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growing up in Richmond Ca, in the 50s,furthermost western point of the Santa Fe made me a Santa fe fan. I'd ride my bike down to Point Richmond to the Plunge and watch them switch the huge yard there. There was still a working ferry dock operation there untill 1971.The branch to Oakland ran a block away from my house. They were still running the Chief through there in those days. They'd have locals and transfer runs too. I remember hopping a few freights for several blocks There was a great place out in Pinole where the SP and the SF ran close together for a mile by the Bay. You see this in many Will Whittaker and Doug Richter photos. I'd ride my bike out there and sit in the grass and watch  a whole parade of SF and SP going by right at the end of SP steam. I still go  out there, its near Point Pinole Park, and watch BNSF and UP there sometimes when I'm down that way.I miss the SP too, it dominated California. It's hard to tell which was my favorite, the War bonnet or the Daylight colors. The good news is that there's still War bonnets in Richmond and a few Blue and Yellow SF switchers there too--even a GP30. Still see a green BN GP there tooI live in OR near Eugene now and its UP --still can't get used to  that Armour yellow and Grey. But there's BNSF in Portland and Willammette and Pacific and CORP and other short lines to watch also.
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