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Siemens Chargers 2101 and 2102 sit at the Oakland Maintenance Facility. |
Date:
2017-01-29
Added:
2017-06-06 |
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Siemens SC-44 2102 shot from the Adeline Street bridge |
Date:
2017-01-29
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2017-06-06 |
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Caltrans SC-44's 2101 and 2102 at the Oakland Maintenance Facility shortly after delivery. |
Date:
2017-01-29
Added:
2017-06-06 |
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UP SD70M's 4253 and 4877 pull a ribbon rail train eastbound from Ozol to CP Ferry, where the power will run around the train and take it to Pinole. |
Date:
2017-01-28
Added:
2017-06-06 |
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UP 4877-4253 pull the ribbon rail train through the curves at Hercules. |
Date:
2017-01-28
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2017-06-06 |
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UP 4877-4253 pull a ribbon rail train through the curves at Hercules; the train will be shoved into the siding at Pinole from the west end. |
Date:
2017-01-28
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2017-06-06 |
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Amtrak 2014 leads train 743 at Hercules, CA. |
Date:
2017-01-28
Added:
2017-06-06 |
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An eastbound BNSF train waits on RD1 for a couple of Amtrak trains to pass before heading for the BNSF connection at Giant. Power is 8286-8273-4657-7233-8067. |
Date:
2017-01-16
Added:
2017-06-05 |
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BNSF 966 sits at the Oakland Intermodal Gateway waiting for its next switching assignment. |
Date:
2017-01-16
Added:
2017-06-05 |
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Amtrak Cab Car 90215 leads Amtrak 710 out of Emeryville with F59PH 2012 pushing on the rear. |
Date:
2017-01-16
Added:
2017-06-06 |
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The MRVOA arrives at Emeryville with 5052-4153-5289. |
Date:
2017-01-16
Added:
2017-06-06 |
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MRVOA with 5052-4153-5289 arrives on RD1 in Emeryville. |
Date:
2017-01-16
Added:
2017-06-06 |
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Roster shot of UP ES44AC 2676 at Roseville, CA. |
Date:
2017-01-14
Added:
2017-06-05 |
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An ethanol train races through Tremont, CA |
Date:
2017-01-14
Added:
2017-06-05 |
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An ethanol train with 5276-5260-2560-4500 in the lead and 6216 as a DPU race through Tremont, CA. |
Date:
2017-01-14
Added:
2017-06-05 |
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On the tail of the Zephyr, the KOADU rolls through Martinez with 6824-6680-7140 and 2586-4534 as DPU helpers. |
Date:
2017-01-14
Added:
2017-06-05 |
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Amtrak 156 and 39 lead Amtrak train 6 at Martinez, CA. |
Date:
2017-01-14
Added:
2017-06-05 |
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The California Zephyr departs Martinez, CA with P42DC 156 and 39. 156 is in one of the special Amtrak 40th anniversary paint jobs. |
Date:
2017-01-14
Added:
2017-06-05 |
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The One Spot, P42DC 1, leads Amtrak train 729 as it arrives in Martinez on January 14, 2017. |
Date:
2017-01-14
Added:
2017-06-05 |
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UP 1466 and HLCX 1824 switch at Ozol Yard. |
Date:
2017-01-06
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2017-06-05 |
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UP 1466 and HLCX 1824 switch at Ozol Yard before going out for a night of work at the nearby refineries |
Date:
2017-01-06
Added:
2017-06-05 |
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A short westbound stack train passes through Berkeley on New Years Eve 2016. Lashup is 8141-7942-3881. |
Date:
2016-12-31
Added:
2017-04-16 |
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Eastbound baretable train with 5282 and 7563 passes through Berkeley. |
Date:
2016-12-31
Added:
2017-04-16 |
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P42DC's 158 and 87 blast off from Emeryville with the Zephyr to start their trip to Chicago. |
Date:
2016-12-29
Added:
2017-04-16 |
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Amtrak P42DC 166 and B32-8PWH 509 lead the Coast Starlight through CP Shellmound. |
Date:
2016-12-29
Added:
2017-04-16 |
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UP 9060-9032-4446-8702 lead a west Z-train through Rodeo, CA on November 27, 2016. |
Date:
2016-11-27
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2016-11-27 |
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UP 9911 and 9926 wait for their turn to return empty auto-racks to Roseville. At Benicia, CA 11/27/2016. |
Date:
2016-11-27
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2016-11-27 |
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UP 1989 leads the KOADU across the Benicia Bridge on a slightly cloudy November 27, 2016. |
Date:
2016-11-27
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2016-11-27 |
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UP 1989-4906-5275 with 4020-7429 as midtrain DPU on the KOADU. |
Date:
2016-11-27
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2016-11-27 |
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DPU 4020-7429 idle across the Benicia Bridge as the UP 1989 heads down the north approach. |
Date:
2016-11-27
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2016-11-27 |
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Amtrak 199 and 184 (in 40th anniversary commemorative paint) lead a 10 car westbound California Zephyr after making its station stop in Martinez, CA. |
Date:
2016-11-27
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2016-11-27 |
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BNSF AC44C4 8280 switches empty stack cars at the Oakland International Gateway yard. BNSF 7930 sits after delivering another train earlier in the day. |
Date:
2016-11-27
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2016-11-27 |
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BNSF 7930-4958-4088 await their next assignment at the Oakland International Gateway yard. |
Date:
2016-11-27
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2016-11-27 |
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BNSF 7178 and 7677 switch empty stack cars at the Oakland International Gateway (OIG). |
Date:
2016-11-26
Added:
2016-11-26 |
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Amtrak Cab Car 90225 with 2003 pushing train #712 at Ozol. |
Date:
2016-11-12
Added:
2017-04-16 |
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Amtrak #6 with 150 and 207 leading at Ozol. |
Date:
2016-11-12
Added:
2017-04-16 |
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Napa Valley Wine Train northbound with FPA4 70 and 71 leading along Solano Ave near Darms Lane north of Oak Knoll. |
Date:
2016-11-12
Added:
2017-04-16 |
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Napa Valley FPA4's 70 and 71 crack the throttle coming up out of Yountville northbound. |
Date:
2016-11-12
Added:
2017-04-16 |
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New Napa Valley GP9 69 runs around its single car train at St Helena. The Quattro Vino stops at four wineries, but has to get out of the way of the normal wine train, so after running around the train, the 69 will push the train to the end of the track at Krug. |
Date:
2016-11-12
Added:
2017-04-16 |
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The Wine Train arrives at St. Helena with FPA4's 70 and 71 on the main line. |
Date:
2016-11-12
Added:
2017-04-16 |
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NVRY FPA4's 71 and 70 run around the Wine Train at St. Helena. |
Date:
2016-11-12
Added:
2017-04-16 |
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Blast Off! Napa Valley FPA4's 71 and 70 pull out from a stop at Grgich Estates outside of Rutherford. Some Alco smoke! |
Date:
2016-11-12
Added:
2017-04-16 |
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NVRY 71 and 70 run past Dominus Estate in Yountville on the southbound run back to Napa. |
Date:
2016-11-12
Added:
2017-04-16 |
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The Quattro Vino starts from a stop at Grgich Estates with NVRY 69. |
Date:
2016-11-12
Added:
2017-04-16 |
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The Quattro Vino at Yountville, CA. |
Date:
2016-11-12
Added:
2017-04-16 |
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Amtrak 715 with AMTK 203 leading arrives at Emeryville, CA. |
Date:
2016-10-29
Added:
2017-04-16 |
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Amtrak #5, the California Zephyr, with 4 P42DC's 45-201-6-152 leading eight cars arrives at Emeryville, CA. |
Date:
2016-10-29
Added:
2017-04-16 |
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An empty grain train rolls through the Tehachapi Summit Valley with 4076-6742-5728-4012 and 110 cars. |
Date:
2016-09-11
Added:
2017-04-16 |
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Funky lashup of the trip: BNSF ET44C4 3861 leading UP ES44AC 5497, BNSF C44-9W 4703 and 682, both in red paint, and ES44C4 6751 and a long train at Monolith. |
Date:
2016-09-11
Added:
2017-04-16 |
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Chased this from Monolith to Warren and shot it again. Lashup is BNSF 3861-UP5497-4703-682-6751. |
Date:
2016-09-11
Added:
2017-04-16 |
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UP 7822-2590-4310 with 2 DPU's rolls southbound through Monolith. |
Date:
2016-09-11
Added:
2017-04-16 |
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Another empty grain train with 4404-7200-6922-7695 in the lead. Note that 7695 is the Yellow Swoosh engine with its unique BNSF logo. |
Date:
2016-09-11
Added:
2017-04-16 |
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South bound BNSF local from Calwa Yard in Fresno rolls through Bowles with SD70MAC's 9878 and 9747 and GP60's 169 and 110. |
Date:
2016-09-11
Added:
2017-04-16 |
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Three GE's, 7858-5294-4237 with two more DPU's hold back a southbound at the big curve at Warren. |
Date:
2016-09-10
Added:
2017-04-16 |
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BNSF 7232-7203-7463-755 lead another southbound at Warren. |
Date:
2016-09-10
Added:
2017-04-16 |
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BNSF 4238, a Tier III credit engine, leads the STOWSP with 5098, 705, and 7919 at Tehachapi Summit. |
Date:
2016-09-10
Added:
2017-04-16 |
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UP 2604-8120-8535 with 2 DPU's grind up the siding at Woodford to await some traffic coming down the grade. |
Date:
2016-09-10
Added:
2017-04-16 |
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A BNSF northbound with 3918-8364-7922-6629 cruises down through Woodford. |
Date:
2016-09-10
Added:
2017-04-16 |
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A Z-train with 2607-9008 up front and 7705 pushing on 69 platforms roars up through Woodford. |
Date:
2016-09-10
Added:
2017-04-16 |
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Roaring through Tehachapi Summit with a long stack train, BNSF 4007-4283-6900-4742 put ripples in the last of the daylight. |
Date:
2016-09-10
Added:
2017-04-16 |
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A southbound freight with 2683-2598-4527 and 7714 as a DPU rolls through Earlimart, CA. |
Date:
2016-09-09
Added:
2017-04-16 |
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BNSF 4300 leads Track Geometry Car BNSF 90 on a run through the Tehachapis, seen here at Tunnel 2 above Caliente, CA. |
Date:
2016-09-09
Added:
2017-04-16 |
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The STOWSP with 5404-3849-4585-5807 with a good number of reefer trailers rounds Tunnel 2. |
Date:
2016-09-09
Added:
2017-04-16 |
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UP 2683-2598-4527 round the sharp corner at Tunnel 2 in the Tehachapis. |
Date:
2016-09-09
Added:
2017-04-16 |
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UP 8212-4386-5272 with DPU 6690-4351 charge through Martinez, CA on the way to the Benicia Bridge with 101 stacks on the KOADU. |
Date:
2016-08-27
Added:
2017-01-16 |
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UP 696-717-1426-1433 switch the LRJ88 at Tolenas. There is still a bit of open land in the industrial park. |
Date:
2016-08-27
Added:
2017-01-16 |
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Amtrak 5 with 206 and 144 is downgrade at Bowman, CA. |
Date:
2016-08-27
Added:
2017-01-16 |
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Within 5 minutes of Amtrak 5 going down the hill, here comes Amtrak 6 up the Hill with 187 and 47 at Bowman, CA. |
Date:
2016-08-27
Added:
2017-01-16 |
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A long 123 platform stack train with 8066-2576-5147 and 2 5200's at the rear rolls through Soda Springs, CA on the long descent through the Sierra. |
Date:
2016-08-27
Added:
2017-01-16 |
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A mixed power consist of 6840-3803-5272-1628-5266 and DPU 5539 has a westbound train well under control at Soda Springs. |
Date:
2016-08-27
Added:
2017-01-16 |
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The DPU on UP 6840 West, UP 5539, just comes into view as Amtrak 6 races by on the other main. |
Date:
2016-08-27
Added:
2017-01-16 |
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UP 8577-5467-4430 come out of the Norden shed. |
Date:
2016-08-27
Added:
2017-01-16 |
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UP 8212 East approaching Norden and the Big Hole through the mountain. |
Date:
2016-08-27
Added:
2017-01-16 |
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The KOADU with 8212-4386-5272 and two DPU's comes through Norden, CA. |
Date:
2016-08-27
Added:
2017-01-16 |
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The MRVRO with headend of 5801-4729-5186-1620-804 with three 5200's dirty bricks cut in mid-train. |
Date:
2016-08-27
Added:
2017-01-16 |
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BNSF GenSet 1283 and GP60M 139 wait for their next switching assignment at the Oakland International Gateway. |
Date:
2016-08-21
Added:
2017-01-16 |
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A southbound comes through the S-curve at the top of Cable, CA with 4237-CREX1430-3941-7122. |
Date:
2016-08-16
Added:
2017-01-16 |
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BNSF 7215, leading CP 8951 and BNSF 7804, meets BNSF 5131 South at Magunden, CA. |
Date:
2016-08-16
Added:
2017-01-16 |
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BNSF 5131-6988-7784 and DPU 7581-7985 are southbound with a stack train at Bena, CA. |
Date:
2016-08-16
Added:
2017-01-16 |
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WRIX SD18 1229 switches the grain elevator at Famoso. The engine is a former Reserve Mining and now sees only occasional use in the Central Valley. |
Date:
2016-08-16
Added:
2017-01-16 |
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UP 3935-5214-9927 accelerate a MFRRV out of Fresno, crossing Herndon Ave. in the northern part of Fresno. |
Date:
2016-08-16
Added:
2017-01-16 |
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UP 3935 North at Fairmead making good time north and giving the freeway a run for its money. |
Date:
2016-08-16
Added:
2017-01-16 |
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UP 7932-8524-7368 lead a southbound with 2 DPU's through Livingston, CA. |
Date:
2016-08-16
Added:
2017-01-16 |
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UP 3935-5215-9927 roar pass the Foster Farms grain elevator at Livingston, CA while a UP grain unloads at the facility. |
Date:
2016-08-16
Added:
2017-01-16 |
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Amtrak 2005 leads train 729 through Hercules, CA at the location of a future transportation center. |
Date:
2016-07-23
Added:
2017-01-08 |
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The KOADU on July 23, 2016 has 8010-2661-4175 in the lead of 138 stack platforms with 8104-5255 buried 105 cars deep. |
Date:
2016-07-23
Added:
2017-01-08 |
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UP 8010 East's DPU 8104 and 5255. |
Date:
2016-07-23
Added:
2017-01-08 |
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A westbound auto train switches out of the west end of the Richmond Yard. Power is 7042-5512-5146. |
Date:
2016-07-23
Added:
2017-01-08 |
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BNSF 7042 crosses Richmond Ave in Point Richmond. Too bad the Wig Wag doesn't work anymore. |
Date:
2016-07-23
Added:
2017-01-08 |
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The LR88 comes back to Ozol with GMTX 2625 and UP 717. |
Date:
2016-07-23
Added:
2017-01-08 |
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UP 8246-5360 lead a westbound stack train through Ozol. |
Date:
2016-07-23
Added:
2017-01-10 |
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Amtrak 145, in its tri-stripe paint, leads train 741 through Ozol, CA |
Date:
2016-07-23
Added:
2017-01-10 |
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San Joaquin train 713, with P42DC 119 in the lead, skirts the Bay in Rodeo, CA |
Date:
2016-07-23
Added:
2017-01-10 |
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UP 7803-5667 lead a baretable train eastbound at Rodeo, CA. |
Date:
2016-07-23
Added:
2017-01-10 |
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Amtrak train 743 with 2014 leading approaches Rodeo, CA |
Date:
2016-07-23
Added:
2017-01-10 |
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A short auto train with UP 8538 and UP 6499 bringing up the rear of the 14 car train heads through Rodeo, CA. |
Date:
2016-07-23
Added:
2017-01-10 |
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An unusual sight in 2016, a Capitol Corridor or San Joaquin with the power on the east end of the consist. Somehow Amtrak 2011 has got things backwards as it rolls east with Amtrak 738. It's westbound counterpart in the morning with the same consist was also backwards. |
Date:
2016-07-23
Added:
2017-01-10 |
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Amtrak 140 and 505 pull the Coast Starlight train 14 out of the Kalmath Falls valley on its way to Portland and Seattle. |
Date:
2016-06-26
Added:
2017-01-07 |
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UP 8189-4628-3836 blast off out of Dunsmuir and grind past the north switch on its way to the grade between Dunsmuir and Mt Shasta City. |
Date:
2016-06-26
Added:
2017-01-07 |
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UP 2539 and 2615 with DPU's 7842-7389 pushing on a 100 car train southward. |
Date:
2016-06-26
Added:
2017-01-07 |
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BNSF 4646-6372-7293 lead a southbound train through the Deschutes River Canyon at Oakbrook, OR. Two DPU's are also helping the train at the rear. |
Date:
2016-06-25
Added:
2017-01-07 |
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BNSF 4646 South enters Maupin, OR, the center of recreational use of the Deschutes River. |
Date:
2016-06-25
Added:
2017-01-07 |
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A BNSF northbound pulls out of Bend, OR on the Oregon Trunk with 3922 and 7263 in charge of 72 cars. |
Date:
2016-06-25
Added:
2017-01-07 |
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BNSF 9047-5085-4982-7661 play hide and seek with the sun at Maryhill, WA. |
Date:
2016-06-24
Added:
2017-01-07 |
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UP GEVO's 2521-7353-7442 race east at Biggs, OR, just across the Columbia River from Maryhill, WA. |
Date:
2016-06-24
Added:
2017-01-07 |
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BNSF 7190-6930-4312-5178 roll down hill toward OT Junction, where the Oregon Trunk Line crosses over the Union Pacific. The BNSF 7190 has just given back its clearance to run from Bend, OR on the Oregon Trunk. |
Date:
2016-06-24
Added:
2017-01-07 |
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An all CSX lashup of 5272-8606-4707 (ES40DC-SD50-SD70MAC) hustle an eastbound autos train. Caught first at Goodnoe, WA. |
Date:
2016-06-24
Added:
2017-01-07 |
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CSX 5272-8606-4707 (ES40DC-SD50-SD70MAC) eastbound at Bates, WA. |
Date:
2016-06-24
Added:
2017-01-07 |
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BNSF 7807-675-9190 wait for their westbound grain train to be re-crewed at Bates, WA. |
Date:
2016-06-24
Added:
2017-01-07 |
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BNSF 1512, originally built as a GP9 and now completely upgraded to a GP28M, and GP38-2 2088, still wearing its BN Green, sit between assignments at Wishram, WA. |
Date:
2016-06-24
Added:
2017-01-07 |
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BNSF 7807-675-9190 rumble through Wishram, WA with their westbound load of grain. |
Date:
2016-06-24
Added:
2017-01-07 |
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BNSF 8178-6971 lead the empty trash train back to the Portland area. |
Date:
2016-06-24
Added:
2017-01-07 |
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A westbound oil train is in the hole at Tokio, WA, about 50 miles west of Spokane, waiting for 3 eastbound trains. Power is ET44C4 3971 and AC44CM 608 with DPU's 6698-7640. |
Date:
2016-06-23
Added:
2017-01-04 |
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One the eastbounds that BNSF 3971 West is waiting for is this freight with 6989-6577-5467-8108 passing the old NP depot and caboose in downtown Ritzville. |
Date:
2016-06-23
Added:
2017-01-04 |
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Another BNSF eastbound with 7555 and CSX 483 on an auto train. |
Date:
2016-06-23
Added:
2017-01-04 |
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An eastbound UP freight between Hinkle, OR and Spokane, WA has to cross the mighty Snake River on the equally impressive Joso Bridge. Here UP 5362-5547-5546 move their 107 car train over the bridge. This bridge is about an hour from anywhere else and with only about 6 trains a day on the line, its easy to think that you'd have to wait hours for a train. My total wait time, 10 minutes! Just lucky for once. |
Date:
2016-06-23
Added:
2017-01-04 |
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The Eastern Washington Gateway runs from Coulee City to Cheney, WA and hauls grain out the middle of Washington to the BNSF mainline. After getting a heads-up the night before of an eastbound leaving Coulee City, the EWG shuttle train finds the morning sunrise at Creston, WA with NIWX C40-8 9129, MRL SDP40 290, and WRIX SD40T-2 8702 in charge of 68 grain cars. |
Date:
2016-06-22
Added:
2017-01-03 |
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Eastern Washington Gateway's power of C40-8 9129, MRL SDP40 290, and SD40T-2 8702 are given a little throttle to keep the train of 68 small grain hoppers bouncing and rocking on the 10MPH track. |
Date:
2016-06-22
Added:
2017-01-03 |
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Every corner is a challenge for the slow moving, heavy Eastern Washington Gateway shuttle train. 9129-MRL290-8702 give off a little smoke as the throttle is pulled to keep the train stretched and moving at 10MPH. |
Date:
2016-06-22
Added:
2017-01-03 |
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EWG 9129-MRL290-8702 have cut off their train west of downtown Davenport, WA to pick up two loads that the local elevator has filled. |
Date:
2016-06-22
Added:
2017-01-03 |
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The two loads picked up and back to the train west of town, the crew discovers that the 8702 is low on water and lube oil. |
Date:
2016-06-22
Added:
2017-01-03 |
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After running back into town and servicing for an hour, the whole train finally makes an appearance in downtown Davenport, WA. |
Date:
2016-06-22
Added:
2017-01-03 |
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Big time railroading on a small railroad. Just east of Davenport, WA, the Eastern Washington Gateway encounters a couple of miles of good grade and the 10,000 horsepower of the three units (9129-MRL290-8702) dig and really have to pull. Close your eyes and you're back in Tehachapi in the 1990's. |
Date:
2016-06-22
Added:
2017-01-04 |
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Still belting out smoke and a roar, EWG 9129-MRL290-8702 reach the summit of the grade coming out of Davenport, WA. |
Date:
2016-06-22
Added:
2017-01-04 |
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Now cruising on straight, level track but still only making 10 MPH, EWG 9129 and its mates are happy. |
Date:
2016-06-22
Added:
2017-01-04 |
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Eastern Washington Gateway 9129-MRL290-8702 put on a show as they lift the shuttle train through an S-curve west of Rearden, WA. |
Date:
2016-06-22
Added:
2017-01-04 |
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EWG's NIWX 9129 crosses Mann Road west of Rearden, WA |
Date:
2016-06-22
Added:
2017-01-04 |
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Roster shot of MRL SDP40 290, last of its kind running in the world. West of Rearden, WA, the EWG shuttle train has to tie down dead on the Hours of Service law. |
Date:
2016-06-22
Added:
2017-01-04 |
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Back in Cheney, WA on the BNSF mainline, a westbound stack train with 8017-6989-6577-5467-8108 screams by the old station. |
Date:
2016-06-22
Added:
2017-01-04 |
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BNSF ES44AC 6200-6089 with SD70ACe 9105 on the rear as a DPU waits for a lineup on the elevated track through downtown Spokane. At Sunset Jct., the BNSF Lakeside Sub, joint with the UP's Spokane International line, breaks off and is on the east side of the canyon, while the Pend Oreille Sub continues straight on a high steel bridge over to the west side of the canyon, where is connects with the Scenic Sub to Seattle. |
Date:
2016-06-22
Added:
2017-01-04 |
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BNSF GP39-3R's 2562 and 2563 switch at Yardley in Spokane. |
Date:
2016-06-22
Added:
2017-01-04 |
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BNSF 5013-8285 westbound at Babb, WA. |
Date:
2016-06-22
Added:
2017-01-04 |
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In failing light, BNSF 4691 rolls eastward at Cheney, WA. |
Date:
2016-06-22
Added:
2017-01-04 |
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UP Olympic Unit 2002 and SD70M 5060 switch Jordan Spreader SPMW 8001 and crew car SPMW 7118 in the yard at Kalmath Falls. |
Date:
2016-06-21
Added:
2017-01-03 |
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UP 2595-2608-4915 and a 4 unit DPU race a southbound along Kalmath Lake at Algoma, OR, only a few miles north of Kalmath Falls. |
Date:
2016-06-21
Added:
2017-01-03 |
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UP 2595 South's DPU of 6885-8189-2648-2588 helps the 117 car train south |
Date:
2016-06-21
Added:
2017-01-03 |
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A BNSF westbound with 4660 sits in the yard at Wishram, WA. |
Date:
2016-06-21
Added:
2017-01-03 |
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BNSF ES44DC 7628 and SD70ACe 8507 and 8551 sit in the siding with a westbound grain train at Paha, WA. |
Date:
2016-06-21
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2017-01-03 |
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BNSF 7628-8507-8551 sit in the siding with a westbound grain train at Paha, WA. |
Date:
2016-06-21
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2017-01-03 |
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BNSF 7033 and 7212 and DPU 5036 urge a 115 car grain train westward at Sprague, WA. |
Date:
2016-06-21
Added:
2017-01-03 |
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BNSF 8786-3957-6705 with DPU 5196 have 101 cars of oil in hand at Sprague, WA. |
Date:
2016-06-21
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2017-01-03 |
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The parade keeps coming! BNSF 4186-6762 and DPU 4182 have another westbound grain train moving at Sprague, WA. |
Date:
2016-06-21
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2017-01-03 |
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Finally, the eastbound stack train that has been in the hole at Sprague, WA gets to leave with BNSF 3801 and CREX 1425 with DPU's 4138-8533 pushing on the rear. |
Date:
2016-06-21
Added:
2017-01-03 |
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BNSF GP40 3017 and SD60M 1412 switch downtown Cheney, WA before heading west. |
Date:
2016-06-21
Added:
2017-01-03 |
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CP AC44CW 8529 and ES44AC 8733 have a Spokane International (UP) train creeping through Cheney, WA with the last bit of light. |
Date:
2016-06-21
Added:
2017-01-03 |
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The eastbound California Zephyr arrives at Davis, CA with engines 40 and 74 leading and FRA's research car DOTX 216 stashed between the power and the normal consist. |
Date:
2016-06-20
Added:
2017-01-03 |
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A 22 car Cal Northern freight rolls south north of Williams, CA with Genset 504 and GP15-1 1568 at the helm. |
Date:
2016-06-20
Added:
2017-01-03 |
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UP 7894 and 6569 lead a northbound stack train at Castle Crag at the south end of the Dunsmuir complex. |
