SP 2281 with Royal Hudson - a photo on Flickriver

            On Wednesday, March 23, 1977, the Southern Pacific's (SP's) SW1200 2281 helped the Royal Hudson move around the West Oakland, California yard. It is captured here near Tenth Street and Oakland's Desert Yard. Note the beet gons in the Desert Yard. Consist SP 2281, CPR 2860, SSW 9389.
"Royal Hudson" 2860 is a MLW built 4-6-4, CP Class H1e. Reportedly: built by MLW in 1940 as CP 2860 Serial Number 69292. Retired in 1956 she was withdrawn at Winnipeg and languished outside Weston Shops until August 1964 when she was acquired by the Vancouver Railway Museum Association for preservation. The project failed and she was acquired by the Province of British Columbia to operate summer season steam excursions between North Vancouver and Squamish. Before this was possible, a complete overhaul was necessary and the locomotive was rehabilitated at CPR's Drake Street Shops in Vancouver before returning to traffic on June 20, 1974. 2860 was operated by the British Columbia Department of Travel and Industry with the cooperation of the British Columbia Railway. The excursion operated between May and October, from Wednesday through Saturday, for 25 years until 1999. 2860 is still owned by the British Columbia government, but is on permanent loan to the West Coast Railway Association (WCRA) and is housed securely under cover at the West Coast Railway Heritage Park in Squamish, B.C. The locomotive boiler has been rebuilt with the plan to resume specialty rail tours.
   

Taken on: March 23, 1977

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Sets appears in: • March 1977 • San Francisco Bay Area Railroading more » • Canadian Railroads • Steam Locomotives • Train Scans 2.0 • 1970-1979 Train photos • SP, Southern Pacific « less

Groups appears in: • North American Railfanning • Trains of the 70's and 80's more » • Locomotive Roster and Detail shots • Southern Pacific Railroad • Northern California Rails • California Railfans • Western US Rails • California Foreign Motive Power • Heritage/Special Interest Locomotives & Rolling Stock « less

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