malibu43
Active Member
Hi all,
I have these two postcards of my home town and am trying to figure out what locomotive types might be pictured.
The back of the first one reads: "Santa Margarita, CA early 1900. Center of twon looking towards the cattle corrals at Encina and El Camino Real."
The back of the second reads: "Southern Pacific Railroad arrived from Templeton on April 20, 1889. It would be 5 more years before it was completed to San Luis Obispo."
The top one looks like it could be a 2-6-0 or a 2-8-0. I'm not sure if whether or not that train was terminating in Santa Margarita or continuing into San Luis Obispo (over Cuesta Grade) would change which type it could be.
For the bottom one, the perspective makes it a little tougher. I can't tell if it's the same 2-6-0 or 2-8-0 type with Vandy tenders, or possibly a 4-6-2 Pacific similar to the restored SP 2472.
I've always thought it would be fun to have one (or both) of the pictured locomotives for my HO collection. I already have an SP 2-6-0...
I have these two postcards of my home town and am trying to figure out what locomotive types might be pictured.
The back of the first one reads: "Santa Margarita, CA early 1900. Center of twon looking towards the cattle corrals at Encina and El Camino Real."
The back of the second reads: "Southern Pacific Railroad arrived from Templeton on April 20, 1889. It would be 5 more years before it was completed to San Luis Obispo."
The top one looks like it could be a 2-6-0 or a 2-8-0. I'm not sure if whether or not that train was terminating in Santa Margarita or continuing into San Luis Obispo (over Cuesta Grade) would change which type it could be.
For the bottom one, the perspective makes it a little tougher. I can't tell if it's the same 2-6-0 or 2-8-0 type with Vandy tenders, or possibly a 4-6-2 Pacific similar to the restored SP 2472.
I've always thought it would be fun to have one (or both) of the pictured locomotives for my HO collection. I already have an SP 2-6-0...
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