Date:
2016-06-20
Added:
2017-01-03 |
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Central Oregon and Pacific GP38-2 2067 sits on the wye at Weed awaiting its next call to duty. |
Date:
2016-06-20
Added:
2017-01-03 |
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UP 5688-4625-5285 with DPU 8340-5195 have a 113 car stack train on Main 1 in Berkeley. |
Date:
2016-05-28
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2017-01-02 |
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UP 8835-8043-7355 rolls into the 70-lead at West Oakland Yard. |
Date:
2016-05-20
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2017-01-02 |
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Amtrak train 547 races into the last bit of sun in Emeryville, CA. |
Date:
2016-05-20
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2017-01-02 |
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UP 9910-4227 hauls the RVSJ through Crockett, CA on May 15, 2016. |
Date:
2016-05-15
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2017-01-02 |
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Amtrak 144 leads train 741 through Berkeley. |
Date:
2016-05-15
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2017-01-02 |
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UP 8904 with DPU 7777 "the Lucky 7's" have 40 cars of a ANPMI under control as they speed through Berkeley. |
Date:
2016-05-15
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2017-01-02 |
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BNSF 4995 and 5771 with a baretable train eastbound passes the UP 8904 West in Berkeley. |
Date:
2016-05-15
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2017-01-02 |
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UP 9927 and 4263 has the MOARV pulling up RD1 before entering the main. |
Date:
2016-04-20
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2017-01-02 |
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UP 9927-4263 switch Ozol Yard. |
Date:
2016-04-20
Added:
2017-01-02 |
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One of several freights at Monolith in the morning of April 17, 2016, UP 6671-2546-8592 roll a mixed bag of freight southbound. |
Date:
2016-04-17
Added:
2017-01-02 |
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SJVR 2045 and 2046, GP38-2's that started life as Public Service of Indiana 1 and 2, now switch cars in Bakersfield of the San Joaquin Valley |
Date:
2016-04-17
Added:
2017-01-02 |
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UP SD59MX 9916 and 9927, spliced by SD70M 5091, haul an FRRV south of Fairmead, CA on April 17, 2016. |
Date:
2016-04-17
Added:
2017-01-02 |
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The morning of April 16, 2016, BNSF 7263-7582-8140 and DPU 6823-7154 hustle a southbound train across the Tehachapi summit plain. |
Date:
2016-04-16
Added:
2017-01-02 |
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UP 2666-2580-2623 with DPU 2620-2582 crawl upgrade at Cable. |
Date:
2016-04-16
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2017-01-02 |
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UP 2666-2580-2623 with DPU 2620-2582 crawl upgrade at Cable. |
Date:
2016-04-16
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2017-01-02 |
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BNSF 5214-7838-5497-5473 drift down hill at Woodford, CA. |
Date:
2016-04-16
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2017-01-02 |
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BNSF 5356-7075-5109-7514 grind up to a stop at the south end of Woodford. |
Date:
2016-04-16
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2017-01-02 |
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Another BNSF northbound with 7345-7360-7559-5301 with Hunt stacks comes into Woodford. |
Date:
2016-04-16
Added:
2017-01-02 |
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BNSF 5356 South starts out of the siding at Woodford. |
Date:
2016-04-16
Added:
2017-01-02 |
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Another BNSF northbound crosses the Tehachapi Creek between Walong and Woodford with 4032 in the lead. |
Date:
2016-04-16
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2017-01-02 |
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Another BNSF northbound with 3934-3830-7356 and a DPU brings a general freight down the hill. |
Date:
2016-04-16
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2017-01-02 |
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BNSF 5184-6780-CREX1305 crawl up the siding at Woodford while a northbound UP rolls down the main. |
Date:
2016-04-16
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2017-01-02 |
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Northbound UP with 8149-7694-6863 has a train of stacks under control at Woodford. |
Date:
2016-04-16
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2017-01-02 |
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A clean BNSF 7220 with 8215 have an auto train in tow at Woodford. |
Date:
2016-04-16
Added:
2017-01-02 |
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At the end of the day's light at Woodford, 7237-4461-4233-6745-8333 haul a southbound train up the Tehachapis at Woodford. |
Date:
2016-04-16
Added:
2017-01-02 |
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BNSF 8112-7068-4339-7508 hustle a southbound train away from the setting sun at Monolith on April 16, 2016. |
Date:
2016-04-16
Added:
2017-01-02 |
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DPU 5081 and 7123 bring up the end of the BNSF 8112 South at Monolith. |
Date:
2016-04-16
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2017-01-02 |
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BNSF SD70ACe 8553 leads the usual flock of GE's, 3993, 7455, 7314 on a southbound at Tunnel 2 on Tehachapi. |
Date:
2016-04-15
Added:
2017-01-02 |
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Modern new power on the Tehachapis: 2636-2583-8083-2562-2622 with DPU 7952 howl out of Tunnel 2 down grade towards Bakersfield. |
Date:
2016-04-15
Added:
2017-01-02 |
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BNSF 8553 South roars through Woodford on its way to the Loop. |
Date:
2016-04-15
Added:
2017-01-02 |
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BNSF 7500-6656-5935-4612, a BNSF GE starter set of ES44DC, ES44C4, ES44AC, and C44-9W, howls upgrade at Woodford with a long stack train. |
Date:
2016-04-15
Added:
2017-01-02 |
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OK, something to chase, a northbound UP with a clean SD70ACe 8653, followed by CSX AC44CW 252 and UP SD70M 2002, still in its Olympic blue from 2002. Woodford, CA northbound. |
Date:
2016-04-15
Added:
2017-01-02 |
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UP 8653-CSX252-2002 rolls northbound across the Bealville road crossing. |
Date:
2016-04-15
Added:
2017-01-02 |
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After meeting UP 8653 North at Bealville, the BNSF 7630-5255-6910 get their southbound train started with the aid of 2 DPU's on the rear. |
Date:
2016-04-15
Added:
2017-01-02 |
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BNSF 7630 South's DPU's, 6925 and 4632. |
Date:
2016-04-15
Added:
2017-01-02 |
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The AMINP with 8097-5288-5252 and DPU 6766 have 76 auto racks in charge as the cross the Benicia Bridge. |
Date:
2016-03-26
Added:
2017-01-02 |
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BNSF 7568 and 7798 blast a short stack train east through Christie, CA on 2/27/16. |
Date:
2016-02-27
Added:
2016-02-28 |
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BNSF 7568 and 7798 have 19 stack platforms well in hand as they chug through Christie. |
Date:
2016-02-27
Added:
2016-02-28 |
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The Z train from Chicago passes through Martinez with a short train of 21 platforms and 8390-4967-8159 in the lead. |
Date:
2016-02-27
Added:
2016-02-28 |
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UP 7504 leads the eastbound morning stack train out of Oakland at Martinez. |
Date:
2016-02-27
Added:
2016-02-28 |
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UP 7504-4570-5257 lead a monster stack train on the charge for the Carquinez Bridge at Martinez. |
Date:
2016-02-27
Added:
2016-02-28 |
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DPU helpers 5952-4572 push on UP 7504 East at Martinez. |
Date:
2016-02-27
Added:
2016-02-28 |
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Amtrak train 737 departs Martinez with F59PHI 2013 leading 4 cars |
Date:
2016-02-27
Added:
2016-02-28 |
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Amtrak 711 has a two F59PHI's on the morning of February 27, 2016. Engines 2002 and 2003 are bringing their train through Rodeo, CA with just a few miles to go to Oakland. The second engine is unusual; 2003 bit have had a problem or 2002 protected another train earlier and was moving back to Oakland. |
Date:
2016-02-27
Added:
2017-01-02 |
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The California Zephyr charges into the corner at the Bayfront Park crossing in Pinole with P42DC's 113 and 46 leading 8 cars. |
Date:
2016-02-27
Added:
2017-01-02 |
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UP 5441-4429-4348 sit at the bottom Mojave Yard, ready to take another train to West Colton. |
Date:
2016-02-09
Added:
2017-01-01 |
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After driving from Mojave to Bakersfield without hearing or seeing a single train on the Hill, this long BNSF train with 7505-7442-7852-7645-8075 was a welcome sign at Kern Jct. Finally up by Sandcut, the whole train can be seen stretched out behind the four ES44DC's and a single ES44C4. |
Date:
2016-02-09
Added:
2017-01-02 |
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With the whole train now on the grade, the BNSF 7505 and four sisters are working harder at Bena, CA. |
Date:
2016-02-09
Added:
2017-01-02 |
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BNSF 7505-7442-7852-7645-8075 swing through the curve below Tunnel 2 on the Tehachapis. |
Date:
2016-02-09
Added:
2017-01-02 |
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UP 2613 and 7625 lead another stack train on BNSF 7505's heels with 8154 as a DPU. These three units, in a different order, had a northbound stack train two days earlier. |
Date:
2016-02-09
Added:
2017-01-02 |
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The Z-train roaring up the grade south of Edison, CA with refugee from the coal fields, SD70ACe 9061, leading 4487 and 4905 and CSX ES44AH 3228. |
Date:
2016-02-09
Added:
2017-01-02 |
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BNSF 5098-8046-4522 have 100 stack platforms in hand (with 2 DPU's on the rear pushing) at Edison, CA. |
Date:
2016-02-09
Added:
2017-01-02 |
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BNSF 4123-8253 are the DPU's on BNSF 5098 South. |
Date:
2016-02-09
Added:
2017-01-02 |
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SJVR GP28 1825 with the blue spray-bomb paint job and GP38-2 3824 are switching at Bakersfield. |
Date:
2016-02-09
Added:
2017-01-02 |
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SCAX F59PHI 876 leads Metrolink 684 on a Los Angeles-Irvine trip early in the afternoon of February 8, 2016. |
Date:
2016-02-08
Added:
2017-01-01 |
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Amtrak 579 with P42DC 144 pushing 6 cars passes over the Highland Ave. underpass. This was one of the last grade level crossings in Fullerton. |
Date:
2016-02-08
Added:
2017-01-01 |
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Metrolink 602, the first afternoon Los Angeles-Oceanside train, has old F59PH 858 in the lead. These are close to being replaced. |
Date:
2016-02-08
Added:
2017-01-01 |
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BNSF ES44DC 7316 leads Track Measurement car 81 and Track Observation car 80 as it slows for a stop at Fullerton. Some passengers will disembark here and return on a special Amtrak train back to Los Angeles. |
Date:
2016-02-08
Added:
2017-01-01 |
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An Amtrak special train that had been sitting in the passenger car spur at Fullerton then pulls out and starts backing down the North Main with Amtrak P32-8WH 507 pushing coach 31016 and lounge 33041. If there are officials on board, they have a slow trip back to Los Angeles with the train running at restricted speed in push mode the whole way. |
Date:
2016-02-08
Added:
2017-01-01 |
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SCAX F59PH 863 only pauses for a moment with Metrolink train 702 (Los Angeles to Riverside via Fullerton). |
Date:
2016-02-08
Added:
2017-01-01 |
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A super long stack train with 6739-7473-4672 leading 147 stacks and DPU's 7285-6618 rushes through Fullerton to try to stay out of the rush hour mess. |
Date:
2016-02-08
Added:
2017-01-01 |
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After a couple more Metrolinks, Amtrak P40DC 824, a rare bird out here in California, is holding down the rush hour Pacific Surfliner schedule with Amtrak train 582. |
Date:
2016-02-08
Added:
2017-01-01 |
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After a couple more non-descript Metrolinks, RBRX 18522 (former GO Transit F59PH 522) still earns it keep in the warmer climate of Southern California. Tonight its on train 704 to Riverside. |
Date:
2016-02-08
Added:
2017-01-01 |
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San Joaquin Valley 2121, one of three BL20-2's, sits between shifts on the west leg of the wye at Goshen on the SJVR's main to Hanford. |
Date:
2016-02-07
Added:
2017-01-01 |
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BNSF 3970-6887-4938 lead a southbound at Cable Crossovers. |
Date:
2016-02-07
Added:
2017-01-01 |
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BNSF 7505-8145-4568 with DPU: CREX1337-6873 is stopped at Cable Crossovers waiting for the train to pass and cross over to main 1. |
Date:
2016-02-07
Added:
2017-01-01 |
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BNSF 4390-5300-4146 lead a northbound military train through Woodford, CA. |
Date:
2016-02-07
Added:
2017-01-01 |
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BNSF northbound autos with 7505-8145-4568 and two DPU units.ssails down through Woodford, CA. |
Date:
2016-02-07
Added:
2017-01-01 |
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A southbound meets X7505N at the north end of Woodford. Power on the slow southbound is BNSF 3848-5185-7581-8066-5381-NS8466. |
Date:
2016-02-07
Added:
2017-01-01 |
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BNSF 3848 leads five mates on a southbound at the lower reaches of the Tehachapi Loop. |
Date:
2016-02-07
Added:
2017-01-01 |
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UP SD70M's 4529 and 4805 are on work train duty with the GREX ballast train in the Summit Siding at Tehachapi. |
Date:
2016-02-07
Added:
2017-01-01 |
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UP 8154 and 7625 with DPU 2613 pass under the high-wide detector at Summit. |
Date:
2016-02-07
Added:
2017-01-01 |
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UP 2613 brings up the end of XUP8154N. |
Date:
2016-02-07
Added:
2017-01-01 |
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Things that go to bump in the night. GMTX 2681 starts out of Ozol yard with UP engines 1376, 1488, and 807. |
Date:
2016-02-06
Added:
2017-01-01 |
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A big BNSF stack train rolls under the Gilman Ave. signal bridge with 8326 in the lead. |
Date:
2016-01-31
Added:
2017-01-01 |
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SD59M's 9915 and 9912 and SD70M 4112 lead a MRVSJ through Berkeley. |
Date:
2016-01-31
Added:
2017-01-01 |
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UP 9915-9912-4112 have the MRVSJ in tow through Berkeley. |
Date:
2016-01-31
Added:
2017-01-01 |
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The MRVSJ ran down the Niles Subdivision and then over to Newark;powre is 9915-9912-4112. |
Date:
2016-01-31
Added:
2017-01-01 |
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BNSF 6908 (ES44C4) and 7576 (ES44DC) lead a 50 car general freight from Richmond to the UP yard in West Oakland. |
Date:
2016-01-30
Added:
2017-01-01 |
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On a tour of Levin Richmond Terminal on January 23, 2016, GMTX 424, a GP15-1 leased to the Richmond Pacific Railroad, sits in the shop area waiting its next assignment with two SW1200's. |
Date:
2016-01-23
Added:
2017-01-01 |
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Richmond Pacific SW1200 49 and GP15-1 GMTX 423 and their caboose are the tour train for the day. |
Date:
2016-01-23
Added:
2017-01-01 |
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Richmond Pacific SW1200 49 and GP15-1 GMTX 423 return from the tour having done some revenue work on the way with three hoppers for Cemex. |
Date:
2016-01-23
Added:
2017-01-01 |
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Richmond Pacific SW1200 49 switches three hoppers for Cemex. |
Date:
2016-01-23
Added:
2017-01-01 |
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Richmond Pacific SW1200 49 roster shot. |
Date:
2016-01-23
Added:
2017-01-01 |
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Richmond Pacific SW1200 49 runs down the street back to the Levin Richmond Terminal shops. |
Date:
2016-01-23
Added:
2017-01-01 |
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UP SD70M's 4657 and 5029 lead a short eastbound train under the Crockett bridge. |
Date:
2016-01-23
Added:
2017-01-01 |
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UP 7359-4958-3968 lead a Z train stack train past the C&H sugar plant in Crockett. |
Date:
2016-01-23
Added:
2017-01-01 |
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Amtrak 741 with F59PHI 2008 passes the C&H sugar plant in Crockett. |
Date:
2016-01-23
Added:
2017-01-01 |
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A pretty beat up BNSF GP50 3114 switches a stack car at the Oakland International Gateway yard. |
Date:
2016-01-18
Added:
2017-01-01 |
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BNSF 7369-5438-7276 switches the Oakland International Gateway on January 3, 2016. |
Date:
2016-01-03
Added:
2017-01-01 |
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UP 7352-8055-8204-7749-7345-8127-2525 with 8037 on the tail end as a DPU crest the Tehachapi Summit on the morning of October 4, 2015 |
Date:
2015-10-04
Added:
2015-11-07 |
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UP 7352 South charges into the rain on a dark October 4th, 2015 morning. |
Date:
2015-10-04
Added:
2015-11-07 |
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Dark background for tank cars on the UP 7352 South. |
Date:
2015-10-04
Added:
2015-11-07 |
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BNSF 4090 South slows to a stop at Tehachapi Summit |
Date:
2015-10-04
Added:
2015-11-08 |
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The crew of BNSF 4090 South stops at Tehachapi Summit for a coffee. |
Date:
2015-10-04
Added:
2015-11-08 |
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BNSF 4090 South departs Tehachapi Summit with 4090-6512-5011-7605-172 on October 4, 2015. |
Date:
2015-10-04
Added:
2015-11-08 |
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BNSF 4090 South heads towards Monolith. |
Date:
2015-10-04
Added:
2015-11-08 |
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With the Monolith cement plant in the background, BNSF 4090 South blasts out of Tehachapi Summit. |
Date:
2015-10-04
Added:
2015-11-08 |
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BNSF 4532-706-7737 roar through Tehachapi Summit southbound towards Mojave and Barstow. |
Date:
2015-10-04
Added:
2015-11-08 |
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BNSF 6909-4989-5267-4910 roll a Northbound through Tehachapi on October 4, 2015. |
Date:
2015-10-04
Added:
2015-11-08 |
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A short, fast northbound BNSF train with 5528 and 5417 crests the Tehachapis. |
Date:
2015-10-04
Added:
2015-11-08 |
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Another BNSF northbound rolls through Tehachapi Summit with 8067-5005-UP5343-4081. |
Date:
2015-10-04
Added:
2015-11-08 |
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BNXF 6909 North drifts down through Woodford, CA on October 4, 2015. |
Date:
2015-10-04
Added:
2015-11-08 |
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UP 7970-5369-8008 with 5846-7502 as tailend DPU pull up to a stop at Woodford to wait for a couple of northbounds. |
Date:
2015-10-04
Added:
2015-11-08 |
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BNSF 5528 and 5417 drop down through Woodford to meet UP 7970 South. |
Date:
2015-10-04
Added:
2015-11-08 |
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BNSF 4764 South slugs it out on Tehachapi Pass with 4764-5626-8173-7739 and DPU's 794-4970-4524 (with one unit down to keep from derailing the train). |
Date:
2015-10-04
Added:
2015-11-08 |
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DPU's on BNSF 4764 South. One of the three units is down since only two units can push on the rear of the train for fear of derailing the train. |
Date:
2015-10-04
Added:
2015-11-08 |
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BNSF 5528 North races down towards Bakersfield just before it reaches Edison. |
Date:
2015-10-04
Added:
2015-11-08 |
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The Fresno-Roseville freight with 2481-2268-9923 |
Date:
2015-10-04
Added:
2015-11-08 |
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UP 2481 North races along Highway 99 north of Madera. |
Date:
2015-10-04
Added:
2015-11-08 |
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UP northbound with 5938-3800-5476 climbs up into Monolith. |
Date:
2015-10-03
Added:
2015-10-12 |
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DPU 5720 brings up the rear of UP 5938 North. |
Date:
2015-10-03
Added:
2015-10-12 |
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Another northbound BNSF train with 7207-4108-6663 and two engines on the tail. |
Date:
2015-10-03
Added:
2015-10-12 |
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8017-4121-2558 lead a northbound at a new spot for me, Warren. |
Date:
2015-10-03
Added:
2015-10-12 |
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A hot BNSF Z train with 8266-4608-5482-4112 comes through the curve at Warren, CA. |
Date:
2015-10-03
Added:
2015-10-12 |
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UP 8022 splits the new intermediate signals at Warren. 8022-8106-2532-7490 with DPU 2560. |
Date:
2015-10-03
Added:
2015-10-12 |
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UP 5453 South meets the helper on UP 8022 North at Warren. |
Date:
2015-10-03
Added:
2015-10-12 |
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5453-4876-8185-3828 are heading south at Warren. |
Date:
2015-10-03
Added:
2015-10-12 |
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BNSF 6868 and 6564 lead an auto train northbound at Warren. |
Date:
2015-10-03
Added:
2015-10-12 |
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UP 7699-4702-8358 passes BNSF 6868 North at Warren. |
Date:
2015-10-03
Added:
2015-10-12 |
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BNSF 4586 leads a southbound at Warren, CA. |
Date:
2015-10-03
Added:
2015-10-12 |
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Odd ball lashup for BNSF 4586 South: 4586-6843-7812-5020-UP7038-3113-1803 with DPU 6876-725. |
Date:
2015-10-03
Added:
2015-10-12 |
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UP 8070 South at Warren, CA |
Date:
2015-10-03
Added:
2015-10-12 |
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BNSF GE's 8037-6668-4561-8197 roll into Mojave in the late afternoon of October 3, 2015. |
Date:
2015-10-03
Added:
2015-11-07 |
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UP 2563 climbs out of Mojave with a empty rail train. |
Date:
2015-10-03
Added:
2015-11-07 |
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Another BNSF southbound drifts down towards Mojave with BNSF 7058 in the lead with UP 7062 and BNSF 6978 and DPU 7297 and 5289. |
Date:
2015-10-03
Added:
2015-11-07 |
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A northbound BNSF grain train comes through Quantico on its way to Kern Junction and home rails. Leasor CREX 1405 leads BNSF 7557-5170-7852 and mid train helpers 7595-CREX1343-5169 and tail end helpers 7093-6846. |
Date:
2015-10-02
Added:
2015-10-12 |
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First helper on CREX 1405 North is 7595-CREX1343-5169. |
Date:
2015-10-02
Added:
2015-10-12 |
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Trailing helpers 7093 and 6846 have the last of 109 grain cars well under control. |
Date:
2015-10-02
Added:
2015-10-12 |
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BNSF 7210-5284-CREX1328-2633 with 4484 on the tail end ease a northbound through Caliente, CA on 10/2/15. |
Date:
2015-10-02
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2015-10-12 |
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UP 8109-7737-5453 start down the Tehachapi Pass at Cable. Engine 8391 is the DPU on the tail end. |
Date:
2015-10-02
Added:
2015-10-12 |
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Light engines working their way to Barstow. Only the first and last engine are powered up. Lashup is 6581-5409-6679-7316-6653-7308-4018-6930. |
Date:
2015-10-02
Added:
2015-10-12 |
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A squadron of BNSF 7700's, 7772-7757-7747-7739 with GP60 193 up front and 7733-7767 on the tail end move another northbound through Cable. |
Date:
2015-10-02
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2015-10-12 |
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Helpers 7733-7767 bring up the rear of BNSF 7772 North |
Date:
2015-10-02
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2015-10-12 |
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BNSF 7287-7970-7083-7413 with two more on the tail end of a 106 car southbound stops at Tehachapi Summit for a break. |
Date:
2015-10-02
Added:
2015-10-12 |
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At sunset, UP 7475-8263-7235 accelerate through the high-wide detector at Tehachapi. |
Date:
2015-10-02
Added:
2015-10-12 |
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UP 7475 North glints in the sunset. |
Date:
2015-10-02
Added:
2015-10-12 |
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Shiny trailers on UP 7475 North at Tehachapi Summit. |
Date:
2015-10-02
Added:
2015-10-12 |
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Can't seem to get away from the BNSF power on foreign rails. Six month old SD70ACe 8494 and ES44AC 6338 move a westbound coal train on CSX tracks that border the steel works in Gary, IN. Because of the security and the scary neighborhoods, this is not a recommended location. |
Date:
2015-05-26
Added:
2016-11-24 |
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Westbound Metra train 1233 is approaching Berwyn, IL with F40PHM-2 198 in the lead. |
Date:
2015-05-26
Added:
2016-11-24 |
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The California Zephyr is just leaving Chicagoland on its 2000 mile run to Emeryville, CA. Starting to get me thinking of home. P42DC's 206 and 90 are in charge this day. |
Date:
2015-05-26
Added:
2016-11-24 |
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Metra train 1235 flies through Berwyn as an express on its way to Aurora, IL. |
Date:
2015-05-26
Added:
2016-11-24 |
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A long eastbound with BNSF 7905 and 7962 rolls through Berwyn, IL. |
Date:
2015-05-26
Added:
2016-11-24 |
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A final eastbound train, a stacker with BNSF 4344 and 5748 and 94 stacks rounds out a successful trip. Off to the airport. |
Date:
2015-05-26
Added:
2016-11-24 |
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Ambush! On the way to O'Hare, got stuck at the gates as Dakota, Minnesota, and Eastern SD40-2 6367 comes striding across the crossing with CP AC44CW 9546 trailing with a grain train. This is east of Bensenville Yard headed towards downtown Chicago. |
Date:
2015-05-26
Added:
2016-11-25 |
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CN SD75I 5628 and 5696 bring their westbound train off the shared track through downtown South Bend, IN. |
Date:
2015-05-23
Added:
2016-11-24 |
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CN SD75I 5628 and 5696 bring their westbound train off the shared track through downtown South Bend, IN. |
Date:
2015-05-23
Added:
2016-11-24 |
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NS C40-8W 8321 and SD60E 6947 roll a 95 car westbound freight out of the Elkhart Yard. |
Date:
2015-05-23
Added:
2016-11-24 |
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New York Central E8A 4085 sits outside the National NYC Museum in Elkhart, IN. |
Date:
2015-05-23
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2016-11-24 |
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New York Central E8A 4085 sits outside the National NYC Museum in Elkhart, IN. |
Date:
2015-05-23
Added:
2016-11-24 |
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More foreign power working its way West on the NS. CP 8508, 8625, 8949 and BNSF 8045 lead an auto train towards Chicago. |
Date:
2015-05-23
Added:
2016-11-24 |
