Southern Pacific Commuters

[@bloqk16]

Two of my dad's aunts, or better put, my great-aunts, as high school students, took the SP steam locomotive commuter weekday train from San Francisco to Redwood City (California) to attend Sequoia High School in Redwood City back in the 1920s; as the newly opened Sequoia HS was akin to 'Stanford University' when it came to academic prominence at the high school level. There was a vast age difference among the sisters at the time (amounting to 13 siblings), where the married sister (dad's mom) had her younger sisters use her Redwood City address for residency purposes. Hearing about what the teens did in the 1920s, they seemed much more 'adult' in their lives than the teens of later and current generations.

[@stevemellin5806]

Fantastic

[@WasatchGarandMan]

Its Crazy how much that area changed just 20 years later. I miss the Espee

[@pacificostudios]

I know its just because I was born 30 years later, but I can hardly imagine waiting for a steam locomotive to pull up with my train to Los Angeles. So much more dramatic than a rumbling diesel engine, where the first thing I see are the headlights, rather than the towering exhaust.

[@edwinsinclair9853]

Quite a parade of Espee steam. GS, MT, and P class engines plus switching activity. Wow!

[@JOEMAMA_534]

Awesome video!

[@bearowen5480]

Love this video! 🐻🇺🇲