Santa Fe Valley Division Part 2: Stockton - Bakersfield | Circa 1938 - 1971

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The Santa Fe's Valley Division is the westernmost portion of the railroad's mainline from the San Francisco Bay Area to Chicago. While not as strong of a presence in Northern California as railroads such as the Southern Pacific, the Santa Fe still was able to obtain a strong and loyal following with its fast streamliners gleaming in warbonnet colors.
This video showcases 8mm, Super 8mm, and 16mm films from 7 different railfans and follows the Santa Fe Valley Division from Stockton and south to Bakersfield through the San Joaquin Valley. You will see famous name trains such as the Golden Gate, San Francisco Chief, and California Limited, as well as several freights with first and second generation motive power. There is also a small look at several of the shortlines and electric railways that fed traffic the Santa Fe in the Valley.
EMDs, ALCOs, steam, and even some streetcars, this program is one of the first to cover this often overlooked portion of the Santa Fe, with a lot of this footage having never been seen before!
Enjoy this look as a railroad tried to get Northern California to go 'Santa Fe All The Way!'

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5 окт 2024

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@Thunder_6278 Год назад

This is the Sant Fe of legend. Santa Fe, all the way! I remember seeing the chiefs at Dearborn station as a little kid as my dad drove down Clark street.

@dnice9168 Год назад

Beautiful train. My mom and I took the chief every August from Stockton to Bakersfield on our way to Los Angeles. On our return trip in 1962, our train hit a sugar beet truck trailer just outside Bakersfield. It derailed our engine. With over 100 degree weather, we had to wait for an engine out of Bakersfield to push us down the line to Stockton. Train got there at midnight. We were in the lounge car at the time of the accident, and I remember being thrown from my seat onto the floor. The lounge attendant and the engineer had to be taken to the hospital. The lounge attendant had been standing in the bar area which had a glass wall full of glass shelves and glasses. Despite this accident, I still enjoy riding trains. Of course, the was nothing like the chief again. Ty for posting on yt.

@alexlarams Год назад

Just some amazing stuff. Thanks so much for sharing!

@melvideo63 21 день назад

Great to see vintage shots of the Stockton Subdivision, in a region I'm very familiar with, South of my hometown of Sacramento, CA. Thanks for sharing.

@berkeleygang1834 Год назад

Thank you very much for putting this production together and sharing it here on RU-vid.

@IronHorsefan1869 Год назад

Really Amazing Footage of history!

@rickyarvizu7535 Год назад

Excellent Presentation, Hunter!

@alanvincent4962 Год назад

Hunter, thank you for your efforts in remastering and editing these historic films! Keep up the great work and passion! The long hours you spend in the synchronization of sound to the films add a rich depth of enjoyment! Thank you again for keeping this history alive!

@jasonscott6174 8 месяцев назад

Thanks for posting this. It brings back fond memories. In the early/mid 60's, when I was a kid, I traveled with my grandparents a couple of times 'back east' to Missouri. Two trips from Hanford to Kansas City and return on the San Francisco Chief. On one trip, we continued on from KC to Jonesboro AR on Frisco Lines, and from KC to Joplin on Missouri Pacific on the second trip. Travel on the SF Chief was, by far, the most luxurious. Now, in my twilight years, these are among my most precious memories.

@oscarrosas1233 10 месяцев назад

I live by the old berkeley ca depot . I never thought that the super chief or the golden stopped there or to later know that it bisected berkeley running down Sacramento st down into 40th and sanpablo where it had the oakland depot

@TexasRailfan21-RailfanRyan Год назад

Probably the most famous and probably my favorite of Santa Fe locomotives is the Alco PA passenger diesel. There are only four of these engines left in existence two of them are in operating condition in Mexico and two are in the United States undergoing restorations back to operating condition The Nickel Plate 190 is nearly complete at the Oregon Rail Heritage Center in Portland Oregon. In my state of Texas, the Museum of the American Railroad has begun restoring former Santa Fe PA locomotive number 59 its latest update, was the installation of a new cab

@terrywebb8636 10 месяцев назад

Great video Hunter.

@Olive1234. 9 месяцев назад

Hi Hunter, I am new to your channel. This video is my favorite so far. TY Olive

@iannarita9816 Год назад

I've seen some of this at BAERA Friday meetings in Berkeley a long time ago. It looks so much better with sound. The biggest thing I recall learning was the gleam that Santa Fe's cars had. Another thing I learned about was the Santa Fe bus service from Bakersfield to LA, Barstow and a third location. Good memories, Thx

@bertcresta6685 Год назад

Excellent video!!!

@Greatdome99 Год назад

2:41 The reason that Pennsylvania tour sleeper was put on the head-end of the Cal Zephyr was to preserve radio/PA communication between cars, which many foreign cars did not have. Placing a foreign car in the middle would isolate the audio between front section of Zephyr cars and the rear section--and you don't want to miss the call for dinner.

@trainsupporter9088 Год назад

I so enjoyed both parts of these videos! A job well done...thank you.

@18_lbs25 Год назад

Great video and great narration. I'm building a switching layout of the Santa Fe in Fresno around Ventura Ave and that single clip will definitely help when it comes to completing that scene.

@Isochest Год назад

1952 was very early to withdraw steam. In the UK and Western Europe only a handful of mainline diesels existed though diesel mechanical switchers were common by this time

@jerrywaynehoward7442 4 дня назад

I was confused by the several narration references to "eastbound" trains running between Stockton and Bakersfield. To the best of my knowledge, the Santa Fe line between Stockton and Bakersfield is on a more or less north-south orientation. Great rare footage. Thanks

@HunterLohseRRVideos 3 дня назад

@@jerrywaynehoward7442 It is still east that is the only way on the Santa Fe to go east to Chicago, is to go geographically south first, but the trains are still eastbound

@jerrywaynehoward7442 2 дня назад

@@HunterLohseRRVideos Of course. Makes sense. "Gotta see the bigger picture! Thanks.

@TheKenHerrick Год назад

Very cool 🙏.

@Bayareaandbeyond777 Год назад

I really enjoyed that. Did you add sound, or was it original?

@HunterLohseRRVideos Год назад

The sound was synchronized as movie film in this era was traditionally silent

@Bayareaandbeyond777 Год назад

@@HunterLohseRRVideos You did a great job with the sound!!!

@jonathanherrera5284 Год назад

Will there be a part three to this series?

@HunterLohseRRVideos Год назад

If there is more footage I can find between Richmond and Bakersfield yes, I would like to talk about ATSF’s tugboat fleet and car ferries out of Richmond, however at this point I have not found enough footage to make anything that would be a complete program.