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By:Rick Morgan
Dates:1/1/1974 - 12/31/2007
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Beets on the Pilot
Title:  Beets on the Pilot
Description:  Santa Maria Valley GE 70T 50 at a Sugar Beet plant with some of the roots resting on the pilot and step.
Photo Date:  6/8/1974  Upload Date: 8/31/2013 6:01:57 PM
Location:  Betteravia, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SMV 50(70Tonner)
Views:  471   Comments: 0
Santa Maria Valley 70T 10
Title:  Santa Maria Valley 70T 10
Description:  Santa Maria Valley GE 70T 10, working beets
Photo Date:  6/8/1974  Upload Date: 8/31/2013 6:02:35 PM
Location:  Guadalupe, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SMV 10(70Tonner)
Views:  512   Comments: 0
SMV GE 70T 20
Title:  SMV GE 70T 20
Description:  Santa Maria Valley GE 70T 20, working beets in California. Equipped with Hancock Air Whistles instead of air horns.
Photo Date:  6/8/1974  Upload Date: 8/31/2013 6:03:24 PM
Location:  Guadalupe, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SMV 20(70Tonner)
Views:  622   Comments: 0
SMV Beet Train
Title:  SMV Beet Train
Description:  Two Santa Maria Valley GE 70Ts work the sugar mill at Betteravia CA in Jun 1974.
Photo Date:  6/8/1974  Upload Date: 10/10/2008 9:25:58 PM
Location:  Betteravia, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SMV 30(70Tonner)
Views:  682   Comments: 0
Beet Me
Title:  Beet Me
Description:  The standard pair of GE 70Ts work an SMV beet train in June 1974. At this time the road had a small fleet of 70Ts and one U6B. All of the 70Ts were equipped with melodious Hancock Air Whistles.
Photo Date:  6/8/1974  Upload Date: 10/10/2008 9:25:43 PM
Location:  Betteravia Junction, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SMV 10(70Tonner)
Views:  971   Comments: 0
The Beets Go On
Title:  The Beets Go On
Description:  GE 70 tonners 10 and 20 bring a train of beets toward the mill on the Santa Maria Valley RR
Photo Date:  6/8/1974  Upload Date: 10/10/2008 9:25:34 PM
Location:  Betteravia Junction, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SMV 10(70Tonner)
Views:  655   Comments: 0
Passing paperwork
Title:  Passing paperwork
Description:  Crew from the Santa Maria Valley RR pass paperwork between cabooses in June 1973
Photo Date:  6/8/1974  Upload Date: 1/23/2008 8:49:28 PM
Location:  Betteravia, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories:  Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  395   Comments: 0
SMV train and headquarters
Title:  SMV train and headquarters
Description:  A pair of SMV GE 70 tonners lead a train past the road's headquarters in Santa Maria CA
Photo Date:  6/8/1974  Upload Date: 1/23/2008 8:49:41 PM
Location:  Santa Maria, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SMV 30(70Tonner)
Views:  711   Comments: 0
SMV among the beets
Title:  SMV among the beets
Description:  Santa Maria Valley 70 tonners lead a caboose and three PFE cars back towards Santa Maria CA in June of 1974
Photo Date:  6/8/1974  Upload Date: 1/23/2008 8:49:50 PM
Location:  Betteravia, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories:  Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  410   Comments: 0
Small Boat on the SMV
Title:  Small Boat on the SMV
Description:  A rare (for the US) GE U6B was bought by California's Santa Maria Valley RR to work with its fleet of 70 tonners. It's shown here by the road's shops.
Photo Date:  6/10/1974  Upload Date: 10/10/2008 9:26:06 PM
Location:  Santa Maria, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SMV 60(U6B)
Views:  1672   Comments: 2
Alameda Belt Line D-5
Title:  Alameda Belt Line D-5
Description:  Alameda Belt Line AlCo S-2 D-5. (70156, 2/44) ex SFB 22, it would later receive a fresh coat of paint and be renumbered ABL 105.
Photo Date:  6/11/1974  Upload Date: 10/28/2008 8:59:29 PM
Location:  Alameda, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  ABL D-5(S2)
Views:  2135   Comments: 0
SP S6 1233
Title:  SP S6 1233
Description:  SP Alco S6 1233 works near Fruitvale Tower in Oakland CA in Jun 1974.
