40s & 50s

The Daylight only ran between LA and San Francisco. There were other named trains that ran through the Northern Calif north but they didn't get the modern cars until the late '40s at the least.

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I remember an article on this in Model Railroader some years ago, IIRC it served a navy yard or something like that. Keith Make friends in the hobby. Visit Garratt photos for the big steam lovers.

On Fri, 17 Jun 2005 17:02:38 UTC, "Tim Coyle" wrote: 2000

Certainly Northern Pacific and maybe UP. The Espee train would be the Shasta Daylight. There would also have been some Espee heavyweight trains at that time.

That would be the State Belt Railway of California. They used Alco S1 or S2 locos. I don't remember which but I do know they had Blunt trucks. There was a street along the Embarcadero and the Espee stayed on the land side of that street. The State Belt Railway serviced the piers.

I took some photos in the late 40s but they are not where I can lay my hands on them immediately (translation: I don't know where they are).

The tracks belonged to the San Fransisco Belt Line RR. There is an article in the April 1980 Model Railroader on this operation, plus a layout plan by Gordon Odegard. If you cannot source this locally, I can scan or photocopy it for you.

All the best,

Mark.

Well I have Model RR's going back a few years but not that far. Please if you can copy it I would be grateful.

Tim C