2012
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July 7, 2012
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Various photos on a trip to test video gear shooting steam.
Sunol, CA
Brightside Yard
10:55 a.m.
- Robert Dollar Lumber Company No. 3, ALCo 2-6-2T
- The No. 3 was built for the Walter A. Woodard Lumber Company of Cottage Grove, Oregon, in November 1927 by American Locomotive Company (ALCO) of Schenectady, New York. [More Info]
- At 10:55 am on July 7, 2012 Susan Sloan (Susie) and I waited at the grade crossing at Brightside, two miles west of the Sunol depot on the Niles Canyon Railway for Robert Dollar 2-6-2T No.3.
Nikon D3200 HD Digital Video Capture Frame: 2012070701_001v.1
- At 10:55 am on July 7, 2012 Susan Sloan (Susie) and I waited at the grade crossing at Brightside, two miles west of the Sunol depot on the Niles Canyon Railway for Robert Dollar 2-6-2T No.3.
11:30 a.m.
- WP 918-D EMD F7A, A.K.A. WP 918
- Western Pacific 918-D is an EMD F7, owned by the Pacific Locomotive Association, serial number 8973, built on January 27, 1950.
Click on the links below to see photos of WP 918-D: - At 11:30 a.m. on July 7, 2012, about 35 minutes after the Robert Dollar tank engine led it's eastbound train past, the former WP F-unit 918D surprised us by also coming eastbound on the Niles Canyon Railway. Mike Roqué was on the rear DPU. It waited in Brightside yard for the eastbound steam train.
Nikon D3200 HD Digital Video Capture Frame: 2012070701.1v.1
- At 11:30 a.m. on July 7, 2012, about 35 minutes after the Robert Dollar tank engine led it's eastbound train past, the former WP F-unit 918D surprised us by also coming eastbound on the Niles Canyon Railway. Mike Roqué was on the rear DPU. It waited in Brightside yard for the eastbound steam train.
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