Santa Maria Valley Railroad Freight Depot

							                                                           Santa Maria Valley
                                                           Railroad Freight Depot




  The SMVRR
  Depot was built
  in the Fall of                                              1920
  1911.



July 10, 2008 Friends of the Santa Maria Valley Railroad
                                                           Santa Maria Valley
                                                           Railroad Freight Depot




 The Depot burned
 to the ground on
 January 16, 1912. It
 was rebuilt in 1914.

July 10, 2008 Friends of the Santa Maria Valley Railroad
                                                             Santa Maria Valley
                                                             Railroad Freight Depot




The “old” pictures
in this slide show
are from Hal
Madson’s book,
Railroads of the
Santa Maria
                                  1925
Valley.



  July 10, 2008 Friends of the Santa Maria Valley Railroad
                                                           Santa Maria Valley
                                                           Railroad Freight Depot




    The dedication of
    No. 21 in 1925.
    Note the wood
    frame on the
    platform.


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                                                           Santa Maria Valley
                                                           Railroad Freight Depot




Diesel versus
steam tug-o-war
in 1926.



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                                                            Santa Maria Valley
                                                            Railroad Freight Depot




                                                           c1941




July 10, 2008 Friends of the Santa Maria Valley Railroad
                                                            Santa Maria Valley
                                                            Railroad Freight Depot




The annex has
been added by
1970.
Note the REA sign
between the
windows.


 July 10, 2008 Friends of the Santa Maria Valley Railroad
                                                           Santa Maria Valley
                                                           Railroad Freight Depot

 United States Railroad Administration
 (1917-1920), nationalized the express
 businesses of Adams Express
 Company, American Express
 Company, Southern Express
 Company and Wells Fargo and
 Company Express into the American
 Railway Express in 1917.
 That became the Railway Express
 Agency.
 It began having troubles in the late
 1950s and finally went bankrupt in
 1975.

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                                                           Santa Maria Valley
                                                           Railroad Freight Depot




The gate is
now in place.
                            1976
And the REA
sign is gone.


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                                                           Santa Maria Valley
                                                           Railroad Freight Depot




                    Caboose No. 180 at the depot in 2001.


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                                                           Santa Maria Valley
                                                           Railroad Freight Depot




        As modeled by the Alvin
        All-Star Railroaders in
        2003.

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                                                           Santa Maria Valley
                                                           Railroad Freight Depot




               Modeled in 2004 (without the annex).

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                                                           Santa Maria Valley
                                                           Railroad Freight Depot




Change of Ownership
Celebration 2006.

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                                                               Santa Maria Valley
                                                               Railroad Freight Depot




                                          Transloading at the depot.


July 10, 2008 Friends of the Santa Maria Valley Railroad
                                                           Santa Maria Valley
                                                           Railroad Freight Depot




A series of some
very recent
pictures…

July 10, 2008 Friends of the Santa Maria Valley Railroad
                                                           Santa Maria Valley
                                                           Railroad Freight Depot




July 10, 2008 Friends of the Santa Maria Valley Railroad
                                                           Santa Maria Valley
                                                           Railroad Freight Depot




July 10, 2008 Friends of the Santa Maria Valley Railroad
                                                           Santa Maria Valley
                                                           Railroad Freight Depot




July 10, 2008 Friends of the Santa Maria Valley Railroad
                                                           Santa Maria Valley
                                                           Railroad Freight Depot




July 10, 2008 Friends of the Santa Maria Valley Railroad
                                                           Santa Maria Valley
                                                           Railroad Freight Depot




Railbus No. 9
returns for a visit
in 2008.
July 10, 2008 Friends of the Santa Maria Valley Railroad
                                                           Santa Maria Valley
                                                           Railroad Freight Depot




July 10, 2008 Friends of the Santa Maria Valley Railroad
                                                           Santa Maria Valley
                                                           Railroad Freight Depot




July 10, 2008 Friends of the Santa Maria Valley Railroad
                                                           Santa Maria Valley
                                                           Railroad Freight Depot




July 10, 2008 Friends of the Santa Maria Valley Railroad
                                                           Santa Maria Valley
                                                           Railroad Freight Depot




    July 8, 2008



July 10, 2008 Friends of the Santa Maria Valley Railroad
                                                           Santa Maria Valley
                                                           Railroad Freight Depot




    July 8, 2008




July 10, 2008 Friends of the Santa Maria Valley Railroad