Re: It is all explained here

John West Wrote:
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> Orders for 9's last run:
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> [attachment 60187 SP9lastorder900v.jpg]
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> Postcard from Bob Cartt, the agent at Owenyo:
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> [attachment 60185 SP1lastrunpostcard1000.jpg]
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> Orders for last run on the SP ng.:
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> [attachment 60186 SP1lastorders900v.jpg]
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> Pix
> [url=https://chasingtrains.smugmug.com/US-and-Cana
> da/Narrow-gauge-lines/SP-Narrow-Gauge/Southern-Pac
> ific-Narrow-Gauge]HERE[/url].
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> JBWX

Thank You for confirming my vague memory, John -

[b]. . .[/b] and for sharing your beautiful photos, both from seventy years ago and two years ago.  It's amazing that so much remains of such a minimalist operation!

In early April 1960, during spring break from my freshman year of college, a couple of friends and I spent a day or two in the Owens Valley — about two weeks too soon to catch the final run.

- [i]Roosso[/i]