Branch Line in San Francisco

Hi stranger. More info please. Don

http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/...13.php#photo-2661863

Retirement board info:

http://www.rrb.gov/blaw/bcd/bcd01-50.html

And the Baldwin with EMD guts:

http://baldwindiesels.railfan.net/lbrailco/index.html

Hey Islander...I think this is the info you're looking for on the two engines...

The SF Belt started out at the Sate Belt Railroad, and then became the San Francisco Belt when the city acquired the port from the state. Although the railroad officially gave up the ghost in 1993, it never quite died. The remaining locomotives, two Alco S-2 switchers, were placed in the care of the Golden Gate Railroad Museum. In recent years, a new operator began business out of Pier 96 and required motive power. The two engines, still on the city's books, were leased to the new operator (LB Railco, now San Francisco Bay Railroad) and the San Francisco Belt Railroad resumed operations. Today, the two Alcos run on biodiesel and operate several times a week kicking cars around their yard and a couple of nearby industrial spurs.  LBRailCo became San Francisco Bay RR in about 2009.  That's all the info I can find for now.

Update:  I just got info from one of my CI's that one of the locomotives is now up at Mare Island and it's painted gray.  I'm not sure which one.  Hey Don, didn't you do some rail photography up at Mare Island?  Matt

The darkAlco looks like something from RMT!

Matt, is this the engine your talking about? Never thought I'd see that run again. Don

Matt, there's some strange old stuff out in those parts. Picture three looked like a ghost train to me. Don

Scale Rail

Off the subject-but where did the DC3  (or equivalent) pic come from?

Is it in the same area?

Floyd

The area is called Schellville.  The DC3 is at a small airport in town.  It still has one grass runway.  There is also a Stearman PT-17 there.  Matt