Southern Pacific's Bayshore Yard
Bayshore Yard
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Touring The Shops

On June 10, 1953 Central Coast Railway Club toured the Bayshore shops and terminal facilities. The group visited the passenger car shops, where equipment ranging from former T&NO passenger cars undergoing heavy overhaul to Daylight coaches being renovated. This was followed by a tour of Bayshore Roundhouse where a cab forward was undergoing heavy maintenance and repair.

From the roundhouse the group moved to the locomotive shop where four 2-10-2s were in the process of receiving complete overhauls. The day ended with the group visiting the rip track where a large number of dead steam locomotives were being stored in the yard prior to being sold for scrap.


SP 2-8-0 No. 2868 languishes on the deadline at Bayshore yard in January of 1960. (Jim Wren Photo)
 
 
As late as 1952 the Coast Division had the following steam locomotives assigned to it:
Type
Qty
 Assignment
0-6-0s:
23 
 assigned to division wide and yard service.
2-6-2
1 
 assigned to local freight service, Division wide to local freight service.
4-6-0s
6 
 assigned Division wide, used in local freight service.
4-6-2s
18 
 assigned in commute service.
2-8-0s
34 
 assigned Division wide to local freight service.
4-84s
2 
 assigned to Watsonville Junction for local freight service.
2-8-2
1
 assigned to Watsonville Junction for local freight service.
2-10-2s
17
 assigned to Bayshore-Santa Barbara freight service and San Louis Obispo helper service
4-8-8-2s
10
 assigned to Bayshore-Santa Barbara freight service and San Louis Obispo helper service.
4-8-2s
13
 assigned to commute service, SF-I.A mail train and freight service.
4-8-4s
8 
 assigned to SF-IA passenger service.

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