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NS C40-8 8865 and SD60E 6966 prepare to depart eastbound at Elkhart, IN. |
Date:
2015-05-23
Added:
2016-11-24 |
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CEFX 1047 and CP 8810 roll another westbound around the corner at the east end of Elkhart, IN. |
Date:
2015-05-23
Added:
2016-11-24 |
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Penn Central GG1 electric 4882 rests at the National NYC Museum, definitely out of place in a collection of NYC equipment. |
Date:
2015-05-23
Added:
2016-11-24 |
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Norfolk Southern's first ES44DC, 7500, leads UP SD70M 4502 and NS ES44DC 7697 as they tip-toe into the yard throat tracks for Elkhart Yard. |
Date:
2015-05-23
Added:
2016-11-24 |
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A broadside of NYC E8A 4085. |
Date:
2015-05-23
Added:
2016-11-24 |
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A westbound grain train waits for space at Elkhart Yard with C44-9W 9737, C40-8W 8409, and C40-8 8837. |
Date:
2015-05-23
Added:
2016-11-24 |
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Seven trains in an hour at Goshen, IN. Leading off, the hot eastbound UPS train with 30 cars lead by SD70M-2 2675 and C44-9W 9672. |
Date:
2015-05-23
Added:
2016-11-24 |
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Right on the tail of the UPS eastbound is a eastbound stack train with SD70ACe 1140 and C44-9W 9818 and 9362. |
Date:
2015-05-23
Added:
2016-11-24 |
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After 20 minutes, another eastbound, a 70 car auto train with CP 8927 and 8740, comes striding by. |
Date:
2015-05-23
Added:
2016-11-24 |
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As soon as the CP eastbound clears, a westbound stack train appears with C44-9W's 9934 and 9795 and 81 stack cars. |
Date:
2015-05-23
Added:
2016-11-24 |
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After the stack train, a few minutes pass and a Marion Sub train comes up to Goshen with NS C44-9W's 9231 and 9067 in the lead and 89 cars. |
Date:
2015-05-23
Added:
2016-11-24 |
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The sixth train of the hour is another eastbound manifest with SD60E 6928 and SD90MAC 7325 (ex UP 8231/3715) trailing and 81 cars. |
Date:
2015-05-23
Added:
2016-11-24 |
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The seventh and last train at Goshen this afternoon is a short westbound stacker with C44-9W 9290 and C40-8W 8452 and 42 cars. |
Date:
2015-05-23
Added:
2016-11-24 |
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Back at Elkhart Yard, a main line crew change is made for a long 117 car eastbound stack train with NS 8067-9369-7700-8329. |
Date:
2015-05-23
Added:
2016-11-24 |
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A mixed bag of Norfolk Southern GE products, ES44AC 8139, C44-9W 9221, and BNSF ES44DC 7341 get their train underway west of Elkhart, IN on its way to Chicago. |
Date:
2015-05-22
Added:
2016-11-24 |
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NS C44-9W 9047 and 9243 start to pull on their grain train as it leaves the east end of Elkhart Yard. The Amtrak station is off to the right and the NYC Museum is off to the left. |
Date:
2015-05-22
Added:
2016-11-24 |
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NS GE's 9047 and 9243 pull out of the east end of Elkhart Yard. |
Date:
2015-05-22
Added:
2016-11-24 |
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NS 9047 and 9243 pass under the signal bridge protecting the junction with the secondary line to Bristol, IN with the former NYC double track main line. |
Date:
2015-05-22
Added:
2016-11-24 |
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Aways from home and in the Land of Goshen, BNSF SD70MAC 9883 and AC44CW 5642 lead NS GP38-2 5339 on a grain train westbound through Goshen, IN. All this way and still there is BNSF power running around. |
Date:
2015-05-22
Added:
2016-11-24 |
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Now we're into big time NS railroading. A 120 car NORX coal train with 2607-6663-9971-8777, an amazing SD70M/SD60/C44-9W/C40-8 lashup. |
Date:
2015-05-22
Added:
2016-11-24 |
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NS 7713 and 9862 (ES44DC and C44-9W) cross a long auto train from the Marion Running Track to Main 1 at Goshen, IN. The 80 car train has come up the secondary from Marion, IN (and points further south) which departs the NYC main around the corner in the distance. anything headed to or from Marion will be on the far right track looking eastward east of Goshen. |
Date:
2015-05-22
Added:
2016-11-24 |
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NS 7713 and 9862 swing into the curve west of Goshen, IN with a long autos train in tow. |
Date:
2015-05-22
Added:
2016-11-24 |
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Three of the 1100 C44-9W's the NS owns hustle a eastbound freight through the west end of Goshen, IN. Power is 9859-9076-9283 with 113 cars. |
Date:
2015-05-22
Added:
2016-11-24 |
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NS 9859-9076-9283 pass MP 413 of the old NYC Chicago Main at Goshen, IN. |
Date:
2015-05-22
Added:
2016-11-24 |
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More NS weirdness. Another eastbound waiting for a little congestion to settle sits at Dunlap, IN with C40-8 8796, SD90MAC 7258 (former UP 8029/3501) and GP38-3 5827 (rebuilt from a GP50). |
Date:
2015-05-22
Added:
2016-11-24 |
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Savannah and Atlanta heritage unit NS 1065 (SD70ACe) and NS 8883 (C40-8) wait for traffic to clear ahead of them on the NYC Main at Dunlap, IN. |
Date:
2015-05-22
Added:
2016-11-24 |
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Close up of Savannah and Atlanta heritage unit NS 1065 (SD70ACe) at Dunlap, IN. |
Date:
2015-05-22
Added:
2016-11-24 |
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Getting into South Bend, got ambushed by an eastbound CN (former Grand Trunk) train, so was out of position for this westbound with C44-9W 2665 and C40-8W 2196 (former Santa Fe 861). |
Date:
2015-05-22
Added:
2016-11-24 |
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Another shot of CN 2665 and 2196, westbound in South Bend, IN just after coming off the mile of joint track that CN shares with NS through downtown South Bend. |
Date:
2015-05-22
Added:
2016-11-24 |
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METRA train 42 eastbound on the Union Pacific West Line, is about to make the station stop at Elmhurst, IL. |
Date:
2015-05-21
Added:
2016-11-24 |
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METRA F40PH-2 105 screams through Congress Park with a midday westbound train (1229) on the BNSF's triple track main. |
Date:
2015-05-21
Added:
2016-11-24 |
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BNSF ES44DC 7506 and C44-9W 5305 lead 92 wells almost completely J. B. Hunt containers at Berwyn, IL. The train is moving slowly eastward as it prepares to enter Cicero Yard. |
Date:
2015-05-21
Added:
2016-11-24 |
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BNSF 7506 and 5305 roll eastward past the Berwyn, IL depot. |
Date:
2015-05-21
Added:
2016-11-24 |
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BNSF C44-9W 5000 and ES44AC 5796 blast off with a Cicero train westbound at Berwyn, IL. |
Date:
2015-05-21
Added:
2016-11-24 |
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BNSF C44-9W 4191 and 977 lead an almost endless string of empty oil cans westbound at Berwyn, IL. |
Date:
2015-05-21
Added:
2016-11-24 |
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METRA Winnebago F40PHM-2 201 rolls train 1231 to a stop with a mid-day local at Berwyn,IL. |
Date:
2015-05-21
Added:
2016-11-24 |
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My railfanning trip to the East Coast started at Lamberts Point, VA, on the west side of Norfolk, where the NS has a large coal loading facility. Here is a collection of rebuilds working for the NS: NS GP40-2 3101 was rebuilt in 2008 from a NS GP38AC. It gained both a turbo and slug controls. NS RP-E4D slugs 918 and 936 were rebuilt from an N&W GP9 and GP18 respectively. |
Date:
2015-05-19
Added:
2016-11-24 |
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Another Lamberts Point switcher (there must have been four working at once) with RP-E4C slug 740 (made from a NS GP50) and GP40-2 3087 (rebuilt from NS GP40 1370) pull another cut out. |
Date:
2015-05-19
Added:
2016-11-24 |
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NS GP40-2 3100 with RP-E4 slug 913 and RP-E4D slug 932 shuffle more coal cars at Lamberts Point, VA. |
Date:
2015-05-19
Added:
2016-11-24 |
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NS GP40-2 3100, slug RP-E4 913, and slug RP-E4D 932 at Lamberts Point, VA |
Date:
2015-05-19
Added:
2016-11-24 |
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UP GP38-2 654 and GP40-2 HLCX 1058 have a short LRJ54 eastbound as it passes the Centerville station in Fremont, CA. |
Date:
2015-05-17
Added:
2016-11-24 |
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BNSF ES44DC's 7813 and 7488 pull a 24 car train eastward along RD1 in Emeryville, ready to make a run to Richmond. |
Date:
2015-05-16
Added:
2016-11-24 |
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UP AC4400CW 6668 and brand new Tier 4 credit unit ES44AC 2569 roll a freight eastbound through Emeryville on May 16, 2015. |
Date:
2015-05-16
Added:
2016-11-24 |
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Amtrak train 733 arrives in Emeryville behind F59PHI 2012 while the UP 6668 East sits on RD2, ready to blast off. |
Date:
2015-05-16
Added:
2016-11-24 |
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The unusual combination of P42DC 10 and B40-8PW 505 lead the southbound Coast Starlight out of Oakland's Jack London Square on a foggy May 3, 2015 morning. |
Date:
2015-05-03
Added:
2015-05-05 |
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A UP auto train with 7239-5272-5249 on the head end and DPU 8863 are in charge of a mere 19 auto racks as they roll by both Amtrak train 732 and the Emeryville platform. |
Date:
2015-05-03
Added:
2015-05-05 |
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AMTK 2015 leads train 741 to a stop at Berkeley, CA beisde the classic exterior of the old SP station at the foot of University Ave. |
Date:
2015-04-26
Added:
2015-05-02 |
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A Z-train comes through Berkeley with 8893-2546-7965-8424. 2546 is part of the 2015 order of new GE's. |
Date:
2015-04-26
Added:
2015-05-02 |
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UP 7192 and 7309 lead a 103 car coal train at Hercules, CA on April 26, 2015. DPU helpers on the back end are 5921 and 8429. |
Date:
2015-04-26
Added:
2015-05-02 |
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UP 7192 and 7309 roll through CP RV021 in Hercules with a loaded coal train. 5921 and 8429 are pushing on the rear. |
Date:
2015-04-26
Added:
2015-05-02 |
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BNSF C44-9W's 783 and 960 bring a 35 car Barstow-Richmond train through the west end of Franklin Canyon. |
Date:
2015-04-19
Added:
2015-05-03 |
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A long westbound stack train has exited the Glen Frazer tunnel and just has a few miles to go to Richmond and Oakland. 7316-4579-4105 lead the train on April 19, 2015. |
Date:
2015-04-19
Added:
2015-05-03 |
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BNSF 4498 and 4100 run light engines out to Pittsburg, CA to pick up their train. April 19, 2015. |
Date:
2015-04-19
Added:
2015-05-03 |
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UP 5282 and 5284, with a great deal of Sierra grime run light eastbound at Hercules. April 19, 2015. |
Date:
2015-04-19
Added:
2015-05-03 |
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Amtrak 2015 streaks through Hercules with San Joaquin train 713 on April 19, 2015. |
Date:
2015-04-19
Added:
2015-05-03 |
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A UP westbound stack train rolls through Martinez with 95 platforms led by 7507-7386-5257 on April 19, 2015. |
Date:
2015-04-19
Added:
2015-05-03 |
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UP 7507-7386-5257 lead a westbound stack train at the east end of Ozol Yard. |
Date:
2015-04-19
Added:
2015-05-03 |
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A Z-train with 8985-7679-8028 has just come off the Benicia Bridge into downtown Martinez. April 19, 2015. |
Date:
2015-04-19
Added:
2015-05-03 |
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UP 8985-7679-8028 lead a Z train through Martinez, CA. April 19, 2015. |
Date:
2015-04-19
Added:
2015-05-03 |
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Amtrak engine 3 arrives with train 733 at Martinez on April 4, 2015. |
Date:
2015-04-04
Added:
2015-05-03 |
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UP 5626-8473-4562 lead a stack train past CP Howard and the Air Force pier west of Martinez. |
Date:
2015-04-04
Added:
2015-05-03 |
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UP 5626-8473-4562 lead a stack train west of Martinez as it skirts the edge of the Bay. April 4, 2015. |
Date:
2015-04-04
Added:
2015-05-03 |
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Amtrak 822 and 40 lead the California Zephyr through CP RV021 on April 4, 2015. 822 is in one of the old paint schemes that were added to some engines for the 40th anniversary of Amtrak in 2011. |
Date:
2015-04-04
Added:
2015-05-03 |
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Amtrak 125 pushes train 716 through Hercules, CA. April 4, 2015 |
Date:
2015-04-04
Added:
2015-05-03 |
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Amtrak engine 2014 leads train 713 along the Bay side at Rodeo, CA. April 4, 2015. |
Date:
2015-04-04
Added:
2015-05-03 |
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UP 5057, SP 342, and UP 4570 haul a Z train through Pinole, CA. April 4, 2015. |
Date:
2015-04-04
Added:
2015-05-03 |
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Amtrak Phase II commemorative locomotive 66 leads train 523 leaving Fremont, CA. |
Date:
2012-04-05
Added:
2012-04-17 |
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Amtrak P42DC 133 leads Capitol Corridor train #523 at the Newark Wye. |
Date:
2012-03-09
Added:
2012-03-18 |
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A northbound stack train with UP 7457 and 7632 in the lead and 7494 pushing 73 platforms back is about to cross Jarvis Ave. in Newark, CA. |
Date:
2011-09-07
Added:
2011-09-11 |
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UP 7494 brings up the end of the UP 7457 North at Newark, CA |
Date:
2011-09-07
Added:
2011-09-11 |
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UP 5431 and 5434 lead the MRVSJ into the yard at Newark, CA. 100 cars are on the draw bar of these two engines. |
Date:
2011-07-17
Added:
2011-07-17 |
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UP 5431 and 5434 on the MRVSJ. |
Date:
2011-07-17
Added:
2011-07-17 |
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With a occasional puff of smoke, Napa Valley FPA4's 71 and 73 roll the Wine Train south out of St. Helena at a blistering 15MPH along side California highway 29. Nine handsome passenger cars roll along behind the engines. |
Date:
2010-04-17
Added:
2010-04-19 |
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Napa Valley 71 and 73 at Stice Lane in St. Helena, CA. |
Date:
2010-04-17
Added:
2010-04-19 |
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Another MSJRV continues its trip to Roseville as it crosses Fremont Blvd. at the Centerville Amtrak station. Power is 4028-4105-4143-283 with 90 cars, mostly empties. |
Date:
2010-04-14
Added:
2010-04-19 |
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Bringing up the end of the MSJRV lashup is UP 283, a former SP GP38-2 that started out as a L&N unit before being leased by the SP just before the merger to the UP. |
Date:
2010-04-14
Added:
2010-04-19 |
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WP 913 at the California State Railroad Museum. |
Date:
2010-04-10
Added:
2010-04-18 |
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The face of SP articulated steamer 4294 at the California State Railroad Museum. |
Date:
2010-04-10
Added:
2010-04-18 |
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Sacramento Valley Railroad has the switching contract for the McClellan Business Park off the UP main between Sacramento and Roseville. Former Rarus Railway GP9 107 waits for the next call to duty on April 10, 2010. |
Date:
2010-04-10
Added:
2010-04-19 |
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Three lashups of power await their next call to service at the west end of the Roseville engine servicing area. |
Date:
2010-04-10
Added:
2010-04-19 |
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UP 1901, thinly disguising its former identity of DRGW 3155, waits for its crew at the east end of Roseville Yard along with the 1046. |
Date:
2010-04-10
Added:
2010-04-19 |
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Another shot of UP 1901 across from the Roseville Amtrak station. |
Date:
2010-04-10
Added:
2010-04-19 |
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Ace Train number 5 slows at CP Cherry to make the turn onto the Coast Sub and San Jose. |
Date:
2010-04-08
Added:
2010-04-18 |
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Amtrak's Coast Starlight comes through the old part of Newark, known as Carter Station, with P42DC's 186 and 92 on the point of a 16 car train that includes 5 private cars on the rear. |
Date:
2010-04-08
Added:
2010-04-18 |
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Amtrak train 527 with 2014 and 4 cars approaches CP Cherry on April 8, 2010. |
Date:
2010-04-08
Added:
2010-04-18 |
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Amtrak 2014, leading Capitol train 527, rolls under the signals at the west end of CP Cherry. |
Date:
2010-04-08
Added:
2010-04-18 |
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UP 5266 and 5541 pull their MRVSJ into Newark yard on April 7, 2010. |
Date:
2010-04-07
Added:
2010-04-18 |
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UP 8061 and 4181 pull their Roseville to San Jose manifest out the siding at Hearst, CA after meeting their counterpart. |
Date:
2010-03-06
Added:
2010-04-18 |
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The MRVSJ with UP 8061 in the lead makes the turn into downtown Sunol, CA. |
Date:
2010-03-06
Added:
2010-04-18 |
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Robert Dollar 3, part of the collection of the Niles Canyon Railway, steams it up at Sunol, CA on March 6, 2010. |
Date:
2010-03-06
Added:
2010-04-18 |
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Robert Dollar tank engine 3 couples back up to its train at the NCRY Sunol, CA depot. |
Date:
2010-03-06
Added:
2010-04-18 |
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Robert Dollar 3 shows off its builders plate. |
Date:
2010-03-06
Added:
2010-04-18 |
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Robert Dollar 3 meets Geek Squad. |
Date:
2010-03-06
Added:
2010-04-18 |
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SP caboose 1101, part of the Niles Canyon Railway collection, at Sunol, CA. |
Date:
2010-03-06
Added:
2010-04-18 |
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SP cab 1101 is on the tail of Robert Dollar 3's train at the NCRY Sunol, CA depot. |
Date:
2010-03-06
Added:
2010-04-18 |
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Amtrak train 11, the Coast Starlight, races across Alameda Creek in Fremont, CA on February 15, 2010. Engines 38 and 22 have 11 cars in tow. |
Date:
2010-02-15
Added:
2010-02-15 |
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Amtrak engines 38 and 22 have the Coast Starlight well in tow as they cross Alameda Creek in Fremont, CA. Last car on the train this day is the private car Virginia City. |
Date:
2010-02-15
Added:
2010-02-15 |
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A heavy southbound BNSF freight pops out from under Highway 58 as BNSF 7520 grinds through Woodford, CA. Power on the headend is 7520-7455-748-5231 with DPU helpers 7514-4050 on the tail end. |
Date:
2009-07-07
Added:
2009-07-16 |
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BNSF 7520 blasts through Woodford, CA as the lead of a heavy southbound. |
Date:
2009-07-07
Added:
2009-07-16 |
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UP 4-8-4 844 and RP20CD UPY899 lead the Western Heritage Tour Special eastbound through Livermore on April 22, 2009, headed for Stockton, CA. |
Date:
2009-04-22
Added:
2009-04-22 |
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A super short eastbound right on the blocks of UP 844, with 8337-7777-5464-7393-5479-7652 and 6 cars. |
Date:
2009-04-22
Added:
2009-04-22 |
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UP 4-8-4 844 steams down through tunnel 18 west of Newcastle, CA with the Western Hertiage Tour Special. UP SD70M's 1996 and 1983 in their SP and WP paint jobs are tucked in behind the steamer. Photo courtesy of Eric W. Lehmer. |
Date:
2009-04-17
Added:
2009-04-19 |
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UP 844 leads the Western Heritage Tour Special as it crosses Berry Street in Rosevile, CA. Photo courtesy of Eric W. Lehmer |
Date:
2009-04-17
Added:
2009-04-19 |
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UP steamer 4-8-4 844 at Roseville, CA. Photo courtesy of Eric W. Lehmer. |
Date:
2009-04-17
Added:
2009-04-19 |
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UP 4-8-4 steamer 844 rolls into Roseville, CA with the Western Heritage Tour Special along with UP 1996 and UP 1983. Photo courtesy of Eric W. Lehmer. |
Date:
2009-04-17
Added:
2009-04-19 |
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The UP's Western Heritage Tour Special enters Roseville, CA on April 17th, 2009. Photo courtesy Eric W. Lehmer. |
Date:
2009-04-17
Added:
2009-04-19 |
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A BNSF stack train departs Hobart with 5365-1042-5456-5211. With 86 wells, the power has not notched up as it passes the Commerce Metrolink platform. |
Date:
2009-04-15
Added:
2009-04-17 |
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A short southbound UP stack train bangs through CP Carter in Newark, CA. ES44AC 7791 is in charge of 12 wells and SD70ACe 8652 in DPU mode brings up the end like some sort of 200 ton caboose. |
Date:
2008-11-21
Added:
2008-11-26 |
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The UP's QRVMN strides through CP Cherry in Newark, CA and makes the turn towards San Jose and the Coast Line. It is just ahead of Amtrak 523 and Ace Train number 5 on a partly cloudy November 20, 2008. |
Date:
2008-11-20
Added:
2008-11-26 |
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Freshly shopped Amtrak California BP32-8W 2051 chugs Capitol Corridor train 523 through the crossovers at CP Cherry in Newark, CA. |
Date:
2008-11-20
Added:
2008-11-26 |
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ACE engine 3103 has 6 Bombardier cars in tow at Newark, CA on the third morning train from Stockton to San Jose. |
Date:
2008-11-20
Added:
2008-11-26 |
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UP 7627 leads the SOASP officer's special from Oakland, CA to Sparks, NV. However, it has a bit of a wait on the north leg of the Newark wye while it waits for a freight, Amtrak, and an ACE train to clear so that it can continue on a uninterrupted trip through Niles Canyon and Altamont Pass. |
Date:
2008-11-20
Added:
2008-11-26 |
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Another shot of UP 7627 on the SOASP at the north leg of the Newark wye. |
Date:
2008-11-20
Added:
2008-11-26 |
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UP 7627 leads the SOASP across Sycamore Street in Newark, CA after waiting for three trains to clear. No railfans at the windows of the condo apartments behind the train. |
Date:
2008-11-20
Added:
2008-11-26 |
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Consist for the SOASP is UP ES44AC 7627, UPP 5769 baggage, UPP 208 power car, UPP 201 Wyoming sleeper, UPP 5468 Katy Flyer coach, UPP 7015 Challenger dome coach, UPP 7011 Missouri River Eagle dome diner, UPP 9009 City of San Francisco dome lounge, UPP 8008 City of Portland dome diner, and UPP 203 Idaho track inspection car. |
Date:
2008-11-20
Added:
2008-11-26 |
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SW1500 UPY 1210 pushes 5 brine tanks down the Newark Industrial Spur, which is the remaining segment of the line over the Dumbarton Bridge |
Date:
2008-10-13
Added:
2008-10-13 |
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UPY 1210 pushes cars down the Newark Industrial Spur. |
Date:
2008-10-13
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2008-10-13 |
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UPY 1222 sits between assignments in the spurs leading to the U. S. Gypsum plant at Shinn, CA. |
Date:
2008-10-13
Added:
2008-10-13 |
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ACE Train #2 makes its eastbound mid-day run with 2 cars and engine 3104. Making the turn at the old Newark Tower location. |
Date:
2008-10-13
Added:
2008-10-13 |
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ACEX 3104 cruises under the signal bridge at CP Cherry in Newark, CA. |
Date:
2008-10-13
Added:
2008-10-13 |
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Amtrak 2002 and 2013 push train 532 out of the interlocking at CP Cherry in Newark, CA. |
Date:
2008-10-13
Added:
2008-10-13 |
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Amtrak 2002 and 2013 on train 532 at Newark, CA. |
Date:
2008-10-13
Added:
2008-10-13 |
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Amtrak 2002 and 2013 lay down a little black as they accelerate through Newark, CA. |
Date:
2008-10-13
Added:
2008-10-13 |
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BNSF's Warm Springs Local races through Decoto, CA with GP60M 114 and B39-8W 510 amd 23 cars. |
Date:
2008-10-13
Added:
2008-10-13 |
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A Utah Railway lashup rests between assignments at Midvale Yard south of downtown Salt Lake City, UT. |
Date:
2008-08-11
Added:
2008-09-22 |
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Head-on shot of UTAH GP38-3 2001. |
Date:
2008-08-11
Added:
2008-09-22 |
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Savage Transportation Systems B36-7's 3612 and 3611 sit at Midvale Yard, UT between runs out to the Bingham or Garfield branches. |
Date:
2008-08-11
Added:
2008-09-22 |
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Amtrak train 737 arrives at the Fremont, CA station with Amtrak 2003 in the lead. |
Date:
2008-05-03
Added:
2008-10-11 |
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A BNSF southbound blasts off past the Bena Corrals with three GE's: BNSF 5042, Ferromex 4652, and NS 8987. |
Date:
2008-01-29
Added:
2008-01-30 |
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BNSF 5042, Ferromex 4652, and NS 8987 make for a colorful lashup on a BNSF southbound between Bena and Ilmon. |
Date:
2008-01-29
Added:
2008-01-30 |
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UP 5450-7635-5143-5318 slow a northbound train at Tehachapi Summit to keep the train away from the railroad crossings in downtown Tehachapi. DPU units 5449-5416 are on the back end of the train. |
Date:
2007-09-08
Added:
2007-10-21 |
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The ZNBYWSP starts its run on the Tehachapi's. Power on this day is 5057-9203-9223-4146, a Pumpkin-BN White Face sandwich. |
Date:
2007-09-08
Added:
2007-10-21 |
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BNSF 9203 and 9223 trail BNSF 5057 South at Quantico, CA. |
Date:
2007-09-08
Added:
2007-10-21 |
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A hot BNSF train speeds across the Tehachapi Summit valley with GE's 5201-4851-5216-4617 |
Date:
2007-08-07
Added:
2007-10-21 |
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A northbound empty auto train comes down the hill through Santa Margarita, CA with UP 5082 and former UP/SP tunnel motor GECX 8664. |
Date:
2007-03-10
Added:
2007-10-21 |
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A southbound BNSF train with 4057 and 5265 leading 35 cars and DPU helpers 5316 and 616 are making good time over the Tehachapis. |
Date:
2006-08-15
Added:
2007-10-07 |
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BNSF 4057 and 5265 round the Tehachapi Loop on a short southbound. |
Date:
2006-08-15
Added:
2007-10-07 |
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A UP northbound is completing its air test at the north end of Fresno Yard with 5499-9808-5270-5052-5508 on the head end. |
Date:
2006-08-15
Added:
2007-10-21 |
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A southbound is getting ready to enter Fresno Yard on August 15, 2006, with UP 8363-9649-CEFX3164. |
Date:
2006-08-15
Added:
2007-10-21 |
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UP 8363 at Fresno, CA, August 15, 2006. |
Date:
2006-08-15
Added:
2007-10-21 |
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CEFX SD40-2 3164 at Fresno, CA, August 15, 2006. |
Date:
2006-08-15
Added:
2007-10-21 |
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A northbound stack train whines down through Woodford with BNSF 4450 leading 932, CSXT 7763, and 924 |
Date:
2006-08-14
Added:
2007-10-21 |
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BNSF 4450-932-CSXT7763-924 roll through Woodford, CA with a northbound stack train on August 14, 2006. |
Date:
2006-08-14
Added:
2007-10-21 |
