On October
24, 1992 Amtrak and CalTrans added a 4th roundtrip to the San Joaquin
route, celebrating the event with an inaugural special between Bakersfield
and Oakland the previous day. About to breech the Welcome Banner in Stockton
is CDTX B32-CH 501 (later renumbered and relettered to CDTX 2051) pulling
the ubiquitous Horizon Fleet trainset. |
On the rear
of the special were a pair of business cars that represented the San
Joaquin's two host railroads: SP 150 "Sunset" and Santa Fe 52 "Atchison,"
(seen here earlier in the day at Riverbank). The "Atchison" had just been
released from renovation, while the "Sunset" still wore an interior decor
that seemed to hail from the 1950s. |