Photo Date:  6/11/1974  Upload Date: 1/10/2009 3:48:51 PM
Location:  Oakland, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 1233(S6)
Views:  1813   Comments: 0
WP GP35 3008
Title:  WP GP35 3008
Description:  WP GP35 3008 at Oakland CA
Photo Date:  6/14/1974  Upload Date: 10/4/2013 6:43:52 PM
Location:  Oakland, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WP 3008(GP35)
Views:  642   Comments: 0
WP GP40 3514
Title:  WP GP40 3514
Description:  WP GP40 3514 at Oakland
Photo Date:  6/14/1974  Upload Date: 10/4/2013 6:44:32 PM
Location:  Oakland, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WP 3514(GP40)
Views:  690   Comments: 0
WP SW1500 1503
Title:  WP SW1500 1503
Description:  Western Pacific SW1500 1503 sits in the mid-day sun at the Oakland engine facility in June 1974. It's only a year old in this picture and would make the move to the UP along with the rest of the WP.
Photo Date:  6/14/1974  Upload Date: 2/16/2011 10:30:28 PM
Location:  Oakland, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WP 1503(SW1500)
Views:  2300   Comments: 4
WP GP7 709
Title:  WP GP7 709
Description:  WP GP7 709 sits in the Oakland engine facility on a mid-summers day.
Photo Date:  6/14/1974  Upload Date: 3/26/2011 8:55:25 AM
Location:  Oakland, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WP 709(GP7)
Views:  1290   Comments: 1
Sacramento Northern engine facility
Title:  Sacramento Northern engine facility
Description:  Both of SN's ex-WP GP7s sit in their engine facility at West Sacramento.
Photo Date:  6/14/1974  Upload Date: 2/9/2008 7:02:07 PM
Location:  West Sacramento, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  SN 711(GP7) SN 712(GP7)
Views:  1605   Comments: 0
Western Pacific SW9 603 on the SN
Title:  Western Pacific SW9 603 on the SN
Description:  WP SW9 603 sits in the Sacramento Northern's small engine facility in West Sacramento in June 1974.
Photo Date:  6/17/1974  Upload Date: 2/11/2011 10:09:35 PM
Location:  West Sacramento, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WP 603(SW9)
Views:  1009   Comments: 0
WP GP9  727 at Sacramento
Title:  WP GP9 727 at Sacramento
Description:  Western Pacific GP9 727 sits at the road's Sacramento shop in 1974. Sacramento Northern NW2 607 sits behind it.
Photo Date:  6/17/1974  Upload Date: 2/12/2011 9:30:10 PM
Location:  Sacramento, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WP 727(GP9)
Views:  1475   Comments: 2
WP 713
Title:  WP 713
Description:  A somewhat worn-looking WP GP7 713 switches the road's Oroville yard in June 1974.
Photo Date:  6/17/1974  Upload Date: 5/15/2008 9:26:25 PM
Location:  Oroville, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WP 713(GP7)
Views:  1898   Comments: 2
ATSF S2 2367
Title:  ATSF S2 2367
Description:  Santa Fe Alco S2 2367 sits on a siding in the California central valley in 1974
Photo Date:  7/6/1974  Upload Date: 1/29/2011 6:58:17 PM
Location:  Shafter, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  ATSF 2367(S2)
Views:  924   Comments: 1
WP westbound freight
Title:  WP westbound freight
Description:  A westbound WP freight puts Oroville behind it on a scorching hot day in August. GP40 3532 leads 3535.
Photo Date:  8/1/1976  Upload Date: 1/19/2008 8:30:18 PM
Location:  Oroville, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  WP 3532(GP40)
Views:  968   Comments: 1
Westbound WP freight
Title:  Westbound WP freight
Description:  Five units pull a WP freight westbound about ten miles south of Oroville. GP40 3523, GP40 3511, GP35 3020, GP40 3508, GP40 352?.
Photo Date:  8/1/1976  Upload Date: 1/19/2008 8:30:27 PM
Location:  Oroville, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  WP 3523(GP40)
Views:  723   Comments: 1
WP SW9 606 Working the SN
Title:  WP SW9 606 Working the SN
Description:  Western Pacific SW9 606 works Sacramento Northern trackage in Yuba City CA in 1976
Photo Date:  8/5/1976  Upload Date: 2/12/2011 9:29:20 PM
Location:  Yuba City, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WP 606(SW9)
Views:  898   Comments: 1
Snoozing at Marysville
Title:  Snoozing at Marysville
Description:  Espee local power, in this case GP9E 3879, sits with one of the road's trademark bay-window cabooses at Marysville CA in August 1976. 3879 was one of 20 GP9s SP had delivered in 1959 with a low nose (as 5890); it came out of the Sacramento rebuild program in May 1976.
Photo Date:  8/5/1976  Upload Date: 1/11/2009 4:11:51 PM
Location:  Marysville, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 3879(GP9R)
Views:  825   Comments: 1
SN GP7 711
Title:  SN GP7 711
Description:  SN's ex-WP GP7 711 sits at the road's small West Sacramento terminal with WP caboose 447 in August 1976.