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One of the largest trains that usually runs over Tehachapi is this BNSF loaded grain train. With over 110 loads, this train requires DPU power both in the middle of the train and on the tail end. The head-end is 7618-NS9709-964-4478, while the midtrain DPU consists of 5059-751-4690, and the tailend DPU is 913-5323. |
Date:
2006-08-14
Added:
2007-10-21 |
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The head-end of a loaded grain train with 7618-NS9709-964-4478 makes the corner at Woodford, CA on August 14, 2006. |
Date:
2006-08-14
Added:
2007-10-21 |
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The mid train helper of Extra 7618 North has three engines, 5059-751-4690, on August 14, 2006. |
Date:
2006-08-14
Added:
2007-10-21 |
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The tail end DPU helper of Extra 7618 North is 913-5323 passing through Woodford, CA on August 14, 2006. |
Date:
2006-08-14
Added:
2007-10-21 |
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A long and varied lashup sits at BNSF's Commerce Diesel Facility. BNSF 6938 is at the lead of the string that includes FXE SD40-2 3140. |
Date:
2006-02-20
Added:
2010-12-31 |
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Roster shot of Ferrocarril Mexicano SD40-2 3140, former NdeM 8756. |
Date:
2006-02-20
Added:
2010-12-31 |
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An eastbound BNSF stack train rolls past the Commerce Amtrak station, and pulls up to a stop at Vail. BNSF 5353-5304-923-4594 have this train well in hand. |
Date:
2006-02-20
Added:
2010-12-31 |
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Metrolink train 684 gets ready to stop at Commerce on its trip from LA to Irvine. |
Date:
2006-02-20
Added:
2010-12-31 |
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Metrolink engine 874 leads train 602 headed to Oceanside as it passes through the cross overs at Vail, CA. |
Date:
2006-02-20
Added:
2010-12-31 |
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Ten motors are in charge of a BNSF Z train train coming out of Vail, CA. Lashup is 5251-NS9890-1053-8024-4834-4457-4027-4359-5127-5253. |
Date:
2006-02-20
Added:
2010-12-31 |
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CSXT GP40-2 6147 and B36-7 5815 switch the south end of Taft Yard in Orlando, FL. |
Date:
2005-12-02
Added:
2007-08-05 |
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CSXT GP40-2 6147 and B36-7 5815 switch the south end of Taft Yard in Orlando, FL. |
Date:
2005-12-02
Added:
2007-08-05 |
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Broadside of CSXT B36-7 5815 at Taft Yard in Orlando, FL. Got to love those old GE's; it sounded great. |
Date:
2005-12-02
Added:
2007-08-05 |
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CSXT B36-7 5874 waits for a job at Taft Yard in Orlando, FL. |
Date:
2005-12-02
Added:
2007-08-05 |
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September 16, 2005 finds a MWCPD roaring towards Gaviota, CA. Power is 4503-5696-5729 and they are in charge of 97 cars. |
Date:
2005-09-16
Added:
2007-08-11 |
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BNSF 4521 and BN 9250 have 105 steel coil empties behind them between Woodford and Walong on the Tehachapis. |
Date:
2005-06-20
Added:
2007-08-09 |
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BNSF 4521 and BN 9250 have 105 steel coil empties behind them between Woodford and Walong on the Tehachapis. |
Date:
2005-06-20
Added:
2007-08-09 |
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A short northbound creeps through a slow order at Fairmead, CA with UP SD70M's 4659 and 4706 and HLCX SD40-2 6092 on June 20, 2005. |
Date:
2005-06-20
Added:
2007-08-11 |
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A ZBIRRIJ races through Monolith with brand new ES44DC 7717 leading 4302 and 831 with a stack train on May 31, 2005. |
Date:
2005-05-31
Added:
2007-08-09 |
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The NS invasion continues on Tehachapi into 2005. BNSF C44-9W 4037 leads NS cousins 9089 and 9359 on a northbound through Bealville on May 9, 2005. Check out the amazing clouds; not your typical California weather for May. |
Date:
2005-05-09
Added:
2007-08-09 |
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Away from their usual grain or coal train assignment, UP AC4400CW 6453 and 6454 and SD9043MAC 8179 pull into San Luis Obispo on February 25, 2005. The Coast Line was still recovering fron the bad winter storms and power assignments were sometimes unusual. |
Date:
2005-02-25
Added:
2007-08-11 |
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UP Extra 6453 South departs from the San Luis Obispo train station on February 25th, 2005 after changing crews and allowing the tail end helper to cut off and pull back up-town. Power is 6453-6454-8179. |
Date:
2005-02-25
Added:
2007-08-11 |
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The winter of 2004/2005 caused a significant amount of damage on the Coast Line between San Luis Obispo and Los Angeles. The UP threw all sorts of equipment and resources at the slip-outs, sink-holes, and flooding along the line. On February 18th, 2005, the Coast Line has re-opened, but work still continues. Here, a southbound loaded ballast train makes track speed between Salinas and Gonzalez with CEFX 3162, a former UP SD40-2, and UP 3041, a former C&NW SD40-2 have the train well in hand in the flat Salinas Valley. |
Date:
2005-02-18
Added:
2007-08-11 |
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For the first two months of 2005, Amtrak was embargoed from the Coast Line because of the UP's need to close the line during the day to make repairs from the winter storms. This allowed the Oil Cans to get an earlier start out of Wunpost. On February 4, 2005, the Oil Cans are led over the Nacimento River bridge at East Garrison by 8260-7509-7017, which are making good time with only two-thirds of the normal consist of tank cars. |
Date:
2005-02-04
Added:
2007-08-11 |
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The Oil Cans blasts through San Miguel on February 4, 2005. |
Date:
2005-02-04
Added:
2007-08-11 |
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Just south of the old siding at Wellsona, the three big units of the Oil Cans swing into a curve on their way towards the Cuesta Grade. February 4, 2005. |
Date:
2005-02-04
Added:
2007-08-11 |
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Still on its straight shot from Wunpost to Santa Margarita, the Oil Cans slam over the south switch of Templeton with 8260-7509-7017 in the lead. February 4, 2005. |
Date:
2005-02-04
Added:
2007-08-11 |
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At sunset on February 4, 2005, a ballast train is just getting tied down at Capitan with SD70M's 5080, 4895, and 4465 and about 60 cars. This train had been dumping ballast north of Gaviota all day. |
Date:
2005-02-04
Added:
2007-08-11 |
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A southbound BNSF stack train with 4121-4547-5842-7875 is about to enter Mojave, CA and cross over to BNSF rails for the trip to Barstow. |
Date:
2005-01-24
Added:
2007-08-09 |
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Five GE's slog along in the siding at Woodford to wait for a couple of northbounds on January 24, 2005. BNSF 5303, 5481, 4096, 4606, and 744 have 106 platforms of stacks well in hand. |
Date:
2005-01-24
Added:
2007-08-09 |
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A beam of strong sunshine illuminates this BNSF northbound stack train as it goes around the Tehachapi Loop with three GE's on the point (1106-5438-760). Note the remains of a derailment from a few weeks prior. |
Date:
2005-01-24
Added:
2007-08-09 |
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About to blast into Tunnel 9 under the Tehachapi Loop, this BNSF southbound is doing some old-fashioned Tehachapi railroading. Five units (5382, 4659, 4669, HLCX7171, and 6761) are dragging their hearts out, while over a hundred cars back, a DPU helper of 4456-NS9227-5170 is shoving as hard as it can. |
Date:
2005-01-24
Added:
2007-08-09 |
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On the afternoon of January 24, 2005, a BNSF northbound winds downhill at Woodford with BNSF C44-9W 4574 leading 3 SD40-2's, BNSF8104, CEFX3131, and NS6162. |
Date:
2005-01-24
Added:
2007-08-09 |
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UP 3911 forwards pile driver SPMW8003 and its little train of support cars through the Antelope Valley at Oban, CA on January 17, 2005. The pile driver is being taken to the Coast Line to work on wash outs between Santa Barabra and San Luis Obispo. |
Date:
2005-01-17
Added:
2007-08-11 |
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UP 3911 forwards pile driver SPMW8003 and its little train of support cars through the Antelope Valley at Oban, CA on January 17, 2005. The pile driver is being taken to the Coast Line to work on wash outs between Santa Barabra and San Luis Obispo. |
Date:
2005-01-17
Added:
2007-08-11 |
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SD60M's 2325 and 2233 have the Blitz Local well in hand at Rosamond, CA on January 17, 2005. So they don't have to run around their train, the crew has put a engine on each end of the train; with only 7 cars, two SD60M's is actually overkill, but it does make them more efficient. |
Date:
2005-01-17
Added:
2007-08-11 |
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Three AC44CTE's, 5724-5743-5760, idle in the siding at Tehachapi Summit waiting for a new crew to come and continue its run north. With the tie replacement gang working on the north slope of the pass, the UP has elected to tie down several northbound freights along the line. |
Date:
2005-01-17
Added:
2007-08-11 |
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GEVO prototype AC45CTE 5698 roars through the curves out of Tunnel 10 in the Tehachapi's, with SD70M 4346 and former Rio Grande SD50 9850. Two AC44CTE's are pushing on 70 cars on a sunny January 17, 2005. |
Date:
2005-01-17
Added:
2007-08-11 |
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The Monday after Thanksgiving 2004, a QRVDO pulls into the siding at Salinas and comes to a stop across from the classic depot. Power is 5773-2218-4664. The crowd is waiting for a late Amtrak number 11. |
Date:
2004-11-29
Added:
2007-08-11 |
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The morning of November 23, 2004 finds a westbound BNSF stack train stashed in the siding at Collier, CA, awaiting space in the Richmond or Oakland Intermodal yards for its cargo. BNSF GE's 4760-1053-4534 are ready for the last few miles into town. |
Date:
2004-11-23
Added:
2007-08-09 |
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An eastbound BNSF stack train waits for a new crew in the siding at Denair, CA on November 23, 2004. A former Conrail C40-8W, Norfolk Southern 8346 will lead to two newer BNSF cousins (1022 and 5321) south towards Bakersfield and Tehachapi. |
Date:
2004-11-23
Added:
2007-08-09 |
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The radio crackles "...9293 West...", so setting up across from the Denair Amtrak platform, I expect to see a former BN white-face SD60M loom out of the haze, not a Norfolk Southern C44-9W. NS9293 is leading BNSF 847, 7161, and 7806 with a stack train running at full track speed. One shot is all you get! |
Date:
2004-11-23
Added:
2007-08-09 |
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Modesto and Empire Traction GE 70-tonners 604 and 605 roll along the M&ET's "mainline" adjacent to Highway 132 with a cut of 16 cars that they have picked up from the BNSF's interchange at Empire. The pair of 1950's era engines are part of fleet of 10 70-tonners that the M&ET keep in excellent condition. November 23, 2004. |
Date:
2004-11-23
Added:
2007-08-17 |
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Modesto and Empire Traction GE 70-tonners 604 and 605 push their train back into McClure Yard, the main yard that runs north-south through the business park that the M&ET serves. November 23, 2004. |
Date:
2004-11-23
Added:
2007-08-17 |
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A northbound BNSF freight blasts off from Sandcut and down the straightaway to Bakersfield. BNSF 4371-1026-4991 are in charge up front, with ATSF 925 and BNSF 5327 pushing on the rear. |
Date:
2004-11-01
Added:
2007-08-09 |
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A northbound BNSF freight blasts off from Sandcut and down the straightaway to Bakersfield. BNSF 4371-1026-4991 are in charge up front, with ATSF 925 and BNSF 5327 pushing on the rear. |
Date:
2004-11-01
Added:
2007-08-09 |
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BNSF 4371 North rolls past the packing sheds of Edison, CA. |
Date:
2004-11-01
Added:
2007-08-09 |
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On October 29, 2004, the ILCOA is pumping up its air at Gonzalez, CA after picking up an engine that was set out in the siding. Engines 9268-6174-CSXT8579-9783 have this long train well in order. |
Date:
2004-10-29
Added:
2007-08-11 |
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A loaded coil steel train with 4078-889-4064-5491 throws off waves of heat as the 4 GE's struggle up the south slope of the Tehachapi's with 59 loads. The steel trains are short but extremely heavy. |
Date:
2004-10-25
Added:
2007-10-07 |
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BNSF 4078-889-4064-5491 lead a loaded coil steel train at Cameron, CA on October 25, 2004. |
Date:
2004-10-25
Added:
2007-10-07 |
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A loaded coil steel train with BNSF 4078 in the lead drifts through Sandcut while an empty grain train with BNSF 900, still in its Red Warbonnet paint, waits for the steel to clear the crossover. |
Date:
2004-10-25
Added:
2007-10-07 |
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Far from the Wyoming coal fields, 5 former BN SD40-2's trail BNSF C44-9W 4401. How fast we forget how great a brace of 645 powered EMD's sound when they are down on their knees. Behind the 4401 are BNSF 8038, 7825, 7031, 7052, and 7902 climbing uphill at Cameron on the east slope of Tehachapi. |
Date:
2004-10-11
Added:
2007-08-09 |
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Norfolk Southern SD70 2575 has probably worked in the mountains for most of her short career, but not these mountains and not this job. On October 11, 2004, she pulls out of the Mojave Yard with three cars for Lancaster and Palmdale on the old Blitz Local. |
Date:
2004-10-11
Added:
2007-08-11 |
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Norfolk Southern SD70 2575 leaves Mojave with three cars on the old Blitz Local and is already getting up to track speed. A BNSF stack train is transitioning from the BNSF main to the UP line in the background. |
Date:
2004-10-11
Added:
2007-08-11 |
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A northbound manifest rounds the coner at the south end of Woodford on a hazy October 11, 2004. Three GE's (5723-9768-5729) have 89 cars in tow, most of them empties. |
Date:
2004-10-11
Added:
2007-08-11 |
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The Santa Margarita Turn treads lightly on the siding at Soledad on October 7, 2004. GP38-2's 559 and 566 have 7 cars in tow on their return trip to Watsonville Jct. |
Date:
2004-10-07
Added:
2007-08-11 |
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A southbound works between Bradley and East Garrison on October 1, 2004 with 5782-9678-4515 in charge. |
Date:
2004-10-01
Added:
2007-08-11 |
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A comparison of faces at San Luis Obispo. On Monday morning, September 27, 2004, AC44CTE 5781 waits on the #1 siding with the MWCPD while SD70M 5068 sits on the northbound main with the ILCOA. Both trains are waiting on crew availability to continue north from here. |
Date:
2004-09-27
Added:
2007-08-11 |
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With the MWCPD in the siding and the ILCOA on the northbound main, the empty oil cans, ODOWP, comes up the wrong way on the southbound main. Without any crews available, it looks like a dispatcher nightmare, with all routes through SLO blocked. Oil can power is 7535-7553-7501, MWCPD power is 5781-5818 and the ILCOA has 5068-9541. |
Date:
2004-09-27
Added:
2007-08-11 |
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Another ILCOA races along the fields near the Harlem tunnel on September 24, 2004. Power is 4921-9066-LLPX4403, the trailing unit being a former UP SD40-2 now owned by EMD's leasing arm. |
Date:
2004-09-24
Added:
2007-08-11 |
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Up at Worcester, MA, Providence & Worcester GP40's 3002 and 3001 switch out a stack train on August 19, 2004. Power is working under the I-290 overpass. |
Date:
2004-08-19
Added:
2007-08-06 |
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Wow, a rolling museum piece! With some mighty chugging sounds belying its small size, Providence and Worcester U23B 2208 brings a local up to the south end of the Worcester, MA yard. GP38 2010 is on the other end of this short train, being dragged back home. |
Date:
2004-08-19
Added:
2007-08-06 |
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Amtrak Acela train 2171 from Boston to Washington rounds the corner into the Providence, RI station. Electrics 2016 and 2038 are in charge of the train. |
Date:
2004-08-18
Added:
2007-08-05 |
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Amtrak Regional train 174 grinds out of the Providence, RI station with AEM7 944 leading 10 Amfleets. The train must be heavy, because it is about 30 minutes late on this August 18, 2004 afternoon. |
Date:
2004-08-18
Added:
2007-08-05 |
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Another shot of Amtrak train 174 at Providence, RI. Note the Amtrak station above the tracks to the far right and the old Providence, RI train station on the far left. |
Date:
2004-08-18
Added:
2007-08-06 |
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Prototype GE GEVO AC45CW 5695 waits with SD70M 4615 at San Luis Obispo for its next assignment as the Cuesta Grade Helper. After a couple of days, 5695 found its way back into mainline service, but on July 25, 2004, it sits quietly in front of the SLO depot. |
Date:
2004-07-25
Added:
2007-08-11 |
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The Hollister Local has gone on the law at the Highway 25 crossing on July 16, 2004. Rebuilt GP UP 2579 leads HLCX leasor 3811. |
Date:
2004-07-16
Added:
2007-08-11 |
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San Joaquin Valley Railway is leasing CEFX GP38-3 3034 and it rests at Bowerbank, CA on the Buttonwillow Branch. This unit used to be DRGW GP35 3034, but it lost its turbocharged 567 for a non-turbocharged 645. July 16, 2004. |
Date:
2004-07-16
Added:
2007-08-17 |
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On July 9, 2004, Amtrak Superdome 10031 is finding its way back to Los Angeles by deadheading on Amtrak #11. Amtrak 194 and 505 have this extended consist well managed as they roll through King City, CA. The Superdome had been used in the Winter and Spring on the Reno Fun Train and is returning to Southern California for service on the Pacific Surfliner. |
Date:
2004-07-09
Added:
2007-08-13 |
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An ILCOA rushes past the furtile fields of the Salinas Valley and is about to pop into the Harlem tunnel. On July 5th, 2004, SD70M 4278 is leading GP60 2064 and C40-8 9129. |
Date:
2004-07-05
Added:
2007-08-11 |
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UP 4278-2064-9129 lead an ILCOA at San Lucas on July 5th, 2004. |
Date:
2004-07-05
Added:
2007-08-11 |
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San Joaquin Valley Railway GP20 2042 and its crew must have run out of time on June 20th, 2004. Here 2042 sits shut down with about 60 cars, which is about four times as many as there usually is. |
Date:
2004-06-20
Added:
2007-08-17 |
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Head on shot of San Joaquin Valley Railway 2042 at Bowerbank, June 20th, 2004. |
Date:
2004-06-20
Added:
2007-08-17 |
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San Joaquin Valley Railway 2042 at Bowerbank, June 20th, 2004. |
Date:
2004-06-20
Added:
2007-08-17 |
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After checking out San Joaquin Valley Railway 2042, stop and check out what it and sixty other cars are sitting on: 104 year old Carnegie rail, originally made in the year 1900! |
Date:
2004-06-20
Added:
2007-08-17 |
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Renumbered UP GP40-2 1527 sits on the northbound mainline at San Luis Obispo with a cut of cars dropped off by the Guadalupe Switcher. A couple of former Trona rebuilt SD45-2's wait for their next call as the Cuesta Helper. Flag Day, June 14, 2004. |
Date:
2004-06-14
Added:
2007-08-11 |
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After entering the siding at Santa Margarita and stopping to pick up the conductor, who has closed the mainline switch at the north end, the QRVML of June 4, 2004 digs in to pull up to the crossovers to meet an ILCOA and exchange helpers for the run over Cuesta. Power here is 4882-9663-2854. |
Date:
2004-06-04
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2007-08-11 |
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An ILCOA with SD70M 4233 and GE 9513 slows as it approaches the Santa Margarita crossovers so that this train's midtrain helpers can be cut out and added to the X4882South. |
Date:
2004-06-04
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2007-08-11 |
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In full dynamics, the Cuesta Helper with two former Trona SD45-2 (6243 and 6244) and an a former SP SD40-2M (2671) comes to a stop at the Santa Margarita crossovers. |
Date:
2004-06-04
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2007-08-11 |
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Having had the head-end of the ILCOA cut off and run down the hill a little, the Cuesta Helpers cut off the rear part of the train and head for the crossover switch to hook up to the tail end of the QRVML, which is in the siding. |
Date:
2004-06-04
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2007-08-11 |
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The Cuesta Helpers, HLCX6243-HLCX6244-UP2671, are about to couple up to the QRVML after helping the ILCOA over the hill. |
Date:
2004-06-04
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2007-08-11 |
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Now with the Cuesta Helper coupled up on the tail-end, the QRVML comes up the siding at Santa Margarita with a green signal at the south end of the siding. |
Date:
2004-06-04
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2007-08-11 |
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The Cuesta Helpers, UP2671, HLCX6244, and HLCX6243 wait on a sunny May 31st, 2004 for their next helper assignment at San Luis Obispo. |
Date:
2004-05-31
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2007-08-11 |
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HLCX (former Trona) 6243 at San Luis Obispo, May 31, 2004. |
Date:
2004-05-31
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2007-08-11 |
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Amtrak train number 14 arrives in Paso Robles with the old Farmer's Alliance building in the background. May 31, 2004. |
Date:
2004-05-31
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2007-08-13 |
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Amtrak 14 departs Paso Robles on May 31, 2004. But what's wrong with this picture? Oh yeah, the equipment. The previous day's #11 is so late that it was terminated in Oakland and this set of makeup equipment (a bunch of Horizon coaches with a couple of dinettes) was what LA could come up with. |
Date:
2004-05-31
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2007-08-13 |
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The SOABK engineering special accelerates through Alvarado, CA on the Coast Line. UP DDA40X 6936 has the amazing 17 car special well in hand on May 30, 2004. |
Date:
2004-05-30
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2007-08-11 |
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An LOB83 completes its switching task at Monolith and is about to take a string of about a dozen loaded cement hoppers down the hill to Mojave. Power is 2465-2370-6272 on a bright May 24, 2004. |
Date:
2004-05-24
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2007-08-11 |
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A northbound rolls into Bealville on May 24, 2004 with 4046-6281-4831. |
Date:
2004-05-24
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2007-08-11 |
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A more conventional looking helper set at San Luis Obispo was to be found on May 21, 2004 with SD60M's 2281-2381-2167. |
Date:
2004-05-21
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2007-08-11 |
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A work train comes down into Santa Margarita on May 7, 2004 with SD60M 2321 and SD60 2199. |
Date:
2004-05-07
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2007-08-11 |
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Shot from the iron bridge at San Luis Obispo, Trona 3001 waits for a turn as the Cuesta Helper on May 7th, 2004. |
Date:
2004-05-07
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2007-08-11 |
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The Cuesta Helper on May 7th, 2004 consists of Trona SD45-2 3001 and 3006 and UP SD60 2167. |
Date:
2004-05-07
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2007-08-11 |
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Trona 3001 at San Luis Obispo, May 7th, 2004. Externally still a SD45-2, this engine was rebuilt to SD40-2 standards when sent to the Trona from the Santa Fe. |
Date:
2004-05-07
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2007-08-11 |
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April 30th, 2004 finds the QRVML rolling through Garrison with SD70M's 5123 and 4956 spliced by CEFX SD40-2 3166. |
Date:
2004-04-30
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2007-08-11 |
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April 30th, 2004 finds the QRVML rolling through Garrison with SD70M's 5123 and 4956 spliced by CEFX SD40-2 3166. |
Date:
2004-04-30
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2007-08-11 |
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Close up shot of CEFX 3166. |
Date:
2004-04-30
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2007-08-11 |
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UP SD70M 5017 waits in the hole at East Garrison with a work train for the QRVML with 5123 leading to pass. |
Date:
2004-04-30
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2007-08-11 |
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UP 2167-2761-2651 pull the back part of a MWCPD out of SLO and up to the headend that is just above the station. |
Date:
2004-04-30
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2007-08-11 |
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Amtrak #14 enters the siding at Bradley on April 30th, 2004 to meet its counterpart, #11. Engines 113 and 67 have a standard 12 car consist in their charge on this day. |
Date:
2004-04-30
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2007-08-13 |
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Look Out! Here comes the Reno Zephyr! A former VIA/CN FP9 is standing in for members of the WP's Fab Four and is numbered above the old WP passenger F-unit numbers. WP 806A leads Amtrak P42DC's 146 and 162 and a fine set of Budd stainless. |
Date:
2004-04-15
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2007-08-05 |
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A dome-observation brings up the rear of the Reno Zephyr. It's never looked better! |
Date:
2004-04-15
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2007-08-05 |
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On the morning of April 15th, 2004, a westbound auto train rolls through Berkeley with 4322-HLCX9008-4890. |
Date:
2004-04-15
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2007-08-12 |
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On April 15, 2004, Amtrak 6 passes through Berkeley at track speed with engines 62 and 155 leading a consist that includes a couple of express cars. Express cars have since been withdrawn. |
Date:
2004-04-15
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2007-08-13 |
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Six SD70M's have the MWCPD in charge as they roll around a corner between East Garrison and Bradley. Power on this April 9th, 2004 is 5090-4500-4196-4557-4877-4531 and have 102 cars in trail. |
Date:
2004-04-09
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2007-08-11 |
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Progress Rail has been buying and leasing back a number of UP SD40-2's. When the transaction occurs, the units are renumbered into the 7800's and 7900's. Here 7899 leads former SP SD40-2M's 2761 and 2651 as the Cuesta Helper pulls out of the helper spur at San Luis Obispo on April 9, 2004. |
Date:
2004-04-09
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2007-08-11 |
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A northbound BNSF freight has just come off the UP at Kern Jct. and is rolling through old downtown Bakersfield. This late afternoon train has 4881-1037-4757 on the point on a cloudy February 16, 2004. |
Date:
