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Folks: Here is a shot of 410 somewhere around Yuba City/Marysville area with one of SN's short cupola hack's I recently purchased. Can't make out the number since I have no scanner. Comments?

Daniel, Yes, and no about the Sacramento Northern's North End. Most of the line was powered by 3rd rail, but there were substantial sections under wire through various towns. The Central California

I was under the impression that the SN North of Sacramento was all third rail. Is this incorrect? Are there any interesting remains of the CCT? Or the Tidewater Southern? I don’t know too much about

Bill, The Northern Electric Railway, SN's northern predecessor, actually sprang from the Chico Electric Railway, a typical city streetcar line using overhead wire. California's other major 3rd rail

In fact, it's not particularly complex at all. Overhead contact systems are inherently safer than 3rd rail and don't have any "dead spots" where a loco/car may become stranded. Only a handful of

Daniel, Yes, it appears that the 3rd rail was a much lower poundage. Whether it required less maintenance is to me uncertain, but that is probably true. Overhead wire requires proper tensioning,

Ah thank you Garth. I see it now. I assume the 3rd rail was a lighter poundage than the running rail? And perhaps it required less maintenance and could allow trains to run at higher speeds than

Daniel, Absolutely! Look behind the motor and you can see the 3rd rail slightly raised on blocks on the side closer to the camera. At the front of the motor the 3rd rail is actually blocking our view

Great photos. Is there 3rd rail in the close up of 654? I can’t seem to spot it pitstopharold@...> escribió:

Friends, As a follow-up to the photo of 654 with its train, here is a Will Whittaker view of "downtown" Fremont, in fact, just about all of Fremont. The negative sleeve is dated 6/1X/40, the "x"

Fantastic pictures Sir Garth. May your Quackers keep Quacking. Love the big dome Texaco tank car. Knew the steeple jobs ran 3rd rail but haven't seen many pix. Happy to see so many responses on this

I thought?they were?pulling out the trestle and separating Woodland?from West Sac. It seems they even had a last train ride. Does anyone have that article?

Great photos.? Thank you for posting these and all the others you have posted. You are a repository of Sacramento Northern history :>)? As I mentioned before I moved to Pittsburg with my family as

What a cool Photo Garth ! Thanks for sharing ! mallardlodge1000@...> wrote:

Justin, See the attached Google Map. Fremont was at MP9.68, which would put it just at the western end of the curve of Route 22. The Fremont Trestle began about MP10.10, if that helps any. The SN

Great photos. Because of the confusion with Fremont California, it would be interesting to have a description of which turn in the road Fremont is along the Woodland Branch. I was going to ask you for

Friends, As I promised Dan, I am posting two views from Will Whittaker's negatives of SN 654 running in third rail territory on the Woodland Branch. The first is a Charles Savage photo showing 654

Thanks! Looking forward to another day! Dan

Daniel, Yes, shots of motors operating from 3rd rail are scarce. There are several reasons for this. When there was still SN passenger service, nearly all North End freights except branche jobs

I wonder if this is close to the SN/WP interlock railroad west of the WP Yuba River Through Truss bridges. If you look under the deck of the wood trestle below the SN Boxcar and the other tank car