger.
Gorham was one of the good guys.

Tom

I worked for Grahame Hardy one summer in the 1960s after he moved his railroadiana business to Silver City, NV. What a character! Hope you post some pictures of him and his store.

RL Cabin

I DO indeed plan to post photos of Grahame Hardy and his store in East Oakland. I think it was out in the neighborhood of 18th Avenue and East 14th Street or close nearby..

A "LOT" of early railfans got their start in an Eastbay "BASEMENT" ... How co-incidental to be sure!!

Either "Grahame Hardy's " basement on East 14th Street in the Brooklyn section of East Oakland, or in "Vic Shattock's " basement a few blocks South in Fruitvale at 38th Ave & Foothill Blvd., or in "Paul Icanberry's " basement at 1091-Park Avenue in Alameda..

Basement's were definitely busy in the 30's and 40's..

Cheers.

"Key Route Ken"...

Looking forward to seeing your photos. Hope that your wife recovers quickly.

Ken,

Can't wait to see them. And best wishes on your wife's recovery.

Z