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writtenabove thedeparturetime)whichwas 10minutes late
basedon theEmployeeTimetable. Arrival anddeparturetimes
aregivenat themanned stations at Snelling (12minutes late
withaone-minute stop,most likely todropamail bag from
theRailwayPostOffice/RPO car),MercedFallswhereboth
engines tookwater, Barrett, Bagby (usuallyanotherwater stop
but not notedas such), and Incline (bywhichtime theyhad
madeup for that latedeparture). The train left Inclineat 9:09
a.m. andarrivedat El Portal, 5miles away, ontimeat 9:40a.m.
(6) after turning theentire trainat thewyeatMossCanyon.
Backingwith theobservation car first into the stub-endedyard
and train shedat El Portal put thepassengers closer to the
buseswhichwould take them intoYosemiteNational Park15
miles further east. Thismovealsoallowedat least someof the
Pullmans and the leaseddiner tobeparked in the shadeduring
theday (7).
A listingof the cars in theeastboundTrainNo. 2 is at thebot-
tomof the train sheet (8). TrainNo. 2 that day consistedof YV
RPO107; YVobservation car 330; and leasedSPdiner 10300
plus thePullmans Totten, Elmington,WhiteBear Lake, and
CampMerritt for a total of seven cars. Another note (9) shows
that the carson thewestboundTrainNo. 3were the107, 330,
diner, and theTotten.
6: The bottom portion of this same column for trainNo.
2 shows the on-time arrival at El Portal after turning at
MossCanyon.
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7: YVobservation car 330 is only partially under the
train shed at El Portal while aPullman and the leased
diner are shaded from the summer sun. This trainwill
depart at 7:00 p.m. that evening as trainNo. 3.
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