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The Port of Stockton is
a deep water port about 90 miles inland from the coast.
Currently, the Central California Traction Company
services port trackage on a contract basis. I'm not
sure who serviced the port during the 1980's but in
my world, it is the S&SJ.
The port complex
occupies the center peninsula. Its about 7 feet wide
and about 14 feet long.
Left - Trains from the south normally
enter the port complex by crossing this swing bridge over
the ship channel. This bridge was imported by
Overland Models about 10 years ago. This is a very
cool bridge but the clearances are tight and some rolling
stock will not clear so a bypass had to be provided. |
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Left - The
tanks in the foreground belong to Westway Commodities.
Westway Commodities operates a global network of liquid
storage facilities including the one at the Port of
Stockton. Below Left - The
small blue building is a locomotive servicing facility for
the S&SJ. The cement hoppers are sitting near the
TXI bulk cement trans-loading facility. The
structure here is a temporary "stand in".
Eventually a small bulk freighter will be positioned in
the ship channel behind TXI Cement. In the
back-round, behind TXI, is Transload Solutions.
Below Right - Penny Newman Grain is
a major Port of Stockton shipper. The Walthers
Elevator and silos shown in the picture are way to small.
The silos need to be larger and there needs to be more of
them. Penney Newman will have the
capacity to process about 20 covered hoppers per operating
session. Behind Penney Newman are ADM/Cargill (corn
sweeteners) and Rice Terminals (animal feed/nutrition). |
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Covered Hopper |
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Intermountain
4750 Covered Hopper |
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4427 PS-2 CD Covered Hopper |
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4650 ACF Covered Hopper |
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Riverbank, CA |
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The
Calaveras Cement Company was located at the end of
Southern Pacific's Kentucky House Branch where there was
an ample supply of limestone. The cement plant
closed around 1984 and the track was removed several years
later.
I have moved the plant down
the valley to a point north and east of Stockton.
Raw materials are fed to the plant via rail and most of
the plants output is shipped out through the Port of
Stockton. Bulk cement will also be shipped to
Southern California and the San Francisco Bay Area.
Bagged cement will be shipped out by boxcar.
The plant is being built using two
Walther's "Valley Cement" kits (933-3098). The
unloading shed is a cut down Pike Stuff "The Shops" kit.
Shuttling traffic back and forth between the cement plant
and the Port of Stockton should keep the Calaveras Local
busy. |
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South
Sacramento, CA |
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South Sacramento is the
"end of the line". South Sac is basically a small
industrial complex with three major customers, RJR Nabisco
(Oreo Cookies), Green Giant (frozen vegetables) and California
Hardwoods (cabinet makers). While the Santa
Fe never made it directly to Sacramento, it does in my world
via trackage rights on the S&SJ. The Santa Fe maintains
a freight house, team track and pig ramp at South Sacramento.
All the local industries are serviced by the S&SJ. As a
result, the Santa Fe's "East Valley Local" normally arrives in
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Left: RJR Nabisco
is in the distance. There are 8 car spots for
Nabisco, 3 fore the warehouse, three for inbound powdered
products (flour etc.) and two for liquids (sweeteners
etc.) On the right, where the reefers are "on
spot", is Green Giant and Amerigas. The Santa Fe
Freight House and Team Track are in the center. The
gray Milwaukee Road Airslide Hopper is on the
house/Interchange track.
Below Left: Here is another view
of South Sacramento looking north. While the power
is SP, the train is the S&SJ "Perishable South" (South
Sacramento-Mid Valley). The S&SJ
"Hauler" (Mid Valley-South Sacramento) is the northbound
version of this train.
Below Right: The two box cars are
on the California Hardwood spur. Cal Hardwoods will
be a building flat against the wall. |
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