Re: NNG: The Ski Train's visit to California
| August 26, 2016 07:39PM |
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John Bush Wrote:
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> The old old Ski Train was made up from cars
> that had been Northern Pacific coaches. They
> were sold to the Napa Valley Wine Train. The
> new old Ski Train was made up of cars built
> in Canada. That is the one that went back to
> Canada.
Which one is this, John?
The ski train visited California in late summer, 1992, to provide equipment for an environmental promotion dubbed 'The Earth Train'. The weekend before the Earth Train left Hollyweird headed to Denver (and points east?) via Oakland, Reno and Salt Lake City, she headed south from San Francisco to Los Angeles as the 'Pacific Shore Limited'. Here's the P.S.L. a few miles south of King City on September 12 behind ex-S.P. #2472 and a pair of grimy diseasels:
The P.S.L. spent the night in San Luis Obispo, and the following day crossed the long trestle at Gaviota - about 35 miles north of Santa Barbara:
So was this the 'Old Old Ski Train' or the 'New Old Ski Train'?
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
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> The old old Ski Train was made up from cars
> that had been Northern Pacific coaches. They
> were sold to the Napa Valley Wine Train. The
> new old Ski Train was made up of cars built
> in Canada. That is the one that went back to
> Canada.
Which one is this, John?
The ski train visited California in late summer, 1992, to provide equipment for an environmental promotion dubbed 'The Earth Train'. The weekend before the Earth Train left Hollyweird headed to Denver (and points east?) via Oakland, Reno and Salt Lake City, she headed south from San Francisco to Los Angeles as the 'Pacific Shore Limited'. Here's the P.S.L. a few miles south of King City on September 12 behind ex-S.P. #2472 and a pair of grimy diseasels:
The P.S.L. spent the night in San Luis Obispo, and the following day crossed the long trestle at Gaviota - about 35 miles north of Santa Barbara:
So was this the 'Old Old Ski Train' or the 'New Old Ski Train'?
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
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