RailPictures.Net Photo: Southern Pacific Railroad Steam 4-8-8-2 at South San Francisco, California by John West

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» Southern Pacific Railroad (more..)
» Steam 4-8-8-2 (more..)

» South San Francisco
» South San Francisco, California, USA (more..)
» January, 1959

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One of Southern Pacific's magnificent cab forward articulated locomotives awaits its fate in a South San Francisco scrap yard. The tender has already been cut down to its frame, and the locomotive will soon follow. The saddest image in my collection.

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