2004-02-16
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2007-08-09 |
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A coil steel train is finally getting up to speed at Tehachapi Summit on an overcast February 16, 2004. Five GE's (4182-4800-5450-4414-5362) are pulling hard on 50 car loads of steel. |
Date:
2004-02-16
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2007-08-09 |
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Hauling a string of empty Herzog side dump ballast cars through the interlocking at Sandcut with Santa Fe 942 leading BNSF 5350 and 866 on an overcast February 16, 2004. |
Date:
2004-02-16
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2007-08-10 |
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Rebuilt UP SD45T-2 2853 waits at San Luis Obispo on February 13, 2004. |
Date:
2004-02-13
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2007-08-11 |
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A "baretable" train waits at MP379 on the UP Mojave Subdivision, just above the city of Mojave on January 19, 2004 while waiting for a UP train to complete switching at Mojave Yard. Santa Fe Red Warbonnet C44-9W 939 is leading BNSF cousin 4948. |
Date:
2004-01-19
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2007-08-10 |
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Another LOB83 brings a cut of empty cement up the grade from Mojave to Monolith. 6329-6211-2470 are working upgrade at Cameron on January 19, 2004. |
Date:
2004-01-19
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2007-08-11 |
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UP 6329 leads an LOB83 as it delivers a cut of empties at Monolith. Empty cars are either gravity fed into the plant or are hostled by a Trackmobile. |
Date:
2004-01-19
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2007-08-11 |
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Probably the biggest train on Tehachapi nowadays, this loaded grain train usually exceeds 100 loads. On January 4, 2004, a grain train with 106 loads is led by 5335-4764-CSXT385-CSXT8583 with DPU helpers 5487-8034-4537 cut in the middle of the train and 5731-5454 on the tail end at Kern Jct. |
Date:
2004-01-04
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2007-08-09 |
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A stack train races upgrade through Edison, CA on January 4, 2004 with 5412-4548-4512 in the lead. |
Date:
2004-01-04
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2007-08-09 |
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C40-8's 9327 and 9128 urge a ribbon rail train out of Oakland on a cloudy November 7, 2003. 62 cars, mostly MP and ABDF ribbon rail cars, have a supply of new rail for the Coast Line. |
Date:
2003-11-07
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2007-08-11 |
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An auto train headed for Warm Springs rolls on the Niles Subdivision double track between Melrose and Elmhurst. UP 9670 leads 5722, 4142, and 4673 early on the morning of October 24, 2003. |
Date:
2003-10-24
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2007-08-11 |
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On October 24, 2003, the MWCPD is departing Soledad after picking up lunch across the street. Power for the train is 4175-4708-3991-5742-602 and has 86 cars well in charge. |
Date:
2003-10-24
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2007-08-11 |
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An eastbound BNSF with 4536-4936-4806-FURX7278 pulls through Woodford on October 13, 2003. |
Date:
2003-10-13
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2007-08-09 |
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A southbound blasts through Woodford with former Santa Fe and BN SD40-2's (6871, 7018, 6761) and former Conrail SD50 NREX5469. |
Date:
2003-10-13
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2007-08-09 |
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A southbound blasts through Woodford with former Santa Fe and BN SD40-2's (6871, 7018, 6761) and former Conrail SD50 NREX5469. |
Date:
2003-10-13
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2007-08-09 |
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BNSF 6871-7018-6761 lead NREX5469 on a southbound as it leaves Tunnel 10 above the Tehachapi Loop. |
Date:
2003-10-13
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2007-08-09 |
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An AMLMIX (Miraloma to Milpitas, CA) auto train, with 80 empty autos for the Nummi plant, waits for a new crew at the Caltrain station at Blossom Hill, CA on September 25, 2003. CSXT 9 (why are single digit numbers always weird looking) leads two former Conrail units, NS SD40-2 3395 and CSXT SD70MAC 780. The following day, the power returned down the Coast Line with a loaded auto train. |
Date:
2003-09-25
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2007-08-11 |
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Things are weird on Tehachapi in the Summer of 2003. Here a northbound BNSF train winds down through Caliente with BNSF C44-9W 5337, NREX (former CSX) SD50 8698, BNSF SD45-2B 7504, and MRL SD45 322. The chase in on on a warm September 15, 2003! |
Date:
2003-09-15
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2007-08-09 |
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Next stop, Bena, where the BNSF 5337 and friends cross onto double track and meet an empty grain train. |
Date:
2003-09-15
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2007-08-09 |
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BNSF 5337 North passes under the classic signal bridge at Sandcut. |
Date:
2003-09-15
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2007-08-09 |
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A MWCEU comes onto the double track at Bena and is a few minutes from a crew change at Bakersfield. Power is 5767-5736-9048 on September 15, 2003. |
Date:
2003-09-15
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2007-08-11 |
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Two of San Joaquin Valley Railway GP28's, 1825 and 1826, switch cars in the UP yard at Bakersfield on September 15, 2003. Only about a dozen GP28's were ever built; their turbocharged GP35 cousins were much more popular. |
Date:
2003-09-15
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2007-08-17 |
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The Leesdale Local wth 3194-8624-3699 gets ready to pull out a 40 car transfer from the Ventura Country Railway yard at Oxnard on September 2, 2003. |
Date:
2003-09-02
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2007-08-11 |
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The empty Oil Cans (ODOWP) come down through Santa Margarita in the late afternoon light of August 28, 2003. Power today is the increasing rare SP AC4400CW 203 and 114 along with UP 6357. |
Date:
2003-08-28
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2007-08-13 |
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The empty Oil Cans (ODOWP) come down through Santa Margarita in the late afternoon light of August 28, 2003. Power today is the increasing rare SP AC4400CW 203 and 114 along with UP 6357. |
Date:
2003-08-28
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2007-08-13 |
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The ARVWF with 4361 and 4553 passes the Granite Rock plant at Logan on August 15, 2003. |
Date:
2003-08-15
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2007-08-11 |
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A 47 car steel coil train, weighing over 6000 tons, has these four BNSF engines on their knees as the entire train is stretched around Tehachapi Loop. BNSF 4432-1062-5274-8300 are making about 10MPH, and actually are moving slower with their entire train on the curve. |
Date:
2003-08-04
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2007-08-09 |
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BNSF 4532-4795-658-340 have a mixed bag of lumber and chemicals in tow as they exit Tunnel 10 above Tehachapi Loop. |
Date:
2003-08-04
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2007-08-09 |
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A ZBRLA rolls through Soledad Canyon behind Metrolink 216 in the middle of the afternoon of Monday, August 4, 2003. Power is 4981-3163-5900 with 82 cars in tow. |
Date:
2003-08-04
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2007-08-11 |
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DDA40X 6936 swings around the corner between Drawbridge and Alviso as it pilots the Wimmer Engineering Special through the south end of the Bay Area. |
Date:
2003-07-11
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2007-08-11 |
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The Wimmer Engineering Special at Alviso, CA, with 6936 leading a 12 car consist of UP passenger varnish. |
Date:
2003-07-11
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2007-08-11 |
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UP SD60 2201 and two other motors back out of the helper spur at San Luis Obispo and prepare to run up the Cuesta Grade to help another QRVML down the hill. |
Date:
2003-07-03
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2007-08-11 |
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In July 2003, there are still pockets of SP that haven't been completely wiped out by the massive capital investment of the UP. Here on July 3, 2003, the Guadalupe Switcher works it namesake home before going onto to the coke plant at Callendar. The local's power today is 7940 and 7666, showing some wear and tear, but still flying the fallen flag of the SP. |
Date:
2003-07-03
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2007-08-13 |
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BNSF C44-9W 4664 and 965 bracket GP60B's 332 and 341 as they lift a stack train out of Hobart. The power is blasting under the new eastbound signal bridge at CP Vail. |
Date:
2003-06-21
Added:
2007-08-09 |
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BNSF C44-9W's 4330 and 4130 rest between assignments at Commerce, CA. |
Date:
2003-06-21
Added:
2007-08-09 |
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The MWCPD on June 6th, 2003 is running heavy. 94 cars are led by 5 SD70M's, 5008-4193-4609-4473-4222. Seen here north of Devon, CA. |
Date:
2003-06-06
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2007-08-11 |
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The MWCPD on June 6th, 2003 is running heavy. 94 cars are led by 5 SD70M's, 5008-4193-4609-4473-4222. Seen here north of Devon, CA. |
Date:
2003-06-06
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2007-08-11 |
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A northbound BNSF train motors past the Monolith cement plant. In a few moments, this train will set off the hot box detector at Summit, resulting in about a half-hour delay. Power is 4503-5335-962-4783 and have 88 cars in tow. |
Date:
2003-06-02
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2007-08-09 |
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After checking for a hot box at Tehachapi Summit, the BNSF 4503 North starts down the mountain, passing the old Tehachapi station. |
Date:
2003-06-02
Added:
2007-08-09 |
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BNSF 5450 South is in the hole at Woodford for the BNSF 4503 North. |
Date:
2003-06-02
Added:
2007-08-09 |
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A northbound BNSF makes the turn at Kern Jct. as it comes off the UP's Mojave Subdivision. BNSF 4412 and 5288 are spliced by Santa Fe 920. |
Date:
2003-06-02
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2007-08-09 |
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One of the last SBOWD log trains is about to pop into the tunnel at Harlem, CA on May 2, 2003. Power is 4916-6023-9477-4780 have only 55 cars in tow, down from about 60 cars earlier in the rush. |
Date:
2003-05-02
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2007-08-11 |
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One of the last SBOWD log trains is about to pop into the tunnel at Harlem, CA on May 2, 2003. Power is 4916-6023-9477-4780 have only 55 cars in tow, down from about 60 cars earlier in the rush. |
Date:
2003-05-02
Added:
2007-08-11 |
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Once the BNSF took over, the upkeep of the Red Warbonnet was no longer a priority. Here Santa Fe C40-8W 850 is showing significant wear and tear on its paint job as it leads Oakway SD60 9071 and BNSF GP50 3184 on a westbound stack train at Los Nietos, CA. |
Date:
2003-04-26
Added:
2007-08-10 |
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The BNSF's SLACCHF has a lashup with a confused personality. Borrowed UP SD70M 4945 leads FURX 7288 and 7238 spliced by BNSF SD45-2 6496. Seen here on the BNSF at Los Nietos on April 26th, 2003. |
Date:
2003-04-26
Added:
2007-08-11 |
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Brand new SD70M 3886 spends a few days in April 2003 in helper duty at San Luis Obispo. It wasn't long before someone figured out that a two million dollar engine wasn't making much money for the UP and it got replaced by something a lot older. |
Date:
2003-04-25
Added:
2007-08-11 |
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Wow! Mexican GE TFM 2619 leads the logs (SBOWD) as they blast off from San Luis Obispo. Seen here across from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo at the old siding location of Hathaway, TFM C44-9W 2619 leads C40-8 9047, B40-8 5665, and C44-9W 6847 plus three SD40-2 helpers hooked up on the tail end of the train. |
Date:
2003-03-07
Added:
2007-08-11 |
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UP 4446-9406-9532 charge a QRVML across the Nacimento River bridge at East Garrison on February 28, 2003. |
Date:
2003-02-28
Added:
2007-08-11 |
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Monday, February 24, 2003 finds the Bowie to Wendel log train, SBOWD, working its way past Newhall Yard in Santa Clara. Flared SD70M 5007 leads 9763, 4704, and 4428 plus 60 cars of logs. Caltrain train number 57 is sprinting up past the logs to make a stop at Santa Clara. |
Date:
2003-02-24
Added:
2007-08-11 |
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Gonzalez, CA is woken up by the QRVML on January 24, 2003. Having a non-wide cab on the Coast is getting rather unusual. UP 9281-9480-9789 lead 61 cars. |
Date:
2003-01-24
Added:
2007-08-11 |
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The QRVML rocks and rolls through the curves north of Harlem on January 24, 2003. |
Date:
2003-01-24
Added:
2007-08-11 |
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Amtrak #11 arrives in San Luis Obispo on January 20, 2003. Shot from the iron pedestrian bridge. |
Date:
2003-01-20
Added:
2007-08-13 |
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San Joaquin Valley Railway has been adding and revamping some of its power. Here is former Central Oregon and Pacific GP38 3829 waiting at Baker Street in Bakersfield for its next assignment. January 13, 2003. |
Date:
2003-01-13
Added:
2007-08-17 |
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Brand new UP SD70M 5093 sits dead on the main line at San Luis Obispo on New Year's Day 2003. The UP basically shuts down for most major holidays. |
Date:
2003-01-01
Added:
2007-08-11 |
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You can still get some rather mixed looking lashups on Tehachapi. Here is a northbound BNSF "bare-table" train with BNSF 4341, former BN 6831, very faded BNSF 4455 and repainted (former red and silver) 335. |
Date:
2002-10-14
Added:
2007-08-09 |
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Two BNSF C44-9W's (4907 and 5454) are uncharacteristicly grinding around the Tehachapi Loop at about 10MPH with 120 platforms of late season produce from the Central Valley. Surprisingly, they have no helpers. |
Date:
2002-10-14
Added:
2007-08-09 |
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Out in the Central Valley, an auto train rolls through Cawelo, CA with 9467 and 9746 on October 14, 2002. |
Date:
2002-10-14
Added:
2007-08-11 |
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Renumbered GP40-2 1346 still wears its classic Rio Grande paint. Cawelo, CA, October 14, 2002. |
Date:
2002-10-14
Added:
2007-08-11 |
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California Northern GP15-1 107 works for the San Joaquin Valley Railroad at Bakersfield on October 14, 2002. After picking up 21 cars at the UP Yard, this job works through Kern Jct and out onto the main. The conductor has hopped off and is unlocking the switch for the east leg of the wye to the Buttonwllow Branch. CFNR 107 will then back the train onto the branch. |
Date:
2002-10-14
Added:
2007-08-17 |
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In the middle of 2002, the QRVDO has not been a train that has been on the Coast Line in the daylight. However, with bridge work at Moss Landing, this QRVDO on Friday, October 11, 2002 is rolling through King City with 5705-5760-9632. |
Date:
2002-10-11
Added:
2007-08-11 |
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August 8, 2002 finds a QRVML switching at the Santa Margarita crossovers as it has to drop off 4 cars into the siding to be picked up by a following train. Power is 5790-4627-8520. |
Date:
2002-08-08
Added:
2007-08-11 |
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UP 2806 is a rebuilt SD45 that has gone through two heart transplants. Starting as UP 3615, later renumbered UP 15, its 20-645E3 was replaced in the early 1980's by a Sulzer power plant and renumbered UP 62. Retired by December 1983, and held by the UP for four years before being sold to Precision National, where it spent the next twelve years rusting away until being rebuilt in 1999 with a 16-645 and Dash-2 electricals. I remember UP's own SD45's, but few of them were this clean. San Luis Obispo, May 17, 2002. |
Date:
2002-05-17
Added:
2007-08-11 |
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UP 2849 shares the sun with two other helpers at San Luis Obispo on May 17, 2002. UP 2849 was originally built as SSW SD45T-2 9161, was transfered to the UP upon the merger of the two railroads, but unlike most of its brothers, this is one of 40 rebuilt as SD40's and given a new lease on life with the UP. The three radiator fan doors are the tell-tale sign of this units origins as a SD45T-2. |
Date:
2002-05-17
Added:
2007-08-11 |
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t's a grab shot, but the subject was a surprise. BNSF C44's 4546, 4797, 4729 lead UP sister 6531 on an eastbound stack train as it leaves the Los Angeles area. Seen here at the new BNSF control point of Vail. |
Date:
2002-05-04
Added:
2007-08-09 |
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Amtrak #11 rolls through the hilly grass land of the California Central Coast and is about to enter San Miguel, CA. It's March 22, 2002, and the winter rains have been very sparse considering the colors of the hillsides. Caltrain F40PH 908 leads two P42's on its way to Los Angeles and some heavy maintenance work. |
Date:
2002-03-22
Added:
2007-08-13 |
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California Northern GP15-1 113 goes on world tour! Splicing SD60's 6262 and 6043, the 113 rests at Santa Clara Yard on March 18, 2002. The lashup seems to have a MSJRV all ready to go back to Roseville. |
Date:
2002-03-18
Added:
2007-08-11 |
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Late on the afternoon of February 22, 2002, the Oil Cans (OWPDO) blasts out of Santa Margarita with 65 loads with UP 7236-7273-6707 on the point and 9583-3454-2919 just added on the rear-end. |
Date:
2002-02-22
Added:
2007-08-11 |
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A QRVDO rolls through Luchessa on the single track portion of the Coast Line between Gilroy and Cornardo. Power is 5727-9512-9054 with 124 cars on February 1, 2002. |
Date:
2002-02-01
Added:
2007-08-11 |
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A QRVDO rolls through Aromas with the Logan cement plant in the background. Power is 5727-9512-9054 with 124 cars on February 1, 2002. |
Date:
2002-02-01
Added:
2007-08-11 |
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A QRVML rounds the curve at Welby, CA on February 1, 2002 with three SD's (4390, 6235, and 4597) and is passing over the old Union Carbide plant crossing. |
Date:
2002-02-01
Added:
2007-08-11 |
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UP 4682, 2251, and 4432 have a short but heavy QRVDO in tow approaching East Garrison in the late afternoon light of January 25, 2002. |
Date:
2002-01-25
Added:
2007-08-11 |
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UP SD70M's 2002 and 2001 lead the Olympic Torch Special as it rolls to a stop at Santa Clara. The torch flame isn't actually on board at this point; the flame left the train at San Luis Obispo the night before so that the relay could come up the coastline. The Torch Special stopped at most passenger stations for short periods of time; it spent 10 minutes at San Jose and then 10 minutes here at Santa Clara. |
Date:
2002-01-17
Added:
2007-08-11 |
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January 17, 2002 finds a QRVML tip-toeing along the Coast Line at East Garrison. The piles of new ties are an indication of the work ahead. In the mean time, freights are limited to 25MPH and passenger trains 30MPH between San Lucas and Paso Robles. |
Date:
2002-01-17
Added:
2007-08-11 |
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Another indication of the heavy maintenance on the Coast Line, SD60 2157 and C40-8W 9093 are rangling about 50 green ballast hoppers in the siding at Templeton. January 17, 2002. |
Date:
2002-01-17
Added:
2007-08-11 |
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UP 9424-4336-9307 lead a QRVML as it passes a worktrain in the siding at Templeton. January 17, 2002. |
Date:
2002-01-17
Added:
2007-08-11 |
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ACE Train #3 rumbles through the junction at CP Coast just prior to its stop at Santa Clara station. January 17, 2002. |
Date:
2002-01-17
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2007-08-13 |
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UP C40-8W's 9404-9382-9354 are in charge of a MWCPD on January 14, 2002. Seen here at the east switch of Seacliff, this train is just leaving CTC territory and entering the Seacliff DTC block. Later in 2002, the CTC will be extended west of Santa Barbara and DTC will fall in favor of track warrants. |
Date:
2002-01-14
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2007-08-11 |
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UP SD70M 4200 and two C40-8W's charge a northbound out of an extended slow-order on the Coast Line at San Lucas. January 11, 2002. |
Date:
2002-01-11
Added:
2007-08-11 |
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Solid SP painted lashups are becoming hard to come by 2002. Here an ILCOA roars through north Morgan Hill (timetable location of Berry) with SP SD40T-2 8571 and SD40R 7306 on January 11, 2002. |
Date:
2002-01-11
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2007-08-13 |
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Another QRVML rolls past the approach signal for North San Martin with 9351-9354-8502 in charge on a sunny December 10, 2001. |
Date:
2001-12-10
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2007-08-11 |
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Winter rains in the Salinas Valley have already made the hill sides green and the fields have been plowed and are ready to receive the next crop. In the midst of this beauty, three UP GE's get wound up after their engineer receives an extension on his track warrant south out of King City. UP 9390-9401-9366, QRVML, December 3, 2001. |
Date:
2001-12-03
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2007-08-11 |
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UP GP38-2's 625 and 742 working as the Oxnard Switcher wait for Amtrak to pass just east of Oxnard. |
Date:
2001-12-03
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2007-08-11 |
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UP GP38-2's 625 and 742 working as the Oxnard Switcher wait for Amtrak to pass just east of Oxnard. |
Date:
2001-12-03
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2007-08-11 |
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UP AC6000CW 7546 and C44-9W 9776 lead another QRVML through Morgan Hill, CA on the 19th of October, 2001. |
Date:
2001-10-19
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2007-08-11 |
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Rolling through the S-curves north of Casmalia, CA, this UP westbound is heading up the coast on October 15, 2001. Power is again all GE, 9404-9301-9323. |
Date:
2001-10-15
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2007-08-11 |
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Familiar face in an unfamiliar place. October 15, 2001 finds Caltrain F40PH 902 really stretching her legs on the point of Amtrak 11. Seen here rounding the corner just south of Guadalupe, CA. |
Date:
2001-10-15
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2007-08-13 |
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Same location as above, showing the eclectic consist of CDTX F40PH 902, Amtrak P42DC 128, and F59PHI 465. October 15, 2001 at Guadalupe, CA. |
Date:
2001-10-15
Added:
2007-08-13 |
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A long IDUOA rolls past Emeryville on October 9, 2001 with GE's 9176-9528-9766. |
Date:
2001-10-09
Added:
2007-08-11 |
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Right behind the IDUOA is the QRVML with 9345-8802-6030. October 9, 2001. |
Date:
2001-10-09
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2007-08-11 |
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Westbound at Bealville! BNSF 4868-743-5256 lead an auto train down out of the Tehachapi's. |
Date:
2001-10-08
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2007-08-09 |
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BNSF 5456 leads 4320 and 6459 on a heavy westbound. BNSF 4515 and 6757 are tacked on the end of this 75 car train as remote helpers. |
Date:
2001-10-08
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2007-08-09 |
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A UP northbound drifts down grade at Bealville powered by 8521-9311-9363-6275-6280-6049. |
Date:
2001-10-08
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2007-08-11 |
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Friday, May 11, 2001 finds one of SP's 25 original SD70M's leading two of UP's soon to be 1000 SD70M's on a QRVMN. Seen here approaching East Garrison on the Coast Line with SP9809-UP4549-UP4046. |
Date:
2001-05-11
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2007-08-13 |
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Two "mighty-mice," B40-8 5632 and GP60 1953 roll a long string of empty stack cars on the Coast Subdivision just north of San Ardo on May 4, 2001. These two types of engines are rare now on the Coast Line. |
Date:
2001-05-04
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2007-08-11 |
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Near the end of the F40PH era on Amtrak, P42DC 124 leads F40PH 381 on the northbound Coast Starlight at San Luis Obispo, CA on a cloudy April 6th, 2001. The train is heavy today; there are 14 cars on the train, including the private car Cyrus K. Holliday. |
Date:
2001-04-06
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2009-04-28 |
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Very little looks like its changed on this sunny spring March 22, 2001. Two relatively rare birds on the former SP, GP40R SSW 7960 and GP40P-2 SP 7602 hold down the Hollister Local as they switch out cars at Luchessa, south of Gilroy. |
Date:
2001-03-22
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2007-08-13 |
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A northbound wails past the Grover Beach Amtrak station with 9532-2237-3078 in charge of 80 cars. In a few minutes, the train will be in San Luis Obispo for a crew change. |
Date:
2001-03-16
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2007-08-11 |
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At 2:40PM, March 16, 2001, former Rio Grande SD40T-2 5412, now in SP scarlet and gray, blasts through Camphora, CA with six mates and an 82 car train. The crew has just spent the past hour waiting for Amtrak at Soledad and is trying to make the long siding at Salinas before going on the law. Power is SP5412-UP6102-CNW6925-CNW6914-UP6041-SP8645-SP8699. |
Date:
2001-03-16
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2007-08-13 |
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Amtrak #11 is running at track speed between Wellsona and Paso Robles with three engines (113-451-369) and 12 cars on March 16th, 2001. |
Date:
2001-03-16
Added:
2007-08-13 |
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Even after the sugar beet factory at Betteravia, CA closed, the Santa Maria Valley continues to operate, even if they don't have to deal with 100 car beet trains anymore. On March 9, 2001, GE 70 tonner number 70 is putting its interchange train away in the UP's Guadalupe Yard. Check out the Hancock air whistles on the cab roof. |
Date:
2001-03-09
Added:
2007-08-17 |
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February 5th, 2001 finds UP SD40-2 9941 sitting in the dead line at Oxnard. Having been renumbered from the 4000 series in late November, 9941 probably didn't put too many miles on with its last number. |
