We all detrained to set up for pictures of the freight train.
The steam engines for the freight train were Mason County Logging 7 and Robert Dollar Company 3.
Mason County Logging 7.
Robert Dollar Company 3. I walked up to a hill and set up to catch the action.
Everyone was moving to their photo location before our passenger train left for Niles so Quincy Railroad Company 2 could run around its train again and then be on the east end for the return trip up Niles Canyon.
The freight train then reversed before it started its photo runby for all of us.
Freight train photo runby 1. Now, as the freight train reverses, we will look at its consist.
Southern Pacific caboose 1101 built by the railroad in 1942.
Associated Oil Company tank car 848 built by American Car and Foundry in 1929.
Union Refrigerator Transit car 29330 built by General American. Union Refrigerator Transit was a subsidiary of the Milwaukee Road.
Niles Canyon Railway flat car 306 built in 1942 for the United States Navy.
Southern Pacific maintenance-of-way box car 6019, ex. Southern Pacific maintenance-of-way 6924, nee Southern Pacific Railroad 100752 built by Pullman in 1948 and donated by Union Pacific in 1997.
Western Pacific hopper car 10656 built by Pullman-Standard in 1953. It was purchased Central California Traction in December 1977 and became 6002, used for ballast work, then was purchased by Pacific Locomotive Association in 2005.
North American Tank Car 8502 built by the company in 1943 and donated by Ashland Chemical of Newark, California in 1993.
The steam engines.
The freight train reversed out of the way before the passenger train started its photo runby.
Passenger train photo runby 1.
Western Pacific coach 315 built by Pullman in 1923. In 1952 Western Pacific rebuilt the car as maintenance-of-way MW0910, then in 1973, it was purchased by Mr. Norman Holmes of Portola and donated to the Pacific Locomotive Association in August 1974.
Southern Pacific Lines coach 1975 built by Pullman in 1914. It was rebuilt to Southern Pacific News Agent Car 1975 in 1933 with the news stand and 11 rows of seats (44 passengers). The seating arrangement was modified in 1945, 1954 and 1959. In 1954, the seats were replaced with 34 reclining swivel chairs; in 1959, six rows of chairs were replaced by six tables. It was labelled as an 'All Day Lunch' and was used in the "Sun Tan Special" service out of Santa Cruz, California.
California-Nevada Railroad Historical Society acquired the car in July 1960 for $1,014. This car and Southern Pacific combine 3176 were used in excursion service in the San Francisco Bay Area until loaned to the Pacific Locomotive Association in 1970 until February 2014 when Cal-Nevada made a generous donation of cars to the PLA.
Niles Canyon Railway open air car, number unknown.
Southern Pacific coach 1949 built by Pullman in 1911 and was part of the first full order of Harriman Lines Common Standard Wide Window steel coaches. The car was used in San Francisco-to-San Jose commute service and then later at the McCloud River Railroad (not lettered or used) in McCloud, California. It was acquired by the Pacific Locomotive Association in February 1970 and is currently in service.
Arizona Eastern combine 453 built by Pullman in 1916 which became Southern Pacific 3176 after Arizona Eastern was absorbed by them on December 31, 1924. In 1946, the upper arched window sashes were plated over and painted in Daylight scheme, being used from 1946 to the late 1950's on the Sacramento Daylight, trains 53-54. The California-Nevada Railroad Historical Society acquired the car in late 1961 or early 1962. This car, along with the Southern Pacific 1975, was used in excursion service in the Bay Area until loaned to the Pacific Locomotive Association in 1970 then leased to the Sierra Railroad in 1973 and may have been leased to Rail Town 1897 in 1971.
After PLA ended their concession operation of Railtown 1897 in 1983, the car left the Sierra Railroad and returned to the care of the PLA until February 2014, when Cal-Nevada made a generous donation of cars to the PLA.
Quincy Railroad Company 2.
Our passenger train reversed into the clear.
Views from the hill.
When the engine stopped in this position, I climbed down for myy next picture.
Three steam engines in one view. I then returned to the hill.
Freight train photo runby 2.
The passenger train pulled in to pick us up and we then proceeded to our next photo location up in Niles Canyon.
