A Hot Move on the Peninsula

In mid-1974, not long before the RS-32's were yanked from the Peninsula, one seems to have had an electrical fire under the cab floor, necessitating the emergency services of the Mountain View Fire Department. Note the engineer in the photo at right standing on #4450 (aka "Huff" of Huff n' Puff) applauding their fine work. He may be Jim Gondron, while the fellow squatting surely is trainman Willie Witzel. A guess is that this was a Bayshore - San Jose Turn. - Norman Sarratt photos, Wx4 Collection