Earlier this month, I published two
Historic Photos of WP668 Caboose. Below are three more pictures of
our backyard caboose just before her retirement from active service. Dave
Stanley wrote me: “I probably have better shots of it on that train as, if I recall,
I followed it all the way back to West Sacramento. There may be others in my files
as well.” So, more pictures may be coming once he has time to look.
#3 – WP668, July 1974
#3 – Photo by E. Chambers, in Oakland, California. Purchased from
from
John C. La Rue, Jr.
Used with permission of John C. La Rue, Jr.
#4 – WP668, July 1973
#4 – Photo by Dave Stanley on p. 8: “The Self-Propelled Era on the Sacramento Northern” by Tom Irion, “Western Pacific Headlight” Issue #29, Spring 2006, Publisher: Feather River Rail Society and WPRRHS. The caption is: “WP’s wooden bay-window cabs, long bumped from mainline service, continued to earn their keep on the rear of SN trains well into the 1970s. Number 668 was assigned to the Woodland branch melon extra on July 16, 1973. – Dave Stanley photo” Used with permission of Dave Stanley
#5 – WP668 in train, July 1973
#5 – Photo by Dave Stanley on p. 3: “Western Pacific Headlight” Issue #29, Spring 2006, Publisher: Feather River Rail Society and WPRRHS. Used with permission of Dave Stanley
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