| If there is one thing I like better than wigwag signals...it's F-units.
On November 6th, 2000, a Canadian Pacific special featuring 2 F-9's, a GP-38-2 and some awesomely restored vintage passenger cars arrived in San Francisco. The purpose of the trip was to promote Fairmont Hotels, a company owned by Canadian Pacific. The passengers on the train consisted mostly of travel agents. For those of us railfans, this was an opportunity not to be missed. Here is a small gallery of photos by various railfans of the trip... |
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Lv Eastport 10:30 a.m. Ar Spokane 4:30 p.m. Lv Spokane 5;00 p.m. Ar. Hinkle 11 p.m. (UP unit will be added to lead CP units on train from Hinkle on.) Nov. 5 Lv. Hinkle 12:01 a.m. Ar. Portland 7:30 a.m. (Albina Yard) Lv. Portland 8:30 a.m. Ar. Klamath Falls 7:30 p.m. Lv. Klamath Falls 11:30 p.m. Nov. 6 Ar. Dunsmuir 3:30 a.m. Ar. Roseville 10:00 a.m. Lv. Roseville 11:00 a.m. Pass Oakland 4:00 p.m. Ar. San Jose 6:00 p.m. Lv. San Jose 7:00 p.m. Ar. San Francisco 8:00 p.m. The train will be staged in SFO until it goes back on Nov. 9, leaving at 8:55 a.m. |
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Making a very rare appearance in the SF Bay Area, F9A CP-1400 leads
the Royal Canadian Pacific Railway Vintage Tour Rail Excursion along UP's
Martinez Subdivision at Pinole, CA on 6Nov00. The passenger special was headed for San Francisco. Photo by John Stashik.
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CP visited the Cal-P line of Union Pacific when the passenger special
to San Francisco rolled through Pinole, CA on 6Nov00. Canadian Pacific
locomotives F9A 1400, B unit 1900 and GP38 3084 are shown next to San Pablo
Bay.
Photo by John Stashik.
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Minutes later the special speeds through Emeryville. Time: 1:35pm.
Photo by Dan Furtado |
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Locomotives 1400 (F9-A), 1900 (F9-B), and 3084 (GP-38-2) pass by.
Photo by Dan Furtado |
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The back end as it heads south toward San Jose.
Photo by Dan Furtado |
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Later that evening, the special heads north to San Francisco. CP 1400
splits the target signals at Brisbane with barely enough light to make
this photo. The train was minutes behind Caltrain #77.
Photo by Dan Furtado |
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As it passes by at Brisbane, 10 minutes from 4th and Townsend, San
Francisco.
Photo by Dan Furtado |
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The special sat at track 12 (4th and Townsend, SF) from Monday
evening (11/6) through Thursday morning (11/9).
Photo by Dan Furtado |
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View from the gate to track 12.
Photo by Dan Furtado |
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Dep. San Francisco 8:55 AM
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The cars:
CP70 - Assiniboine
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On the way back...
The special approaches the Jerrold Ave. overcrossing at 9:10am. in San Francisco. Photo by Dan Furtado |
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A couple seconds later it crosses the old bridge. Built in 1907, it
is one of the few bridges that still retains the Southern Pacific label.
Photo by Dan Furtado |
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Jim Acker caught the special as it sat on one leg of the Milpitas wye in San Jose. The train was delayed for a couple hours as the Caterpillar generator got some last minute maintenance. This is what supplies power to the cars. |
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Jim had the opportunity to peek inside the cab of 1400 while it was sitting in San Jose. Quite immaculate to say the least. Looks like it received a new control stand at some point. |
More pictures may be added soon. If you have
any pictures you would like to contribute, email
me.
Be sure to check out Frank
Caron's page
containing lots of good detail shots and video
of this train.
