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| In the early 1960's, my sister moved to Anaheim, which as a young teen thrilled me no end because: 1) She was within a stone's throw of Disneyand, and 2) within spitting distance of TRAINS! She lived in a still extant trailer park (old term for mobile home park) bordered by the 91 Freeway on the north and the Santa Fe main / UP Anaheim Branch on the north. In fact the whole thing that you see here is still extant for the most part, save the warehouse which has been replaced by a more substantial structure. UP still switches the branch and Coaster trains now occupy the ex Santa Fe tracks that used to supply me with ample daily doses of San Diegans pulled by F's, PA's and once, a genuine slant nose E unit. Seen here is UP X268 in Summer, 1964 switching the (Donald Duck?) orange juice plant just beyond the Santa Fe main that ran behind the trailer park's bordering concrete block wall. If the wind was right in those pre air quality board days, the smoke from burning orange peels would strip the paint right off your Corvair. By way of explanation of the photos' quality, these were the first color photos that I ever shot. The camera was a Bakelite fixed focus/exposure box camera that my folks received for opening an account at Bank of America. I figure that you Orange County fans nevertheless might appreciate them for what they show. - EO | |||||||||