Photo Date:  8/5/1976  Upload Date: 9/5/2009 10:17:47 AM
Location:  West Sacramento, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SN 711(GP7)
Views:  1310   Comments: 0
Switching Oroville
Title:  Switching Oroville
Description:  Western Pacific GP9 728 works the yard in Oroville CA during the summer of 1976
Photo Date:  8/6/1976  Upload Date: 12/26/2010 8:57:45 AM
Location:  Oroville, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WP 728(GP9)
Views:  1179   Comments: 2
Ventura County S6s
Title:  Ventura County S6s
Description:  Two of Ventura County's S6s at their engine house in beautiful downtown Oxnard CA
Photo Date:  6/28/1983  Upload Date: 7/11/2010 9:39:25 AM
Location:  Oxnard, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VCY 9(S6) VCY 7(S6)
Views:  815   Comments: 1
Ventura County Power
Title:  Ventura County Power
Description:  Two VCY Alco S6s (7 and 9) sit next to the road's engine house in beautiful downtown Oxnard California in the summer of 1983. The road acquired a trio of ex-SP S6s to replace GE 70 tonners in the early 1980s.
Photo Date:  6/28/1983  Upload Date: 12/20/2008 10:16:33 PM
Location:  Oxnard, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VCY 7(S6) VCY 9(S6)
Views:  1073   Comments: 0
BN Power at Beiber
Title:  BN Power at Beiber
Description:  A pair of BN SD40-2s prepare to depart Beiber CA for a trip up the "Inside Gateway" to Klamath Falls.
Photo Date:  8/28/1985  Upload Date: 11/5/2008 9:31:17 PM
Location:  Bieber, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories:  Station
Locomotives:  BN 8002(SD40-2)
Views:  711   Comments: 0
Interchange
Title:  Interchange
Description:  Beiber Ca must rank among the nation's most obscure interchanges; GN and WP met here for many years, more recently it's been between BN and UP. Three UP SD40-2s havf brought a train into town and now a pair of BN units will take it north.
Photo Date:  8/28/1985  Upload Date: 1/20/2008 9:50:26 PM
Location:  Bieber, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 3718(SD40-2)
Views:  588   Comments: 0
Beautiful Downtown Petaluma
Title:  Beautiful Downtown Petaluma
Description:  SP GP9E 3828 and SW1500 2594 work the small yard at Petaluma CA in August 1985
Photo Date:  8/29/1985  Upload Date: 11/10/2012 10:26:50 PM
Location:  Petaluma, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 3828(GP9R) SP 2594(SW1500)
Views:  701   Comments: 0
Deep in the Canyon
Title:  Deep in the Canyon
Description:  A UP train runs westbound through the Feather River Canyon in August 1985. Two C30-7s are followed by a pair of SD40-2s and a U30C.
Photo Date:  8/29/1985  Upload Date: 5/10/2009 6:11:50 PM
Location:  Pulga, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 2519(C30-7)
Views:  398   Comments: 2
Reflections
Title:  Reflections
Description:  Five units head west in the Feather River Canyon
Photo Date:  8/29/1985  Upload Date: 1/20/2008 9:49:53 PM
Location:  Feather River Canyon, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 2519(C30-7)
Views:  820   Comments: 2
Eureka!
Title:  Eureka!
Description:  Eureka Southern RR operated the former Northwestern Pacific line in California between 1984 and 1992. Two of its vividly painted GP38s are shown here late in the day at Eureka in September 1985.
Photo Date:  9/3/1985  Upload Date: 12/19/2009 11:26:26 PM
Location:  Eureka, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  EUKA 31(GP38) EUKA 33(GP38)
Views:  1160   Comments: 1
EUKA
Title:  EUKA
Description:  Eureka Southern was a short-lived line that operated the former Northwestern Pacific from 1984 to 1992. Their power included four colorful GP38s.
Photo Date:  9/3/1985  Upload Date: 1/23/2008 8:43:38 PM
Location:  Eureka, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  EUKA 31(GP38)
Views:  1504   Comments: 1
Switching Milpitas
Title:  Switching Milpitas
Description:  UP 790, a former WP GP35, switches the yard in Milpitas in November 1985
Photo Date:  11/14/1985  Upload Date: 12/20/2008 10:15:59 PM
Location:  Milpitas, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 790(GP35)
Views:  1197   Comments: 0
Station stop, Salinas
Title:  Station stop, Salinas
Description:  Amtrak's southbound no. 11, the Coast Starlight, coasts to a stop at Salinas CA on an overcast Novermber day in 1985. Eleven cars trail the pair of F40s.
