October 17, 1948.  Meyers, California.

Although steam is rapidly disappearing from parent WP's lines, the Tidewater remains a holdout.  Guy Dunscomb caught 132 storming through Meyers in the fall of 1948, hauling another reefer block loaded with products of the seasonal rush.

photo by Guy Dunscomb, Martin E. Hansen collection

    

Tidewater Southern Railway

Baldwin 2-6-2 32/132

Central Pacific 2-6-2T 1
New York 4-6-0 second 1
Baldwin 2-6-2 132
Baldwin 2-8-0 WP 124
Pittsburg 4-6-0 WP 125
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