posted 12-01-2001 04:03 PM
Today, as I walked from the Shelter (Orcutt Rd.) to Downtown SLO (City Hall), I chose to use a different route than usual. I used the SLO Railroad Bikepath that runs alongside the wsternmost boundary of Sinsheimer Park. I saw the answer to Dan Ainsworth's question "What is the Power for this empty stack train?". The astounding answer, there was no power attached to the train. As I got to the eastern confluence of the Jennifer St. Bridge (that crosses the tracks south of the station area). I noticed as I looked north, that SSW #9708 "has Departed the Building" and the helper set is once again back to the usual "All-Yellow" School Bus Consist. (Three Union Pacific Locomotives). The units were spotted at the northern confluence of the yard tracks and the San Simeon Block in SLO, which was too far to see from the vantage point that I had. Whence decending from the Bridge, the operator of Ambus #6234 (SLO Section of trains #534/734 at San Jose) honked at me as I was passing in front of the Union Pacific Police Substation Bldg. SSW 9708 did a fine job while she was out here. We will miss her in San Luis Obispo.
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