Date:
2001-02-05
Added:
2007-08-11 |
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February 5, 2001 finds the power off the MWCOX pushing back into the Oxnard Yard. The majority of the cars off this train have just been pushed into the interchange tracks with the Ventura County Railway. Power is SP7365-UP3794-SP8634-SP7429-SP8316. |
Date:
2001-02-05
Added:
2007-08-13 |
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UP C30-7 472 and SD40-2 3700 hold down work train duty at McKay siding on the Coast Line. The date is January 29, 2001, and the 472 has only about a month to go before its retired at Los Angeles. |
Date:
2001-01-29
Added:
2007-08-11 |
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UP SD40T-2 4474 waits for its next helper assignment at San Luis Obispo with SP 8560 and UP 3765. |
Date:
2001-01-19
Added:
2007-08-11 |
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Amtrak train 11 howls through Soledad, CA on January 12, 2001 with a pair of P42DC's (90 and 113) and a pair of F59PHI's (2006 and 2008). |
Date:
2001-01-12
Added:
2007-08-13 |
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A southbound manifest rolls through Elkhorn Slough with a mixed lashup of former SP C44-9W's 9596 and 9622 bracketing former CNW SD60 5958 and brand new SD90MAC 8505 on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, 2000. |
Date:
2000-11-22
Added:
2007-08-11 |
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On November 22, 2000, a southbound blasts upgrade and around a curve between King City and San Lucas. Power today is SP SD70M 9824 and UP GP50 5534 and C40-8W 9417. |
Date:
2000-11-22
Added:
2007-08-13 |
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BNSF6338 and BN6822 lead a BNSF bare table train onto the UP's San Pedro Branch on November 18, 2000. While BNSF trains can be seen here at Hobart headed for the LA Junction Railway, this train has orders all the way down the branch to San Pedro. |
Date:
2000-11-18
Added:
2007-08-09 |
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On the eve of their last stand, one of the LMX B39-8E's leads an eastbound at Los Nietos on November 18, 2000. LMX8511 leads BNSF 4878, 157, and 6862 and 81 cars. |
Date:
2000-11-18
Added:
2007-08-09 |
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November 9, 2000 finds the Canadian Pacific's Writer's Special on the San Francisco peninsula. Here it passes the former SP/Caltrain station of Castro. Power for the nine car train is FP9 1400, F9B 1900, and GP38-2 3084. |
Date:
2000-11-09
Added:
2007-08-13 |
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Late afternoon sunshine lights up a southbound train at San Luis Obispo as it comes in for a crew change on October 20, 2000. UP 6300-6180-9031 lead this train with three helpers buried mid-train, while a northbound is ready to leave off the #1 yard track with 4 SD40-2's. |
Date:
2000-10-20
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2007-08-11 |
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SP 7122 leads SP 4811 and UP 2561 on the Salinas Turn with nine cars south of Bradley on the Coast Line on August 24, 2000. This train has just dropped off a small string of oil cans at Wunpost in an unusual operation that occured while the Coast Line was out of service further south. |
Date:
2000-08-24
Added:
2007-08-13 |
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A Union Pacific inspection special rolls through Santa Clara on June 7th, 2000. |
Date:
2000-06-07
Added:
2007-08-11 |
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A northbound blasts past the grain silos of the Zacky Farms "chicken factory" at Traver on June 5th, 2000. Power is SSW9684-SP9803-SSW9642-UP3087-UP9384-UP9473. |
Date:
2000-06-05
Added:
2007-08-13 |
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A hot UP eastbound roars upgrade between Bena and Ilmon with former SP C44-9W 8164-8179-8135. |
Date:
2000-06-05
Added:
2007-08-13 |
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SP AC4400CW 174 leads UP6023 and SP164 on a southbound through San Miguel, CA on a bright May 19th, 2000. |
Date:
2000-05-19
Added:
2007-08-13 |
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CSX SD70MAC 702 trails UP SD60M 6130 as a light engine move rolls west past the Emeryville Amtrak depot on May 16, 2000. |
Date:
2000-05-16
Added:
2007-08-11 |
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San Joaquin Valley GP9 1761 waits for its next assignment at an unusual location, Bowerbank, CA on the Buttonwillow Branch. Bowerbank is located where the Buttonwillow Branch runs under the I-5 (Hwy 58 exit). April 20, 2000. |
Date:
2000-04-20
Added:
2007-08-17 |
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BNSF's BARPAS (Barstow to Pasco, WA) train rolls down through the cross-overs at Sandcut in the Tehachapi foothills, meeting an eastbound BNSF train led by BNSF4893. The BARPAS has BNSF4494-BNSF1115-SP7356 as power on this partly cloudly March 27th, 2000. |
Date:
2000-03-27
Added:
2007-08-09 |
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BNSF GP39-2 2941 rests with some of the San Pedro Worldport cranes in the background. |
Date:
2000-03-26
Added:
2007-08-09 |
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Pacific Harbor Lines SD18m's 41 and 44 pull out of the PHL's yard in San Pedro, headed for the UP in Long Beach to pick up more cars for the Harbor Line. The PHL owns 4 SD18m's (former C&NWunits), as well as five former Conrail switchers. San Pedro, CA, March 26, 2000. |
Date:
2000-03-26
Added:
2007-08-17 |
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Pacific Harbor Lines other two SD18m's (43 and 42) rest at San Pedro. Units 41, 42, 44 are painted in the Santa Fe inspired black and white tiger stripes, while 43 retains its Operation Lifesaver paint job from the C&NW. March 26, 2000. |
Date:
2000-03-26
Added:
2007-08-17 |
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UP9376 leads DM&E (former CP) 6086 and SP9819 across the Gaviota bridge. The 6086 actually has no DM&E markings on it; just the "Rail" in "CPRail" remains on the long hood. |
Date:
2000-02-14
Added:
2007-08-11 |
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February 14th, 2000 finds the Lompoc Local waiting at Guadalupe, CA for a northbound freight. This could be anytime in the past five years, with SP 4825 and 7611 having this local in charge. |
Date:
2000-02-14
Added:
2007-08-13 |
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Speeding on the Valley Sub! Pushing the limit through Shafter, CA, this BNSF eastbound is led by BNSF8087-BN7070-BNSF720 with three widely varying paint jobs. |
Date:
2000-01-17
Added:
2007-08-09 |
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There are several creatures that are rarely photographed in the Central Valley. Here's one of them, a former Santa Fe GP7u, now working for Savage (formerly Asbury) that produces coke and graphites. Seen at Wasco, CA, January 17, 2000. |
Date:
2000-01-17
Added:
2007-08-17 |
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On Tehachapi, you're bound to see almost anything. Here, eleven (yes, 11) BNSF units pull the hot 991 (or whatever they call it now) through the east end of Bealville. Lashup includes 4704-679-626-841-737-BN8035-686-4973-606-4480-4592. Just one EMD and 10 GE's! |
Date:
2000-01-10
Added:
2007-08-09 |
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The SD45 on the former SP had its last stand in 2000 and 2001. SP7478 leads SD40T-2 8327 on the East Flyer as it runs 72 hoppers downgrade on Ansel Hill towards Palmdale on January 10, 2000. |
Date:
2000-01-10
Added:
2007-08-13 |
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A westbound BNSF freight is about to cross over Pioneer Blvd. in Norwalk. Power is 4425-4840-8270-1099. |
Date:
2000-01-08
Added:
2007-08-09 |
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A BNSF hot shot with KCS and MRL Power!?! On January 8, 2000, BNSF 4774 leads ATSF 802, KCS 6638, and MRL 223 on an eastbound at Los Nietos, CA. |
Date:
2000-01-08
Added:
2007-08-09 |
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Close up of the cab of BNSF C44-9W 4900 at Hobart, CA. January 8, 2000. |
Date:
2000-01-08
Added:
2007-09-21 |
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A hot UP eastbound roars past another train at the end of double track at Bena, CA on November 8, 1999. |
Date:
1999-11-08
Added:
2007-08-13 |
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October 22, 1999 finds a southbound manifest train on the Coast Line with SP8171 leading 6795 and 63 cars at San Lucas, CA. |
Date:
1999-10-22
Added:
2007-08-13 |
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Late in the afternoon of October 18, 1999, a 60 car BNSF train blasts around the Tehachapi Loop with BNSF 1112-4760-766-718. |
Date:
1999-10-18
Added:
2007-08-09 |
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A UP westbound rolls down hill through Woodford on the north slope of Tehachapi. Power on this nice October 18, 1999 is UP3306-UP2637-SP8153-SP6800. |
Date:
1999-10-18
Added:
2007-08-11 |
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An SP boat in the lead! SP B40-8 8035 leads UP engines 9207, 7533, and 7538 on a southbound stack train as it cruises through Madera, CA at sunset on October 18, 1999. |
Date:
1999-10-18
Added:
2007-08-13 |
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October 11, 1999 finds another EMD SD70M in the lead, this time in the Central Valley as a southbound UP train with EMD7017, SP9803, and UP3667 passes the Zacky Farms grain elevator at Traver, CA. |
Date:
1999-10-11
Added:
2007-08-11 |
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Freshly repainted UP B40-8's 5698 and 5629 handle the chore of a ribbon rail train at Malaga, CA, just south of Fresno on a bright October 11, 1999. |
Date:
1999-10-11
Added:
2007-08-11 |
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What remains of branchline activity in the southern San Joaquin Valley is primarily operated by the San Joaquin Valley Railroad. Here GP20 2035 waits at Kern Jct. in Bakersfield to pull into the UP yard with it collection of tank cars from the Buttonwillow Branch and the old Sunset Railway. The photo was also taken October 11, 1999. |
Date:
1999-10-11
Added:
2007-08-17 |
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This is the only time I've ever seen a lashup made up completely of EMD SD70M's. September 23, 1999 finds a southbound UP train at San Lucas, CA with EMD 7011, 7005, and 7013. Actually looks pretty good. |
Date:
1999-09-23
Added:
2007-08-11 |
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A BN westbound rolls into the 8th Street Interlocking in Vancouver with a post-merger grab-bag of BN GP39-2 2733, BNSF SD40-2 6346, and Santa Fe GP38 2343. |
Date:
1999-08-10
Added:
2007-08-05 |
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BNSF C44-9W 990 leads five engines from the yard in Vancouver to Lake Yard in northwest Portland. |
Date:
1999-08-10
Added:
2007-08-09 |
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BNSF8053 and BN5566 rolls another westbound past the Vancouver skyline. This is shot from my hotel room; if you're going to watch trains in the Portland or Vancouver, WA area, check out the Doubletree Inn at the Quay. |
Date:
1999-08-10
Added:
2007-08-09 |
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BN SD40-2 7041 pulls into Vancouver, WA with two GP's. A westbound grain train with 4 GE's waits on the other mainline at the 8th Street Interlocking. |
Date:
1999-08-09
Added:
2007-08-05 |
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Five BN units roll a westbound grain train around a curve in the middle of the Columbia River Gorge at Milepost 40, between Prindle and Skamania, WA. |
Date:
1999-08-09
Added:
2007-08-05 |
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BN units 2717 and 2899 roll 11 cars into the siding at Cooks, WA to wait for the Portland section of Amtrak's Empire Builder. |
Date:
1999-08-09
Added:
2007-08-05 |
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Stunning roster shot of DRGW SD40T-2 5405 at San Luis Obispo, CA on April 25, 1999. Note that even at this late date, this unit still has its complete light package plus ditch lights. |
Date:
1999-04-25
Added:
2007-08-13 |
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And to go along with a clean DRGW 5405, there are four clean SP SD40-2M's. The entire lashup is DRGW5405-8642-8686-8646-8669. At San Luis Obispo, April 25, 1999. |
Date:
1999-04-25
Added:
2007-08-13 |
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BNSF repainted SD40-2 6739 and renumbered GP50 8726 pull a cut of cars out of the Hobart Yard outbound to complete an inbound double-over. |
Date:
1999-04-24
Added:
2007-08-09 |
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A Z-train arrives at Hobart with BNSF4920-ATSF526-ATSF559-BNSF558. A very nice sounding train as it pulled through the inbound switches. |
Date:
1999-04-24
Added:
2007-08-09 |
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Roster shot of BNSF 4920 at Hobart, CA, April 24, 1999. |
Date:
1999-04-24
Added:
2007-09-21 |
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A westbound Santa Fe pounds across Los Nietos Blvd. with BNSF1106 leading green BN SD60M's 9264 and 9272 and BNSF 4311, 4949, and 1009. |
Date:
1999-03-19
Added:
2007-10-07 |
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A sunny March 19, 1999 finds a BNSF freight rolling through Commerce, CA. Power has four different paint jobs, which isn't too weird for the BNSF: BNSF986 (Pumpkin I) - BN9262 (BN whiteface) - ATSF916 (God's own paint scheme) - BNSF4335 (Pumpkin II). |
Date:
1999-03-19
Added:
2007-08-09 |
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Shortly after the BNSF1016 gets put away on the South Track, a MWSYBAR blasts through the Fullerton station on the North Track. The reason for the 1016's passage through the South Track can be seen in the background; another westbound freight is sitting on the Middle Track. Power for the eastbound is BNSF8721-ATSF2289-BNSF2103-LRCX9517-BNSF6970. Definitely high on the weirdness scale. |
Date:
1999-03-19
Added:
2007-08-09 |
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Amtrak train 578 blasts through Los Nietos, CA on March 19, 1999 with P42DC 113 in the lead and F59PHI 461 pushing. One can only suspect that there was some trouble with the cab controls in the first car. Note that while the lines of the F59PHI fit the Cal Cars nicely, the P42's definitely look ungainly when they don't have some baggage cars or MHC's to provide a transition. |
Date:
1999-03-19
Added:
2007-08-13 |
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A monster BNSF lashup works a westbound stack train through the cross-overs at Fullerton, CA. The train is moving to the South Track at Fullerton, which is little used by freight. The south track is generally only used by Amtrak and Metrolink trains that are eastbound and headed towards the San Diego Subdivision, which takes off to the right in the background. Power is 1016-549-116-LMX8553-787-518-127-BN3020-LMX8539. |
Date:
1999-03-13
Added:
2007-08-09 |
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SP SD70MAC 9809 waits for Amtrak #14 to pass at San Ardo, CA in glorious February 4, 1999 sunset light. |
Date:
1999-02-04
Added:
2007-08-13 |
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SP 8698 and two sisters wait their next call for the Cuesta Grade helper at San Luis Obispo. January 18, 1999. |
Date:
1999-01-18
Added:
2007-08-13 |
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Amtrak #11 with two P42's and an Amtrak California F59PHI arrive San Luis Obispo on January 18, 1999. |
Date:
1999-01-18
Added:
2007-08-13 |
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Close up shot of Amtrak F59PHI 460 at San Luis Obispo, CA. |
Date:
1999-01-18
Added:
2007-08-13 |
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A UP coal train sits in the siding at Fleta, CA on December 22, 1998 with a standard UP starter set of AC4400CW 6581, SD90/43MAC 8101 and SP AC4400CW 211. |
Date:
1998-12-22
Added:
2007-08-11 |
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BNSF 1099 leads two red sisters up through Cameron, CA on November 3, 1998 with a heavy stack train. Two BN units are pushing hard on the rear end. |
Date:
1998-11-03
Added:
2007-08-09 |
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A BNSF stack train with 1099-854-799 in the lead roar past the cement plant at Monolith, CA on November 3, 1998. Not seen is the helper of BN7836-BN5091. |
Date:
1998-11-03
Added:
2007-08-09 |
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A BNSF train, symbol QMEMRIC, slides down the siding at Woodford, CA on November 3, 1998 to meet a long UP train coming up the hill from Bakersfield. |
Date:
1998-11-03
Added:
2007-08-09 |
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Two EMD leasers lead a UP train up the mountain at Woodford, CA on November 3, 1998. |
Date:
1998-11-03
Added:
2007-08-11 |
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A bald BNSF 4756 leads a hot QLACMEM through Los Nietos, CA. |
Date:
1998-10-03
Added:
2007-08-09 |
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BNSF 4722 waits for clearance down the Harbor Sub. Hobart Tower, Los Angeles, CA. |
Date:
1998-07-10
Added:
2007-08-09 |
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UP GP40X 5504 has also stopped turning its wheels for a few hours at Dolores on May 28, 1998. These engines are on there fourth numbers, starting out as 9000-9005, then 90-95, then 954-959 (and then losing one to an accident), and now 5500-5504. |
Date:
1998-05-28
Added:
2007-08-11 |
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CNW Operation Life Saver engine 6930 makes an appearance at Dolores, CA. |
Date:
1998-04-29
Added:
2007-08-11 |
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CNW GE's 8650-8651-8706 roll along next to Alameda St. entering Compton, CA. |
Date:
1998-03-22
Added:
2007-08-11 |
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OK, so this isn't actually a UP unit, but another definite curiousity. HLCX 3201 and 3203 were routed over the former SP from the Los Angeles Harbor to St. Louis. These units seem to be former Kaiser Bulk Terminals units. Now, if you look carefully, you'll see that HLCX3201 has the upper half of its cab in primer brown, due to the fact that this part of the cab was grafted back on since the unit was "topless" for many years so that it would fit through the rotary dumper at Kaiser. Seen here at Dolores, CA on March 10, 1998, HLCX3201 only made it as far as Los Nietos, CA by March 22 due to some missing components. |
Date:
1998-03-10
Added:
2007-08-11 |
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HLCX3203 appears to be a reasonably normal SW1500 until you realize that it has an old style (pre-1966) EMD switcher cab, rather than the angular cab found on HLCX3201. This would go into the "unlikely to be confused with anything else" file. Dolores, CA, March 10, 1998. |
Date:
1998-03-10
Added:
2007-08-11 |
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UP AC4400CW(U) 7049 waits with two companions at the former SP Long Beach yard for another coal train to be empties at Kaiser Bulk Terminal or Metropolian Stevedore. February 28, 1998. |
Date:
1998-02-28
Added:
2007-08-11 |
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BNSF 3163 and Santa Fe 3846 roll the Escondido Local through Oceanside, CA. |
Date:
1998-01-23
Added:
2007-08-09 |
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Snow is on the ground at the Gallitzin portal to the Allegheny Tunnel on November 16, 1997 as a westbound empty coal train rolls towards Pittsburg. Conrail SD60I's 5560 and 5511 are in charge of 87 cars. |
Date:
1997-11-16
Added:
2007-08-06 |
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CSX C40-8W's 7851 and 7817 and UP GP50 983 roll a stack train on the Walker Branch west of DT Jct. The train will shortly make the turn towards Dolores on this fine October 5, 1997. |
Date:
1997-10-05
Added:
2007-08-11 |
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BN GP50 3115 and Santa Fe GP20 3020 take a turn on the Escondido Local, seen here in Oceanside, CA just after coming onto the branch and passing under the I-5 freeway. |
Date:
1997-08-18
Added:
2007-08-09 |
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Here our dynamic duo pass the old station site at Vista, CA, pulling 10 cars for the grain silos and lumber yard in Escondido. This is a non-stop run at a leisurely 10 to 20 miles per hour. |
Date:
1997-08-18
Added:
2007-08-09 |
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Climbing out of the little valley that Vista resides in, our GP50 and GP20 combo make like they are on the Colorado Joint Line, at least for a mile or so before dropping down into San Marcos. |
Date:
1997-08-18
Added:
2007-08-09 |
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Brand new AC4400CW UP 6567 rests at Dolores Yard in Carson, CA with some older SP power. |
Date:
1997-06-21
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2007-09-18 |
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UP's three E-units (951-963B-949) haul a UP inspection special of the former SP's Sunset Route. Photographed at Montclair on the SP side (the UP line parallels about 100 feet to the south) on the morning of March 19, 1997. |
Date:
1997-03-19
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2007-08-11 |
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BNSF C44-9W 1105 prepares to back down the "inbound" at Hobart Yard into the diesel shop after dropping off a westbound. |
Date:
1997-02-22
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2007-08-09 |
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UP 5518 (ex-CNW GP50) and 3928 (ex-MKT SD40-2) bring a LAAP out of Los Angeles. At the end of double track at Vail Ave. in Commerce, February 18, 1997. |
Date:
1997-02-18
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2007-08-11 |
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Santa Fe C44-9W 619 takes in the last sun of day at Hobart Yard on Fabruary 17, 1997. |
Date:
1997-02-17
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2007-08-10 |
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The CILBT swings around the corner at Nadeau and joins up with the MTA Red Line right of way for the trip down to the ICTF. New Norfolk Southern C44-9W's 8957 and 8954 lead former MoPac SD40-2 UPB4247 through some of the grungy side of Los Angeles. |
Date:
1997-01-29
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2007-09-18 |
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Metrolink train 302 is about to make its station stop at El Monte on January 14, 1997. |
Date:
1997-01-14
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2007-09-18 |
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A 90 car eastbound hauler rolls across Baldwin Ave. in El Monte, CA on January 14, 1997. SP SD45R's 7521 and 7444 have the job well in hand. |
Date:
1997-01-14
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2007-09-18 |
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A westbound trailer train is a few away from the Los Angeles Shops Yard and the end of its cross country trip. SD70M's SP 9811 and EMDX 7008 work through El Monte, CA on a cloudy January 14, 1997. |
Date:
1997-01-14
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2007-09-18 |
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Whoa! Where are we? Amazingly, the answer is Compton, CA! Wisconsin Central FP45 6652 is in the lead of the hottest train on the SP, the BSMFF on this bright January 5, 1997. Of course, the wig-wag and the tracks are long gone, replaced by the Alameda Corridor. |
Date:
1997-01-05
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2007-08-13 |
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The BSMFF arrives in Dolores, CA with Wisconsin Central FP45 6652 leading WC SD45 6591 and SP 9741 and 8037 leading 4 sets of spine cars. Of course, the FP45 has picked up some debris coming down the line on this bright January 5, 1997. |
Date:
1997-01-05
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2007-08-13 |
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Wisconsin Central FP45 6652 enters Dolores Yard with the BSMFF on January 5, 1997. What a great paint job on a great engine. |
Date:
1997-01-05
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2007-08-13 |
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Santa Fe's unique SF30B 6419 leads a BNBLA empty TOFC train through Fullerton on January 3, 1997. Power on this wonderful California winter day is 6419-5175-5182-3836-4003-577. B trains are used to bring extra TOFC into Hobart from short term storage in desert sidings. In this case, NB stands for Newberry Springs, about 20 miles east of Barstow. |
Date:
1997-01-03
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2007-08-10 |
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Amtrak California B32PH 2052 rolls San Diegan train #577 through Hobart Tower interlocking on November 29, 1996. Two Amtrak B32PH's were purchased with California state funds, and after running as Amtrak 500 and 501 for several years, were repainted into this scheme and renumbered 2051 and 2052. |
Date:
1996-11-29
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2007-08-13 |
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Eastbound SP coal train climbs out of Flat, CO with engines 340 and 157 on the point and another AC (369) shoving on the rear end. November 13, 1996. |
Date:
1996-11-13
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2007-08-13 |
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SP 340 and 157 pull an eastbound coal train through Byers Canyon west of Denver, CO. Train is only making 10MPH in this part of the canyon as it approaches a track gang. November 13, 1996. |
Date:
1996-11-13
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2007-08-13 |
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SP 340 and 157 pull an eastbound coal train through Byers Canyon west of Denver, CO. Train is only making 10MPH in this part of the canyon as it approaches a track gang. November 13, 1996. |
Date:
1996-11-13
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2007-08-13 |
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SP 251 with 2 AC4400CW's on the point, 2 more pushing 65 cars back and 1 more pushing the rear another 35 cars back is about to pop into the west portal of Moffat Tunnel at Winter Park, CO. |
Date:
1996-11-13
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2007-08-13 |
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BN SD70MAC's 9472 and 9698 draw 110 empties around Palmer Lake, CO on November 12, 1996. This is the top of the grade between Denver and Colorado Springs. |
Date:
1996-11-12
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2007-08-05 |
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BN SD70MAC 9580 leads two other SD70MAC's with a loaded coal train at the top of the Joint Line at Palmer Lake, CO on November 12, 1996. A C30-7 and SD40-2 are pushing on the rear and will drop off here when the entire train is over the summit. |
Date:
1996-11-12
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2007-08-05 |
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SP 231 leads a southbound coal train on the Joint Line at Palmer Lake, CO. Palmer Lake is the summit of the Joint Line between Denver and Colorado Springs and is also the end of double track from Denver. |
Date:
1996-11-12
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2007-08-13 |
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The Denver Country Switcher on November 11, 1996 has drawn SD9 6234. Shown here passing the 20th Street Interlocking in Downtown Denver, CO. |
Date:
1996-11-11
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2007-08-05 |
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Sunday, September 15, 1996 finds UP Olympic Special engine 1996 loafing at East Yard. Shortly after this picture, it and its sister 1896 were repainted and renumbered to 3100-3101. |
Date:
1996-09-15
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2007-08-11 |
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Broadside of SP SD45R 7525 as it waits for a signal at Los Nietos to cross the Santa Fe and continue up to the UP connection at Bartolo. |
Date:
1996-09-12
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2007-08-13 |
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September 2, 1996 finds a westbound stack train doubling into Hobart yard with C44-9W 686 leading BN4095 and BNSF lettered 539. |
Date:
1996-09-02
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2007-08-10 |
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August 31, 1996 finds Wisconsin Central SD45 6624 leading SP SD40T-2 8297 under the high-wide detector in Glendale, CA on its way into downtown Los Angeles. In 1996 and 1997 several Wisconsin Central engines were on the SP, making up horsepower-hours owed by the WC for SP used in Wisconsin. |
Date:
1996-08-31
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2007-08-13 |
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DRGW GP40 3092 is assigned to the ICTF switcher on this bright, sunny August 24, 1996 along with SD39 5316. |
Date:
1996-08-24
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2007-08-13 |
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August 3, 1996 finds the 1-893-03 waiting for an air test at Hobart. Power this day is quite interesting: 640-BN4008-5868-CR5627. |
Date:
1996-08-03
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2007-08-10 |
