From the Summer 2024 Issue of "Coast Mail" (#88)
Emily Street Yard removals completed
Throughout March restoration lead Brad LaRose, varying teams of volunteers, and the experts at West Coast Auto & Towing and Louie's Crane moved a wide range of artifacts from Emily Street Yard to the Freighthouse vicinity. Volunteers worked between February rains to prepare new temporary and permanent locations for the items, nearly all of which required services of a crane and a large trailer or a flatbed truck. Brad had worked with City of San Luis Obispo staff representative Bob Hill to identify locations around the city-owned parking lot where artifacts could be stored or displayed. More...
Docent of the Year
Our 2023 docent of the year Alan Esteshas been a member since our building opened. A reliable and capable volunteer, he's usually found near our main entry. He also helps with several Museum functional divisions.
Strangers on the grade
The Spring Coast Mail discussed Southern Pacific's Sunset Route train, which logically was called the Sunset Limited. It carried numbers 1 and 2, to this day the lowest and longest lasting passenger train numbers. For a while in the steam era it connected San Francisco with New Orleans via San Luis Obispo and Los Angeles. The sunset logo became synonymous with the Southern Pacific. The Golden State connected Los Angeles and Chicago via Tucumcari, New Mexico, where the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific took over. It was one of the first S. P. passenger trains to use Electro-Motive Division E series diesels, with their twin prime movers, long carbodies, and three-axle wheel assemblies.
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