June 14, 1974.  Yuba City, California.

Stepping off line to assist sister road Sacramento Northern was common for TS diesels.  Here, second 745 rests in the yard at Yuba City.  This area had been the SN's last stronghold of electrification and the last electric freight operation in California.  Soon it will be back to work switching the packing sheds, silos and other customers along the line and dragging the cars into Marysville.  The 745 has just under 2 years left as an active locomotive before it is sidelined and eventually sold off for parts.  The SN line in the Twin Cities would last until the early 2000s before UP removed all but the branch to Pearson.

photo by James C. Herold

 

Tidewater Southern Railway

Alco S2 745:2

GE 44 ton 135/735
GE 70 ton 141/741
GE 70 ton 142/742
GE 70 ton 743
Alco S2 744:1
Alco S2 744:2
Alco S2 745:1
Alco S2 745:2
Alco RS1 746
Alco RS1 747
EMD GP20 WP 2009