(Above) Santa Fe's 2-10-10-2's were successful in showcasing the railroad; otherwise were a disaster. Note: Virginian ran it's 2-10-10-2's into the 1950's.
Cab hop, Kansas City, May 1980
(above & right) Local on the San Diego main |
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A visit to Barstow on a June, 1967 afternoon: temperature 115 degrees |
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Blue smoke: Obviously F-3 #24 (C?) had been idling back at the shops for quite awhile before Wx4 staff shot it being hostled out to wait for a westbound train. (Below) The 24 New 5-27-18: Alligators normally sun themselves on sunny days, but this one was hiding from the heat in the "foliage" next to the Barstow backshop that afternoon. New 5-27-18: The lead job at the west end of Barstow yard was handled by this pair of ALCO S-4's. |
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Westbound at Mountainair, NM; May 1980
NEW! 5-27-18: An earlier (ca. 1910?) postcard shows less vegitation and a banana tree where the 10-15 year old redwood tree is located in the upper photo.
NEW! 5-27-18: Barstow, ca. 1912; from glass plate negative by Southern Pacific photographer H. C. Tibbitts
NEW! 5-27-18: Point Richmond ferry gate, ca. 1912; from glass plate negative by H. C. Tibbitts
NEW! 5-27-18: Point Richmond on a foggy ca.1912 day; from glass plate negative by H. C. Tibbitts
Bull moose 4-4-2 1425 at Selma, California depot, ca.1913; from glass plate negative by H. C. Tibbitts
NEW 4-30-24: Santa Fe Around San Francisco Bay.............
San Francisco ferry slip and yard, viewed from construction of Pier 46; photograper unknown; closeup of yard Point Richmond ferry slips ca.1912; Cheney Photo Advertising Company Tail car of the Angel, 1912 - HC Tibbits Richmond Yard, 1915; closeup - HC Tibbitts San Pablo Avenue, Richmond, 1915; closeup ; - HC Tibbitts Berkeley, ca.1914 - Cheney Photo Advertising Co. |