1968 Revisited

SP&S No. 2 the Empire Builder/North Coast Limited Connecton, waits for departure time at Portland, Oregon Union  Station, August 23, 1968. Note the interchange consist on the left. The CP cars are in newsprint service.

The "Flynn Turn" waits to depart Corvallis, Oregon yard after train 706 clears with  a black and orange Baldwin S-12

Dynamic Duo, Corvallis had two S-12s assigned to it. One held down the Corvallis Switcher, and the other operated on the Monroe, and Flynn Turns. This was back in the 16 hours of service days, and these trains were operated by one crew.

Baldwin S-12 2128, which would later serve Koppel Bulk Terminals in Long Beach, California. Note the USLX Evans Products boxcar. Evans had a large Evanite plant (a kind of particle board,) just south of Corvallis, on a spur that left the Westside Branch just south of the bridge over the Mary's River.

Union Pacific train No. 103 the City of Los Angeles roars west out of Pomona, California in all of its twin V-12 glory.
Could that be Fred Sanford in the pickup?