Re: S.P.'s Modoc Line . . . and S.P. 2422

John West Wrote:
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> Great country to visit, wish there were more trains.
> Miss the old Modoc.


More trains indeed, John -

There were none at all, nor even any to wait for, when I drove up that way in late May of 2009:


. . . a far cry from what had been on my bucket list of places to visit after seeing the following spread in the April '56 issue of TRAINS magazine:


- Roosso

p.s. -

Dan Robirds Wrote:
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> . . .  I probably saw the 2422 (its BNSF renumber)
> many times over my lifetime, and as a kid I always
> waited for No 18 to cross 395 on our way up to the
> family's cabin in Big Pine Canyon.

IIRC, 2422 may be an unlucky number – wasn't it S.P. P5 Pacific #2422 which collided with the car driven by John Steinbeck's friend Ed 'Doc' Rickets in the Cannery Row area of Monterrey in the late forties, a collision that resulted in Ricket's death two or three days later?



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