Spring of '88
Digging deep, deep into the print film archives, back to a time before I had "discovered" slide film...
F7A/B #347C/B (reportedly built as F7A 39C and F3B 35A) had a long colorful history on Santa Fe before being leased to Amtrak in 1971. They were returned to Santa Fe in 1973 but luckily, escaped the CF-7 rebuild program. Santa Fe donated them to the California State Railroad Museum in March 1986 and their existing Yellowbonnet scheme was replaced by the present Warbonnet scheme at Santa Fe's San Bernardino shops in April 1988. In May of that year, they participated in Railfair 1988 in San Diego.
On this date, probably in late May or early June 1988, the Central California Traction Company is at their carbarn on Cherokee Lane and preparing to deliver the F's back up to Sacramento, having retrieved them from Santa Fe's Mormon Yard in Stockton, CA on a previous date. They'll likely have the assistance of the Friendly SP, which connected with both the museum and the Traction Company in Sacramento.
Info cobbled together from various internet sources and my own spotty memory.
Spring of '88
Digging deep, deep into the print film archives, back to a time before I had "discovered" slide film...
F7A/B #347C/B (reportedly built as F7A 39C and F3B 35A) had a long colorful history on Santa Fe before being leased to Amtrak in 1971. They were returned to Santa Fe in 1973 but luckily, escaped the CF-7 rebuild program. Santa Fe donated them to the California State Railroad Museum in March 1986 and their existing Yellowbonnet scheme was replaced by the present Warbonnet scheme at Santa Fe's San Bernardino shops in April 1988. In May of that year, they participated in Railfair 1988 in San Diego.
On this date, probably in late May or early June 1988, the Central California Traction Company is at their carbarn on Cherokee Lane and preparing to deliver the F's back up to Sacramento, having retrieved them from Santa Fe's Mormon Yard in Stockton, CA on a previous date. They'll likely have the assistance of the Friendly SP, which connected with both the museum and the Traction Company in Sacramento.
Info cobbled together from various internet sources and my own spotty memory.