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A Danish IC3 train set operates in demonstration service on the San Diegan line for two weeks. The self-propelled train set operated on trains 570-577-578-585, making two round trips from Los Angeles to San Diego each day. Shown here at Los Angeles Union Station on July 31, 1996. |
Date:
1996-07-31
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2007-08-13 |
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The evening of July 31, 1996 finds the IC3 train set at Solana Beach, CA on train #585. Because of the heavy summer time crowds, the 250 seats on the IC3 couldn't replace the 400 seats of a regular consist. Thus, second sections with regular equipment usually followed the IC3 on train 585. |
Date:
1996-07-31
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2007-08-13 |
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Metrolink train 684 accelerates through the Los Nietos with F59PHI 875 in charge of three cars for Irvine on the afternoon of June 19, 1996. After arriving at Irvine, the train will turn around and head back towards Riverside. |
Date:
1996-06-19
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2007-09-18 |
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An extremely heavy Desert Wind is on its last few miles of its trip from Ogden to Los Angeles. While most Desert Wind consists of the time were 5 cars handled by a single engine, today's train is 12 cars, including private car Silver Lariat and has engines SP GP60 9749 and Amtrak F40's 347 and 326. June 19, 1996. |
Date:
1996-06-19
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2007-09-18 |
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Two SP GP40-2's (7246 and SSW7260) are assigned to a promotional move for Swift Roadrailers. The train is stopped on the mainline of the Walker Line at Walker Siding for a photo shoot. Roadrailers are similar to convential 53' highway trailers, but have been reinforced to have a set of railroad wheels attached under the trailer. Because of their limited strength, they are not mixed with regular railroad equipment. |
Date:
1996-06-18
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2007-08-13 |
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Another hot westbound Santa Fe TOFC train hits the platform at Fullerton on April 20th, 1996. An ABBA set of Santa Fe Red Warbonnet, with GP60M 129, GP60B's 336 and 332, and B40-8W 526. |
Date:
1996-04-20
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2007-08-10 |
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The crew on this SCHLA must need some air, since the train is bearing down on Fullerton Jct. with a good cloud of smoke in trail. Santa Fe C40-8W's 610 and 897 lead a recently delivered BNSF SD75M 8263 on April 20, 1996. |
Date:
1996-04-20
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2007-08-10 |
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A Barstow-Los Angeles (BALA) train is under the command of GP60M's 151 and 108, B40-8W 550, and GP35u 2921 as it rolls through West Corona, CA on April 20, 1996. Even though Red Warbonnet power was front line power back in 1996, they could pull down an assignment to any train in the Los Angeles Basin. |
Date:
1996-04-20
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2007-08-10 |
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Amtrak 230 comes to a stop at Fullerton with train 578 on April 20, 1996. |
Date:
1996-04-20
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2007-08-13 |
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Metrolink Orange Blossom Special train 888 pulls into West Corona, CA on April 20, 1996.This train started in San Juan Capistrano and ran to Riverside for the Orange Blossom Festival. |
Date:
1996-04-20
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2007-08-13 |
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CSX SD50 8562 is pretty far from home; there are not these types of mountains back in the southeast, especially with desert in the foreground. On this clear January 29, 1996, CSX 8562 leads SP 8361, 8619, and 8298 and IC 6016 with 115 platforms of stack cars without any helpers as they roar through Cabazon, CA. |
Date:
1996-01-29
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2007-08-13 |
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Santa Fe's 1996 Super Bowl Special departs Los Angeles on January 26. With power 249 and 229 and a mixed bag of BN and Santa Fe business cars, one of SD75M's won't load later in the morning and was replaced by a C40-8W at San Bernardino. |
Date:
1996-01-26
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2007-08-10 |
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A northbound coal empty operates on the San Pedro Branch through Paramount, CA on January 15, 1996. Lashup has no UP units: Morrison-Knudsen MK5000C 9902 - Conrail SD60 6857 - EMD SD70M 7022 with 81 empties. |
Date:
1996-01-15
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2007-08-11 |
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The NPLAV rolls through Pico, CA over the Rio Hondo River with UP SD60M 6097 and C30-7 2516 leading a long string of auto racks. January 15, 1996. |
Date:
1996-01-15
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2007-08-11 |
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A westbound stack train passes under the pedestrian bridge at Fullerton on January 8, 1996. Power today is Santa Fe GP60M's and GP60B's 120, 126, 333, and 137 plus SD39u 1567. |
Date:
1996-01-08
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2007-08-10 |
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A 398 train with a big slug of stacks on the head-end rolls through Fullerton on January 8, 1996 with B40-8W 533, GP60M's 132 and 151, and B40-8 7418. |
Date:
1996-01-08
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2007-08-10 |
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Another January surprise; this BALA rolling through Fullerton has a mixed consist of 235-334-9514-SP8296. January 8, 1996. This shot was taken just shortly after the pedestrian fence was installed. |
Date:
1996-01-08
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2007-08-10 |
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SP SD39's 5316 and 5298 rest between shifts as the ICTF Switcher at Dolores Yard. These were the last two SD39's running on the former SP. Amazingly, UP assigned numbers 2850-2851 to these units, though the odds of these units seeing Armour Yellow were slim. |
Date:
1996-00-00
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2007-08-13 |
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San Diego Coaster train #649 rolls past the racetrack at Del Mar, CA in early 1996. |
Date:
1996-00-00
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2007-08-13 |
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Looking west just west of Pico siding, the LAKCV of December 21, 1995 returns empty auto racks to the midwest. Power is 2437-680-3681-CR552. |
Date:
1995-12-21
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2007-08-11 |
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A SCHLA arrives Hobart with a eletropneumatic test train. Consist includes BN business car BNA8 Canadian River for instrumentation and 25 3 unit BN stack cars from the 67000 class. EP equipped trains are easily spotted by electrical connections along the air hoses between cars. |
Date:
1995-12-16
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2007-08-10 |
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Seven Santa Fe engines storm down center main west of the depot at Fullerton, CA on December 14, 1995. Power is 4003-2912-7410-5189-5865-5264-5854. |
Date:
1995-12-14
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2007-08-10 |
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A baretable train pounds under the approach signals west of Fullerton depot with ATSF 7432 and 4025 in charge on December 14, 1995. |
Date:
1995-12-14
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2007-08-10 |
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Santa Fe's hot 198 train rolls through the recently renovated Fullerton, CA station platform on December 14, 1995. Power is 209-906-212-697 with 84 platforms in tow. |
Date:
1995-12-14
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2007-08-10 |
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An eastbound with 5828-3049-5209-5049-155 passes over the diamonds at Los Nietos on September 30, 1995. |
Date:
1995-09-30
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2007-08-10 |
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Nearly new C40-8W's 838, 845, and 904 lead 55 cars on a hot eastbound at Los Nietos on September 30, 1995. |
Date:
1995-09-30
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2007-08-10 |
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Another westbound at Fullerton with an BN unit stuck in for good measure. Lashup is 835-BN7042-5853-1564. September 30, 1995 (and before the fence went up). |
Date:
1995-09-30
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2007-08-10 |
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Here is a San Diegan with plenty of power. On September 23, 1995, F40PH's 229 and 220 bracket 5 Amfleets on train #578 at Los Nietos, CA. One of the cab cars normally used is missing and has been replaced by an extra engine. Since these are first order F40PH's, they have small (700HP) HEP generators, so there is over 5000HP available for traction. |
Date:
1995-09-23
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2007-08-13 |
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The classic Cajon Blvd. pan shot. SD75M 236 leads two GE's down the hill on September 22, 1995. |
Date:
1995-09-22
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2007-08-10 |
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Santa Fe engines 921-807-946-855 lead a westbound stack train down Cajon Pass at Verdemont as they pass a UP eastbound. |
Date:
1995-09-22
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2007-08-10 |
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A string of empty stack cars are forwarded to Long Beach by C44-9W 629 and LMX B39-8E 8581. Seen passing through Torrance, CA on September 9, 1995. |
Date:
1995-09-09
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2007-08-10 |
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The first loaded export coal train run by the SP from Utah to Kaiser Terminal slides by Dolores Yard on a cloudy July 6, 1995. Power is brand new AC4400CW's 199-191-200. |
Date:
1995-07-06
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2007-09-18 |
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First ARKTC coal train to arrive Los Angeles with SP AC4400CW's. Units 199-191-200 bring this train into Dolores Yard on its way to Kaiser Bulk Terminal. July 6, 1995. |
Date:
1995-07-06
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2007-08-13 |
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Roster shot of SP199 at Dolores, CA. July 6, 1995. |
Date:
1995-07-06
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2007-08-13 |
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Roster shot of SP 199 at Dolores, CA. |
Date:
1995-07-06
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2007-09-18 |
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DRGW SD45's 5325-5340-5320 blast a 112 car WCGUM through Glendale, CA on Sunday, June 25, 1995. |
Date:
1995-06-25
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2007-08-13 |
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A SCHLA passes under the signal bridge at Commerce on its final leg of its trip into Los Angeles. Red Warbonnets 861-648-845-852 chug past the Amtrak/Metrolink platform on February 19, 1995. |
Date:
1995-02-19
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2007-08-10 |
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An SP PTPCX lead by 8661-7522-6824-8588 charges through the dragging equipment detector just north of the Glendale, CA depot. Great lighting. |
Date:
1995-02-19
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2007-08-13 |
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Cajon Pass remains the challenge to all tonnage moving in and out of Southern California via the Santa Fe and Union Pacific. On this wonderfully clear February 18, 1995, GP40X 3807 leads 4 other units up the hill at Devore. |
Date:
1995-02-18
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2007-08-10 |
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An eastbound UP train with 5029-6000-6216 climbs Cajon Pass at Devore, CA. |
Date:
1995-02-18
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2007-08-11 |
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A westbound Santa Fe train with 904 and a 500 class makes the turn at Gateley, CA. Photo by Harry Wong. |
Date:
1995-00-00
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2007-08-10 |
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Another eastbound, this time a ELSE, rolls quickly through the interlocking at Chili Jct., NY on May 10, 1994. The clouds from earlier in the week have broken and the sun is shining on Conrail GP40-2's 3313 and 3387, C30-7A 6568, and SD40-2 6260 with 110 cars. |
Date:
1994-05-10
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2007-08-06 |
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Stand back, here comes the TV14 into Rochester, NY with SD50's 6820 and 6714 and SD40-2 6478, leading 93 platforms. |
Date:
1994-05-10
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2007-08-06 |
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The BRSE with a big block of auto parts on the headend rolls into Rochester, NY with C40-8W 6099 and SD40-2 6515 on May 10, 1994. The train is passing the Union Switch and Signal plant on the left. |
Date:
1994-05-10
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2007-08-06 |
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A Conrail NPSE is blasting off from Chili Jct., NY after letting two Amtrak trains meet at the crossovers. The power on this cloudy May 9, 1994 is GP40-2 3289 and 3283, GP38-2 8216 and NS C40-8 8666 with 88 cars bound for Selkirk Yard. |
Date:
1994-05-09
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2007-08-06 |
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An eastbound grain hopper train with B40-8's 5069 and 5083 is about to crossover to the West Shore Line at Chili Jct, NY and in the process bypass downtown Rochester. About 10 to 20 percent of the traffic through the Rochester area used the West Shore Line, but because it had few long sidings, its use was very directional. |
Date:
1994-05-09
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2007-08-06 |
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A westbound auto train rolls through Chili Jct, NY with 131 autos towed by SD60I 5553 and SD50 6752 on a rainy May 9th, 1994. |
Date:
1994-05-09
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2007-08-06 |
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The power off a Santa Fe westbound pulls out onto the lead to back its double over into the yard. Power is 514, 553, 5078, and 7411 and the Red and Silver is very clean on this April 2nd, 1994. |
Date:
1994-04-02
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2007-08-10 |
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A BALA3 (Barstow to Watson Yard) rumbles through Atwood, CA near the junction of the Olive Subdivision, which was the old shortcut to get to San Diego. Seen on March 26, 1994 with red 826 leading blue 5141, 9525, and 5162. |
Date:
1994-03-26
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2007-08-10 |
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A solid set of DRGW power brings a transfer run from Dolores to West Colton. Three SD45's (5326, 5320, and 5324) are joined by GP30 3024. Seen here at Pepper Ave., West Colton, on January 29, 1994. |
Date:
1994-01-29
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2007-08-13 |
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A westbound Santa Fe rolls by the Pasadena depot with 4 motors on the head (5068, 5147, 5380, 5839) with a short 12 car train. |
Date:
1993-12-31
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2007-08-10 |
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Late winter sun on December 4, 1993 shines on an eastbound leaving Dolores with 8240-9761-9631-8566-8018. |
Date:
1993-12-04
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2007-08-13 |
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Santa Fe SF30C's 9542 and 9506 lead a SD40-2 on the hot 893 train on a sunny winter afternoon on December 4, 1993. |
Date:
1993-12-04
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2009-04-28 |
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Power off the 198 train pulls up the outbound lead at the west of Hobart before doubling back into the Hobart Diesel Shop. B40-8W 547 leads GP60B 346, GP60 4013, and GP60M 136 on June 27, 1993. |
Date:
1993-06-27
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2007-08-10 |
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The WCWSM on March 21, 1993 whisks past the Metrolink platform at Moorpark with B40-8 8002 with DRGW GP40-2 3051, SP SD45T-2 9333, and GP38-2's 4820 and 4831. |
Date:
1993-03-21
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2007-08-13 |
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Santa Fe GP30 2757 works with GP35's 2915 and 2874 to handle a ribbon rail train on the middle main at Hobart Yard. 30 cars back, caboose 999755 brings up the tail end on February 6, 1993. |
Date:
1993-02-06
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2007-08-10 |
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Work trains tend to be the haven of railroad relics that just refuse to disintegrate. Here, a ribbon rail train at Hobart sports former ice reefer ATSF 190457. Check out the ice bunker doors! February 6, 1993. |
Date:
1993-02-06
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2007-08-10 |
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Amtrak train 577 rolls through Hobart Interlocking and has just about 10 minutes left on its journey to Los Angeles Union Station. B32-PWH 505 is in charge on January 31, 1993. |
Date:
1993-01-31
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2007-08-13 |
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A westbound on the Santa Fe's Second Subdivision rolls along the platform at Pasadena, CA on January 24, 1993. Santa Fe engines 3817-3843-5038-7427 have their train well in hand for the last few miles of their trip into Hobart Yard. |
Date:
1993-01-24
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2007-08-10 |
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A Sunday afternoon consist of Amtrak 578 is actually pushed in this picture by B32-PWH 509 on January 3, 1993. |
Date:
1993-01-03
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2007-08-13 |
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Weekend Metrolink action. Train #390 pulls into the restored Claremont, CA station. |
Date:
1993-00-00
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2007-08-13 |
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Blasting off from a standing start at Cajon Summit, SD45-2 5804 leads 4 more EMD's on a westbound as they head down to San Bernardino. |
Date:
1992-11-28
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2007-08-10 |
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A westbound stack train howls downgrade at Devore, CA with then new C40-8W's 828-861-814 leading and two SD40-2's as trailing helpers. |
Date:
1992-11-28
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2007-08-10 |
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BN train 15 leaves Skykomish, WA in the Cascades with 7190-6790-CR6008-CR3374. |
Date:
1992-11-15
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2007-08-05 |
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A 52 car BN train 33 approaches the crew depot at Skykomish, WA with 7101-6328-LMX8509. |
Date:
1992-11-15
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2007-08-05 |
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SD45-2 5822 rolls past Prado Dam westbound on its way into Anaheim Canyon. |
Date:
1992-11-01
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2007-08-10 |
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Amtrak 504 in Pepsi Can paint leads a set of Amfleet equipment out of Santa Susana Pass on train 774 on June 17, 1992. |
Date:
1992-06-17
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2007-08-13 |
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On a hazy day in May 1992, the UP Harbor Switcher is about to cross Hobart Junction. UP GP40 870, later rebuilt as a 2500 class GP40, leads 4 motors off a earlier coal train (6002-6249-6168-6140) that had gone down the Harbor Sub. |
Date:
1992-05-10
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2007-08-11 |
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Santa Fe B23-7 6355 leads 5398-7433-2885-2853 through Los Nietos on December 14, 1991. This picture was taken before the team track and the freight dock were removed. |
Date:
1991-12-14
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2007-08-10 |
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December 14, 1991 finds Santa Fe FP45 98 awaiting departure on an 828 train from Hobart to Barstow. Too bad the front door is ajar. |
Date:
1991-12-14
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2007-08-10 |
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The 828 train rolls into Buena Park, CA with FP45 98 leading 2727, 5169, 5029, and 2860. December 14, 1991. |
Date:
1991-12-14
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2007-08-10 |
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Working on a nine car pick-up at Buena Park, the 828 train with FP45 98 in the lead on December 14, 1991. Out of Buena Park, the train will have 14 loads and 88 empties. |
Date:
1991-12-14
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2007-08-10 |
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The Santa Fe had four different SD45 rebuild programs. Besides the in-kind rebuilds, the Santa Fe also had Sulzer and 16-645F3 (like an SD50), and their B-unit program, too. Here 16-645F3 powered 5434 leads SD40 5005, SD45 rebuild 5389, and GP39-2 rebuild 3429 on an eastbound at Los Nietos on November 3, 1991. |
Date:
1991-11-03
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2007-08-10 |
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November 3, 1991 finds the SLACH working with a mixed bag of GP60 4034, GP50's 3849 and 3817, B40-8 7415 and B36-7 7484 with 51 platforms. |
Date:
1991-11-03
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2007-08-10 |
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Santa Fe 7412 reflects the last rays of light on October 13, 1991 as it rolls a QBHLA in off the Pasadena Sub into Hobart Yard. |
Date:
1991-10-13
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2007-08-10 |
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On October 12, 1991, a eastbound train grinds through Soledad Canyon between Ravenna and Lang. Power this day is SSW9378-7337-7404-8545. |
Date:
1991-10-12
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2007-08-13 |
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Eight thousand tons of sugar beets come rocking and rolling out of the Santa Susana Mountains on the Fourth of July, 1991. Power for this 90 car monster, complete with wood side beet gons, is SSW6889-7534-SSW6887-7456. By midnight, this train will be at Guadalupe and have switched out the cars to the interchange with the Santa Maria Valley Railway. |
Date:
1991-07-04
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2007-08-13 |
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A 77 car ECGUU El Centro - Guadalupe sugar beet train blasts up the grade out of Glendale. SSW6887-7534-SSW6889-8525 lead the classic wood sided beet gons on June 30, 1991. |
Date:
1991-06-30
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2007-08-13 |
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The beet train passes Gemco, CA on the Coast Line between Burbank and Chatsworth. 77 classic beet gons are being motored by 4 large SP engines. June 30, 1991. |
Date:
1991-06-30
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2007-08-13 |
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An eastbound coal train with UP SD40-2 3525 and 3823 spliced by GE Super 7 prototype 3004 departs Victorville on May 11, 1991. |
Date:
1991-05-11
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2007-08-11 |
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Close up view of Super 7 GECX 3004 at Victorville on May 11, 1991. |
Date:
1991-05-11
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2007-08-11 |
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April 27, 1991 finds the K Yard train (WCKYM) switching the J Yard south of downtown LA. In a few moments, the throb of 4 SD9's and a SD39 will pass on its way to the final destination of the K Yard. Power this day is 4374-4306-4345-4432-5316. |
Date:
1991-04-27
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2007-08-13 |
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SP SW1500 2575, in full Kodachrome SPSF warbonnet paint, pulls a string of cars out of the J Yard on April 27, 1991. |
Date:
1991-04-27
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2007-08-13 |
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Shortly after delivery, Santa Fe B40-8W's 536-523-546 are in charge of the 198 as it rolls through Esperanza on the last few miles of the this train's journey from Chicago to LA. On March 23, 1991 the weather actually isn't cooperating the way one would like, but still a good shot. |
Date:
1991-03-23
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2007-08-10 |
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The QNYLA passes the old depot at Pomona, CA on March 2, 1991. SD40-2 5135, B40-8's 541 and 538, and GP60M 145 have 100 platforms in tow. We're still a year away from Metrolink taking over here, and the Santa Fe is still operating it as a through line from San Bernardino to Hobart. |
Date:
1991-03-02
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2007-08-10 |
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An AVAXT train enters the UP main at Puente Jct. in Industry with recently rebuilt GP40 7298 leading DRGW3075-6829-SSW8051-SSW9641 on March 2, 1991. This train has 25 5-unit stack cars and is heading down the UP to Bartolo to connect with the south branches of the SP and ultimately Dolores Yard. |
Date:
1991-03-02
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2007-08-13 |
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Oft seen but not always photographed, an Extra Pedro Hauler with SD40-2's 3308 and 3680 and 79 loads of export coal pass Hobart Tower on January 5, 1991. |
Date:
1991-01-05
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2007-08-11 |
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A loaded coal train enters the double track at Vail, CA on its way into East LA and then on to the LA Harbor for export. C40-8's 9311 and 9276 lead SD60M 6167 and C30-7 2495 and 103 loads on November 20, 1990. |
Date:
1990-11-20
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2007-08-11 |
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Late in the summer of 1990, a long Santa Fe train works its way around Tehachapi Loop. C30-7 8065 is belting out a nice stream of smoke, while the rest of consist seems to be running well on this September 6th, 1990. The whole consist is 5025-8065-5108-5325-9567. |
Date:
1990-09-06
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2007-08-10 |
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Its September 6, 1990 and Santa Fe 5025 East meets 5360 West at Sandcut. With another Santa Fe eastbound up at Bena, the 5025 has to hold here at Sandcut. |
Date:
1990-09-06
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2007-08-10 |
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Santa Fe GP38 2332 leads GP30 2785, GP35 2885, and B23-7 6357 around the corner east of Summit on April 13, 1990. This is rather unique and mixed Santa Fe lashup for 1990. |
Date:
1990-04-13
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2007-08-10 |
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In the failing light of April 13th, 1990, F45 5984 has a mixed lashup of blue and yellow and red and yellow motors blasting away on Cajon Blvd. The lashup is 5984-2265-2277-2709-2837-8055-5175-5018 and is approaching the cross overs at Verdemont. |
Date:
1990-04-13
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2007-08-10 |
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A J Yard Hauler backs down Alameda Street towards a cut of cars to take back to West Colton. The eight units are a mix of early-nineties SP power in the Los Angeles area: SD38-2 2972, SD9's 4403, 4335, and 4339, SD7's 1534 and 1509, SD39 5302, and GP9E 3367. |
Date:
1990-03-17
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2007-08-13 |
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SD38-2 2972 leads the J Yard Hauler out of the yard at Santa Fe Ave. |
Date:
1990-03-17
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2007-08-13 |
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Santa Fe 5824 leads a heavy westbound down the north track at Cajon Station on January 15, 1990. |
Date:
1990-01-15
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2007-08-11 |
