1647 Pushing Freight

Bill Whyte Photo, Steve Crise Collection

Bill Whyte Photo, Steve Crise Collection

 
Pacific Electric diesel unit no. 1647 pushes a boxcar at an unknown location, possibly in the San Fernando Valley.
 
Bill Whyte Photo, Steve Crise Collection

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  • Bob Peppermuller
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    Street running Brand Blvd.

  • Al Donnelly
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    What is this contraption, a Plymouth or what? Who was getting freight service via Brand…Sears or ?? Is the PE-SP interchange yard still in play at the time of this photo?

  • Steven J Crise
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    The Plymouth Diesel is switching a few ice cooled refrigerator cars to a local packing house located in the San Fernando valley. The cars would be interchanged with the Southern Pacific at San Fernando.

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