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Three F's plus Sacramento Northern GP7 712 ascend
Altamont Pass from Tracy (view from I-580) in July, 1978. Alan Barrett photo. |
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918, along with 917 and 921 (plus a
U-boat) working westbound at South Stockton in March of 1978. These F's only
have a few weeks on their new paint. Alan Barrett photo. |
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Broadside view of 918 in her fresh paint,
notable paint chipping on lower batons. Same location and date as above photo
by Alan Barrett. |
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Westbound, somewhere in the middle of Niles
Canyon in February, 1978. Photo by Greg Elems. |
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918 and sisters eastbound on Altamont, west
of Miday on April 3, 1979. Alan Barrett photo. |
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918, 921 and a couple U-Boats wait out their next assignment
at the Stockton roundhouse sometime in 1978.
Steve Dixon photo. |
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Trailing unit 918 departs Stockton in 1978. Paint was still
fresh in this photo.
Greg Elems photo |
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918 trails 2 early geeps while heading eastbound at Pleasanton
in 1980.
Dan Furtado photo |
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918 mid-consist with all four sisters at Radum in 1980.
Dan Furtado photo |
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921, 917 and 918 pose for this shot in Oakland. Date and
photographer unknown.
Howard Wise collection |
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918 and 2 trailing F's head westbound through Altamont pass.
Date and photographer unknown.
Howard Wise collection. |
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918 and unidentified U-boat head through Altamont Pass. Date
and photographer unknown.
Howard Wise collection |
On March 5th 1982, WP F7A 918 is sitting on
the SP-WP interchange. The WP 918 was on its was to the Pacific Locomotive
Association (PLA), then at Point Richmond, CA. It had an electrical cabinet
fire the year before and had finally been donated to the PLA in 1982. She
is currently at Niles Canyon in her more traditional orange and silver dress.
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June 17, 1982: SP SW1500 2684 has reached down into the WP transfer
connection in West Oakland
to get WP F7A 918. The 918 is on its way to PLA in Richmond
for preservation.
Photo and text by
Ron Lehmer
918 hangs out at the Stockton roundhouse in 1978.
Steve Dixon photo.