Photo Date:  11/24/1985  Upload Date: 4/6/2008 4:52:33 PM
Location:  Salinas, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 282(F40PHR)
Views:  479   Comments: 0
SP SD9E 4371
Title:  SP SD9E 4371
Description:  Cadillac- SP 4371 idles at Watsonville in December 1985.
Photo Date:  12/7/1985  Upload Date: 6/12/2015 9:13:37 PM
Location:  Watsonville, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 4371(SD9E)
Views:  557   Comments: 0
SP GP9E 3188 at Watsonville Jct
Title:  SP GP9E 3188 at Watsonville Jct
Description:  SP GP9E 3188, one of the few that retained a steam generator for passenger service, sits in a line of locomotives at Watsonville Jct CA.
Photo Date:  12/8/1985  Upload Date: 1/31/2011 5:17:04 PM
Location:  Watsonville Junction, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 3188(GP9R)
Views:  381   Comments: 0
SP SW1500s in ihe East Bay
Title:  SP SW1500s in ihe East Bay
Description:  Two SP SW1500s sit at Newark with one of the road's signature bay-window cabooses in December 1985
Photo Date:  12/11/1985  Upload Date: 11/14/2008 1:05:19 PM
Location:  Newark, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 2626(SW1500)
Views:  443   Comments: 0
Watsonville Jct Tower
Title:  Watsonville Jct Tower
Description:  SP SD-45-T2 9229 trundles past the tower at Watsonville Jct CA with Cotton Belt SD45 8981 and southbound freight on ESPEE's Coast Line in Dec 1985
Photo Date:  12/11/1985  Upload Date: 7/31/2009 9:00:27 PM
Location:  Watsonville Junction, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 9229(SD45T-2)
Views:  542   Comments: 0
Alameda Alco
Title:  Alameda Alco
Description:  Alameda Belt Line's S2 105 sits near the road's headquarters on Alameda Island in December 1985. 105 is the former ABL D-5, which was acquired from San Francisco Belt in 1960. It was retired by ABL about 1991.
Photo Date:  12/11/1985  Upload Date: 4/6/2008 4:53:09 PM
Location:  Alameda, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  ABL 105(S2)
Views:  1021   Comments: 1
ABL World Headquarters
Title:  ABL World Headquarters
Description:  Alameda Belt LIne was a shortline co-owned by WP and ATSF that operated industrial trackage on Alameda Island near Oakland. Their headquarters was suitably marked.
Photo Date:  12/11/1985  Upload Date: 4/6/2008 4:53:40 PM
Location:  Alameda, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  267   Comments: 0
Oakland Terminal Baldwin 101
Title:  Oakland Terminal Baldwin 101
Description:  One of the more obscure railroads in the Bay Area was Oakland Terminal. As of 1985 its sole unit was DS44-1000 101; which is shown sitting in the shade of the approaches to the Bay Bridge.
Photo Date:  12/13/1985  Upload Date: 7/17/2010 1:27:16 PM
Location:  Oakland, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  OTR 101(DS44-1000)
Views:  476   Comments: 1
Boarded up, awaiting its fate
Title:  Boarded up, awaiting its fate
Description:  SP's Newark CA depot is closed and boarded up in Dec 1985. Note the wig-wag to the right.
Photo Date:  12/13/1985  Upload Date: 6/26/2009 6:40:28 PM
Location:  Newark, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  202   Comments: 0
UP Switchers at Oakland
Title:  UP Switchers at Oakland
Description:  A pair of UP switchers, SW10 1224 and SW1500 1503, in the Oakland yard
Photo Date:  12/13/1985  Upload Date: 5/25/2012 9:57:09 PM
Location:  Oakland, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 1224(SW10) UP 1503(SW1500)
Views:  371   Comments: 0
UP GP35 787
Title:  UP GP35 787
Description:  UP GP35 787, the former WP 3006, at Milpitas. It only lasted with UP through 1993 and eventually end up with Arizona Eastern.
Photo Date:  12/13/1985  Upload Date: 5/25/2012 9:57:22 PM
Location:  Milpitas, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 787(GP35)
Views:  364   Comments: 0
UP SW10 1244
Title:  UP SW10 1244
Description:  UP SW10 1244 at Milpitas
Photo Date:  12/13/1985  Upload Date: 5/25/2012 9:57:51 PM
Location:  Milpitas, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 1244(SW10)
Views:  299   Comments: 0
UP 1503
Title:  UP 1503
Description:  UP 1503 idles at Oakland CA in December 1985; it's a former WP unit and would become UP 1317 in time.
Photo Date:  12/13/1985  Upload Date: 4/6/2008 4:52:03 PM
Location:  Oakland, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 1503(SW1500)
Views:  511   Comments: 0


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