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(this one was too good to do without the captions from the original post but I forget how to do links sorry)

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Here is a piece of Southern Pacific history. The negative sleeve says the date is March 20, 1942. SP #3634 is trying out the new turntable installed at this roundhouse only 4 hours earlier. We see company officials inspecting the work as SP #3634 takes a spin on the new construction installed to accomodate 2-10-2's such as #3634.

The sleeve is cut off for the location, but I believe the location is San Jose. If anyone has any better ideas, please share. This looks to be the installation of a longer turntable to replace an existing shorter one.

Here is a piece of Southern Pacific history. The negative sleeve says the date is March 20, 1942. SP #3634 is trying out the new turntable i

#3634 sports the newly installed black-out headlight shield caused by the the wartime rules of WWII the had begun only 4 months earlier. The war will cause other expansion of railroad faculties like this to meet the heavier traffic demands caused by the War.

(San Jose Lenzen Roundhouse had a pneumatic/steam driven positioning motor, this appears to have a center post electrical connection. Also appears to be too long for San Jose.)