1975

Railfan notes from 1975

Friday, March 14, 1975 - I was in Bakersfield: On this day I was in Roseville.
Saturday, March 15, 1975 - I was in Barstow: On this day I was in Barstow.
Sunday, March 16, 1975 - I was in Bakersfield: On this day I was in Barstow.

March 26, 1975 - A day in Roseville: I went to Roseville.
April 7, 1975 - I was in Sacramento: On this day I was in Sacramento. I was about to head home after meeting Candy DuBois the young woman who would five months later become my first wife.
Sunday, April 27, 1975 - Donner Pass: Donner Pass on a Sunday after spending time with Candy, who I was then dating.4021
Oakland, CA - May 18, 1975, Sunday: On Sunday May 18, 1975 Cotton Belt's 9389 did it's maiden run into Oakland on the WCOAF.
Sacramento - Saturday, June 21, 1975: SP 4449 is headed to Sacramento, CA. It's on it's way to Chicago to meet the American Freedom Train.
Sacramento - Sunday, June 22, 1975: SP 4449 and SP 1 (the C.P. Huntington) were both on display in Sacramento on Sunday, June 22, 1975.
Oakland, CA - June 25, 1975, Monday: Action in West Oakland in the Summer of 1975. Including SP SD9 3800.

I was courting Candy then and I would comine trips to visit her with trips to Donner.

This is a trip my soon to be first wife Candy and I made to southern California, less than a month before we married.

August 11, 1975, Monday: We were on Cajon Pass on this day. This may be the day I broke the shock mountings on my 1970 Nova driving it like it was a jeep! UP SD45 3645 led a very mixed set on this day.

Sep. 23, 1975, Tuesday - Day in Oakland: In Oakland a few weeks after I got married the first time. Oakland FM being scrapped.
October 12, 1975, Sunday - Another Day in Oakland: On October 12, 1975 I went to Oakland again.

This trip was recorded in my notes but I think it was mislabled 1975 and really happened the year before.

October 20, 1975, Monday: This trip was recorded in my notes but I think it was miss labled 1975 and really happened the year before.
October 21, 1975, Tuesday: This trip was recorded in my notes but I think it was miss labled 1975 and really happened the year before.

Trips of a day or less

Sparks, NV - November 24, 1975, Monday: I shot 4449 at night on this date.
Donner - Thursday, November 27, 1975, Thanksgiving: On Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 27, 1975, the American Freedom Train traveled from Reno, NV to Sacramento, CA. I had just married my first wife a couple months before. I did not score many points with my new moter-in-law when she found out I was going to miss a lot of Thanksgiving Day with the family because I was going to be chasing a steam train.
Donner - Thursday, December 4, 1975: 4449 ran from Sacramento to Oakland. Morning shot in Martinez, first time Candy saw 4449.

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