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A warm July 15, 1989 finds the All Cities Local departing West Colton. SP GP9E's 3743 and 3735 are about to go under Pepper Ave. and then head for the Balloon Track so that the train can head back west towards Kaiser and Pomona. |
Date:
1989-07-15
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2007-08-13 |
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SP 4449 puts on a show as it blasts up to track speed through Somis, CA after being in the siding at Camarillo for Amtrak #13 on May 5, 1989. |
Date:
1989-05-05
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2007-08-13 |
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Santa Fe merger hold-outs 5350, 5161, and 5347 take blue and yellow GE 7490 for a ride down the east slope of Tehachapi. Seen here at Warren on April 29, 1989. |
Date:
1989-04-29
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2007-08-11 |
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The Cans at Woodford! The Original Cans! SP SD45T-2R 6826 leads five engines on the point and six more buried two thirds of the way with 72 loads of oil for the Unocal refinery in Carson. On this hazy April 29th, 1989 afternoon, this was normal operating procedure for the SP. However, in a few short years, a pipeline from Bakersfield to Mojave eliminated this operation from Tehachapi. |
Date:
1989-04-29
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2007-08-13 |
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On April 29th, 1989, there is lots of track work underway on Tehachapi. Here SD45T-2R 6843 slips downhill with a empty ribbon rail train and is about to slip into the old Woodford #2 siding. |
Date:
1989-04-29
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2007-08-13 |
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April 22, 1989 finds red/yellow 8088 and 5987 plus blue and yellow 8147 bringing a westbound off the old Pasadena Sub at Broadway, just north of LA Union Station. |
Date:
1989-04-22
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2007-08-11 |
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A Santa Fe 805 train winds out of East Barstow on March 26, 1989 with an all-star lashup of 8090-5257-5970-5979. Shot from the Yucca Road overpass. |
Date:
1989-03-26
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2007-08-11 |
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Big Trona Baldwins 54 and 52 shove a cut of cars full of, well, Trona. Note the differences in the early and late carbodies. The 54 was originally a Kaiser Steel engine for the Eagle Mountain operation, complete with Mars light and dynamic brake grids in the short nose. Shown here working at Trona Yard on March 23, 1989. |
Date:
1989-03-23
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2007-08-17 |
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Trona AS616's 54 and 52 are pulling a cut of loaded Borax cars around the big curve between Trona and Westend. These old warriors had only a couple of years left before rebuilt SD45-2's displaced them and the SP power that would be borrowed for the runs down to Searles. March 23, 1989. |
Date:
1989-03-23
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2007-08-17 |
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Santa Fe F7A 347C and F7B 347B were borrowed from the California State Railway Museum in 1989 for a publicity assignment in Pasadena, CA as part of the Super Bowl that year. Here we see the two units with Santa Fe's consist from its directors' special (Baggage 77, Coach 62, Super Dome 60, Coach 61, and Business Cars Regal Lark, Regal Manor, and Regal Spa) in the siding in front of the Pasadena depot, February 7, 1989. At this point, the Second Sub through Pasadena was still active for Amtrak and some westbound TOFC trains. |
Date:
1989-02-07
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2007-08-10 |
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On a cloudy January 24, 1989, the Merced Turn is leaving Fresno Yard with GP9E's 3413, 3831, and 3187 (former commute engine) and three cars. The train has just passed Biola Junction, where the old Biola Branch takes off to the right. |
Date:
1989-01-24
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2007-08-13 |
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SSW 7632 whips round a curve at Walnut, CA with an SD45 and 2 B30-7's in charge of a westbound. The San Gabriel Mountains have a good dusting of snow on this winter afternoon on January 16, 1989. |
Date:
1989-01-16
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2007-08-12 |
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On a very clear January 16, 1989, the Ontario Local rolls 8 cars westbound through Walnut, CA on its way back to the City of Industry yard. SD7R's 1542 and 1503 are running long hood forward under the careful gaze of Mount Baldy. |
Date:
1989-01-16
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2007-08-12 |
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On a very clear January 16, 1989, the Chino Local with GP9E's 3772 and 3401 has its hands full as it switches its train around in the siding at Pomona. The UP's mainline is in the foreground, while the diamond to the Chino Branch is in the background to the left. |
Date:
1989-01-16
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2007-08-12 |
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Amtrak train #13 rolls out of the Santa Susana Pass and down into Simi Valley with F40PH's 248 and 285 in charge on a sunny January 16th, 1989. How soon things change; the F40PH's would soon be gone, banished by B32-PHW's and then P40's and P42DC's. |
Date:
1989-01-16
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2007-08-13 |
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With dark, threatening skies all about, red/yellow 5810 and 5821 lead an SD40-2 and the 199 train through Christie. New Year's Eve, 1988. |
Date:
1988-12-31
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2007-08-11 |
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Santa Fe's 928 train is lead by C30-7 8141 as it rolls through Christie on December 31, 1988. |
Date:
1988-12-31
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2007-08-11 |
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Third Street street running! The Sunday before Christmas, 1988, a 2XOAST (2nd Extra Oakland-Stockton) is near the end of the street running through downtown Oakland. Brand new C40-8's 9139-9204-9184-9233 have a string of empty autos in tow on December 18, 1988. |
Date:
1988-12-18
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2007-08-12 |
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The LABAF works through Soledad Canyon on November 19, 1988. SP units 6817-SSW9373-9194-7511 have this train in good order at Ravenna. |
Date:
1988-11-19
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2007-08-12 |
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A southbound FEC blasts through Pampano Beach, FL on its way to Miami. GP40-2's 429 and 432 are flying white flags for its "extra train" status. |
Date:
1988-11-02
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2007-08-06 |
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CSXT GP40-2 6311 waits for its next assignment at Fort Lauderdale, FL. |
Date:
1988-11-01
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2007-08-06 |
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CSXT GP40-2 6346 hides out at the south end of the Fort Lauderdale, FL station platform on November 1, 1988 in the two-tone blue CSXT paint job. |
Date:
1988-11-01
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2007-08-06 |
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A Florida East Coast southbound rolls slowly through downtown Fort Lauderdale, FL with GP40's 406 and 438 and GP7 667. |
Date:
1988-10-30
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2007-08-06 |
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A late afternoon northbound auto train comes through Fort Lauderdale, FL with FEC GP40's 421 and 403 and GP38 504. |
Date:
1988-10-30
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2007-08-06 |
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A MoPac lettered C36-7 number 9020 leads UP SD40-2 3533 and C36-7 9003 swing westbound through Afton Canyon with the late afternoon light again lighting up the canyon walls. |
Date:
1988-10-16
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2007-08-12 |
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Another westbound swings through Afton Canyon with C40-8's 9205-9142-9168 on the point. |
Date:
1988-10-15
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2007-08-12 |
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Santa Fe 7418 waits for its next assignment at Edwards, CA. |
Date:
1988-10-14
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2007-08-10 |
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Rebuilt SD45's 5308, 5366, and 5328 roll west through Anaheim Canyon. Back on this hazy August 12, 1988, there was a lot less construction in the canyon than there is now. |
Date:
1988-08-12
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2007-08-10 |
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An eastbound LAAP (American President Lines stack train) with 100 platforms rolls through the bridge providing the 3rd crossing of the Mojave River. Power is 9170-9124-9143-9104 on March 21, 1988. |
Date:
1988-03-21
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2007-08-12 |
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Four UP SD40-2's (3711-3192-3266-3284) round the S-curves at the east end of Afton Canyon while in command of an 80 car export coal train. |
Date:
1988-03-21
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2007-08-12 |
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The spectacular canyon walls of Afton are lit by the early morning light of March 20, 1988. UP 3470 leads three units on an eastbound in the depths of the canyon. |
Date:
1988-03-20
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2007-08-12 |
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Sometimes odd things appear in the middle of the desert. UP SD40-2's 3765, 3461, and 3190 bracket McCloud Railway SD38's 36 and 37 on a mid-day westbound as it rolls through the depths of Afton Canyon on March 20, 1988. |
Date:
1988-03-20
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2007-08-12 |
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UP C40-8 9117 and MoPac C36-7 9017 handle another short eastbound intermodal train through Afton Canyon on March 20, 1988. The first three cars are specially equipped to handle car and truck frames. |
Date:
1988-03-20
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2007-08-12 |
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An eastbound blasts across the third crossing of the Mojave River at Afton, CA on March 20, 1988 with SD60's 6002 and 6056 and SD40-2 3184 and 91 cars. |
Date:
1988-03-20
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2007-08-12 |
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Brand new UP C40-8's 9102 and 9110 lead an eastbound around the curve east of Cajon Summit on December 12th, 1987. This 20 car hot train has definitely had a quick trip up the hill. |
Date:
1987-12-12
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2007-08-11 |
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Sunrise at Cajon Summit, November 7, 1987. An eastbound coal empties has just made the summit with SD60's 6005 and 6006. |
Date:
1987-11-07
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2007-08-11 |
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For months after delivery, SP kept its B39-8's in consectively numbered lashups of 4 units. On September 26, 1987, 8007-8006-8005-8004 have a short 25 car, 1800 ton LAHOF well in hand as they throttle up through the Ordway Crossovers. The morning fog is still burning off down deep in the canyon. |
Date:
1987-09-26
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2007-08-12 |
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On September 26, 1987, 8007-8006-8005-8004 have a short 25 car, 1800 ton LAHOF well in hand as they roar across the Beaumont Valley. |
Date:
1987-09-26
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2007-08-12 |
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On September 26, 1987, 8007-8006-8005-8004 have a short 25 car, 1800 ton LAHOF well in hand as they swing through the curve at Fingal. |
Date:
1987-09-26
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2007-08-12 |
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The super fast LAMFF comes out of the siding at Fingal with a bunch of autos on the head-end. Mount San Timeteo is the background. Power is 7664-7666-9208-8500-DRGW5387 on Saturday, September 26, 1987. |
Date:
1987-09-26
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2007-08-12 |
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A heavy westbound grinds up past the Mons Crossovers near Cabazon. Power is SSW7961-8492-8490-8341-7352-7959 with a five unit helper cut in the middle of the train. September 26, 1987. |
Date:
1987-09-26
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2007-08-12 |
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An eastbound comes around the turn at Fingal on its way to Indio on March 28th, 1987. Power is 7519-9017-7367 and has 40 flats of trailers as the SP tries to compete with the I-10 truck traffic. |
Date:
1987-03-28
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2007-08-12 |
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Wonderful spring light warms a westbound making the climb from Whitewater to Fingal. The headend lashup is unusual; 9193-SSW7256-9090-7954-9166-1609. The slug is on its way to LA for heavy maintenance. A four unit helper is buried two-thirds of the way back of this 105 car train on March 28, 1987. |
Date:
1987-03-28
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2007-08-12 |
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The SP's Fab Four, all of the GP40X's, were gathered back together in the late eighties for local service in the Los Angeles basin. However, on March 28th, 1987, 7200-7231-7201-7230 are in San Timeteo Canyon helper service, rolling down the east slope at Cabazon. |
Date:
1987-03-28
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2007-08-12 |
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Going away view of the GP40X's at Cabazon on March 28, 1987. |
Date:
1987-03-28
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2007-08-12 |
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The late afternoon light of March 26, 1987 brings out all of the detail of the Afton Canyon walls as a westbound intermodal train, complete with cattle cars up front, rolls through. Power is 3568-3366-MP6070. |
Date:
1987-03-26
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2007-08-12 |
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A view across the wide part of the Afton Canyon as a westbound train with 3488-2463-3387-3618-3109 runs through the canyon on March 26, 1987. |
Date:
1987-03-26
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2007-08-12 |
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A short eastbound intermodal comes out of the east end of Afton Canyon. SD40-2's 3737 and 3191 are in charge on this cool March 26, 1987. |
Date:
1987-03-26
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2007-08-12 |
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Two types of chugging! 4 B36-7's and one GP9u interloper have an eastbound pig train in hand on the south slope of Cajon. Passing Devore on the afternoon of March 25, 1987. |
Date:
1987-03-25
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2007-08-10 |
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American Presidents Lines was one of the SP's first big stack train customer. At Beaumont, an AXAVT train moves 280 stack containers from the Los Angeles harbor to Houston on February 7, 1987. The headend power is 8573-SSW7639-7554-8525-9357 while the helpers (8504-8990-SSW9373) can be seen through the telephone poles. |
Date:
1987-02-07
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2007-08-12 |
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The AXAVT rolls through Fingal, CA with 140 stack platforms behind 8573-SSW7639-7554-8525-9357 and helpers 8504-8990-SSW9373. |
Date:
1987-02-07
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2012-02-28 |
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Another eastbound at Fingal, CA rounds the corner with 7466 7471 9333 UP3442 and helpers 9115 7543 9229 and heads for Indio and the low desert. |
Date:
1987-02-07
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2012-02-28 |
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The 7466 East's helpers: 9115-7543-9229. |
Date:
1987-02-07
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2012-02-28 |
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A westbound slogs up towards Beaumont at Fingal, CA with GP40-2's SSW7257 and SSW 7628 and SD40T-2 8510 and a four engine helper buried about 2/3 of the way in the train. |
Date:
1987-02-07
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2012-02-28 |
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Helpers on the SSW 7257 West: 7373-7491-8318-9348. |
Date:
1987-02-07
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2012-02-28 |
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An eastbound with SP 7336 in the lead slows to a stop at Oban, CA so that the Dike Helper can come and couple up and help the train over Cajon Pass to West Colton |
Date:
1987-01-18
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2012-02-27 |
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SP 7336-7523-9189-8280 grind to a stop at Oban, CA to await their helper over the mountains to West Colton. |
Date:
1987-01-18
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2012-02-27 |
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The X7336E helpers arrive. The Dike Helpers today are 8523 and 8237. |
Date:
1987-01-18
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2012-02-28 |
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With the Dike Helper hooked up to the front of the road power, the 7336 East is ready to depart Oban, CA for West Colton. |
Date:
1987-01-18
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2012-02-28 |
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A long Santa Fe freight descends Tehachapi Pass at Warren, CA with GP40X 3806 leading GP50 3813, GP40X 3802, and GP35's 2929, 2858, 2944, and 2902. |
Date:
1987-01-18
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2012-02-28 |
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Another eastbound Santa Fe freight blasts through Cajon Summit with 5183-8026-5380-9544. |
Date:
1986-12-12
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2011-01-23 |
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A heavy Santa Fe freight drifts down the South track at Cajon Station in the middle of Cajon Pass. Power is 5801-5806-5965-5804-5176. |
Date:
1986-12-12
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2011-01-23 |
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A westbound Santa Fe blasts off from Daggett after being held out of Barstow for a bit on the afternoon of December 12, 1986. There's plenty of power for the 87 cars, including ATSF 8151-8124-5693-9529-5966-2920. If you look carefully, there is another westbound waiting at the approach signals at the top of the hill in the background. |
Date:
1986-12-12
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2007-08-10 |
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A westbound Santa Fe blasts off from Daggett after being held out of Barstow for a bit on the afternoon of December 12, 1986. There's plenty of power for the 87 cars, including ATSF 8151-8124-5693-9529-5966-2920. If you look carefully, there is another westbound waiting at the approach signals at the top of the hill in the background. |
Date:
1986-12-12
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2007-08-10 |
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A westbound charges through the crossovers at Daggett. Red and Yellow GP35 2867 leads 2888, 5200, 5396, and 2887, and 74 cars. |
Date:
1986-12-12
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2007-08-10 |
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As day breaks on Cajon Summit, a Santa Fe eastbound with SF30C 9567 has made it to the summit with 4 SD40-2's mates. |
Date:
1986-11-08
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2010-12-29 |
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A UP eastbound with 3637, 2457, and 3156 makes first light at Cajon Summit on the morning of November 8, 1986. |
Date:
1986-11-08
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2010-12-30 |
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UP 3637, 2457, and 3156 lead an eastbound at Cajon Summit. |
Date:
1986-11-08
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2010-12-30 |
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Another UP eastbound as part of the morning Cajon rush. UP 3558, 6039, and MoPac 9002 make up a late-1980s UP starter set. |
Date:
1986-11-08
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2010-12-30 |
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UP 3558 East at Cajon Summit. |
Date:
1986-11-08
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2010-12-30 |
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A Santa Fe eastbound rounds the turn east of Cajon Summit with 5076-8095-5801-5389 in the lead. |
Date:
1986-11-08
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2010-12-30 |
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A fast Santa Fe freight has the newest power assigned for 1986. GP50's 3850, 3841, and 3839, along with B36-7 7495 pass through Cajon Summit on their way east out of the Los Angeles Basin. |
Date:
1986-11-08
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2010-12-30 |
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Amtrak's westbound Southwest Chief, train number 3, is lead by F40PHR's 250 and 230 and a number of baggage and express cars on the head end. |
Date:
1986-11-08
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2010-12-30 |
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A westbound Santa Fe starts down Cajon Pass with SF30C 9551 in the lead. |
Date:
1986-11-08
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2010-12-30 |
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A classic UP westbound with 3494-3415-3923-3667 and a SD40/SD40-2 helper on the tail end starts down the pass at Hill 582. |
Date:
1986-11-08
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2010-12-30 |
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UP 3685 leads CNW 6836 and UP 3452 and 3339 down Cajon Pass on November 8, 1986. |
Date:
1986-11-08
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2010-12-30 |
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A Union Pacific passenger special charges up Cajon Pass with GP40X's 93 and 95 in the lead. |
Date:
1986-11-08
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2010-12-30 |
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Santa Fe C30-7's 8132 and 8090 are split by SD40-2's 5081 and 5129 on westbound going down Cajon Pass. |
Date:
1986-11-08
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2010-12-30 |
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On a busy November 8th, 1986, another Santa Fe westbound starts down Cajon Pass with a mixed lashup of 3833-7497-5300-3803 |
Date:
1986-11-08
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2010-12-30 |
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A long Santa Fe 158 train with 5191-3811-8134-5320 approaches Hill 582 on Cajon Pass. |
Date:
1986-11-08
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2010-12-30 |
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A Santa Fe 828 train climbs Cajon Pass with 5375-BN 6380-BN 6360-5073 with 2 GP's pushing on the rear. |
Date:
1986-11-08
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2011-01-02 |
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An eastbound SP train descends Cajon Pass with 8532-8377-8500-7245 in the lead headed for West Colton. |
Date:
1986-11-08
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2011-01-02 |
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The 881 train blast up Cajon Pass with 5352-8093-5961-5656-5089. |
Date:
1986-11-08
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2011-01-02 |
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A long eastbound Santa Fe tackles the lower part of Cajon Pass at Ono, CA. The headend is 5321-8123-5010-5083 and is stopping at Ono for a two unit helper. |
Date:
1986-11-08
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2011-01-02 |
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Santa Fe GP39-2 3665 and GP35u 2919 wait to help the Santa Fe 5321 up Cajon Pass. |
Date:
1986-11-08
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2011-01-02 |
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Santa Fe 5321 passes helpers 3665-2919. |
Date:
1986-11-08
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2011-01-02 |
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The CZLAT comes out of the rocks that make up Santa Susana Pass on the SP Coast Line. You can only see the first couple of engines, but today's train is over powered: 7377-UP3768-DRGW5344-7356-8307-7399-7502. |
Date:
1986-10-12
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2010-08-07 |
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Santa Fe SDF40-2 5256 leads an eastbound up through Blu Cut, CA with 5393, 8109, and 5035. |
Date:
1986-10-04
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2010-08-01 |
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Santa Fe SDF40-2 5256 blasts through Blu Cut with an eastbound on October 4, 1986. |
Date:
1986-10-04
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2010-08-01 |
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An eastbound UP drag freight with 3703-2501-3727 crawls up through Blu Cut in Cajon Pass while a SP westbound plods along in the same direction up the hill. |
Date:
1986-10-04
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2010-08-07 |
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A westbound SP train, probably from Phoenix, has a brace of 5 GP35R's (6318-6344-6307-6350-6325) works to cut out its mid-train helper at Cedar Ave in West Colton, CA. |
Date:
1986-10-04
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2010-08-07 |
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SP Kodachrome SD45R 7443 leads helpers back from West Colton to Loma Linda, CA. |
Date:
1986-10-04
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2010-08-07 |
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A set of light helpers with SSW9399-8298-7452-9362-7352 pass under the signal bridge at Redlands, CA on their way to Indio or Thousand Palms to help another westbound freight. |
Date:
1986-10-04
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2010-08-07 |
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A 111 car OANOT climbs San Timeteo Canyon at Ordway, CA with SSW9386-9239-8508-7475-7426 in the lead and mid-train helpers of 7443-SSW9264-8542-8550. |
Date:
1986-10-04
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2010-08-07 |
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A classic SP mixed bag lashup; SD40R 7311, GP40-2 7626, U33C 8725, GP35R 6358, and SD45 9107 on an eastbound at Redlands, CA. The U33C was on borrowed time. It was one of a handful that had gone to Mexico on lease and had come back still operational. |
Date:
1986-10-04
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2010-08-07 |
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Santa Fe C30-7 8014 and SD40-2 5094 lead SDF40-2's (former Amtrak SDP40F's) 5260, 5253, and 5261 roll westbound through Esperanza, CA. This now triple track territory and the foreground is completely full of industrial buildings. |
Date:
1986-09-26
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2010-08-01 |
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The LAPTT of September 19, 1986 rolls down hill through Caliente, CA with 7449-8550-7539-7531. |
Date:
1986-09-19
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2010-08-01 |
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A classic from the 1980's, a SP Golden Pig Service trailer in the consist of the LAPTT. |
Date:
1986-09-19
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2010-08-01 |
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Having slipped its 6 unit helper at Tehachapi Summit, the SP 9367 leads some mates across the Tehachapi Valley past the Monolith cement plant. |
Date:
1986-09-19
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2010-08-01 |
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Santa Fe's 199 train with 5317-8158-5327 rolls through the coastal hills at Collier, CA. |
Date:
1986-09-08
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2009-12-12 |
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Santa Fe 5317-8158-5327 lead a 199 train at Collier, CA on September 8, 1986. |
Date:
1986-09-08
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2009-12-12 |
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In brillant fall sunlight, the Santa Fe's 1999 train with Santa Fe SD45u 5317 in the lead, glides through the curves of the western end of Franklin Canyon at Collier, CA. |
Date:
1986-09-08
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2009-12-12 |
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A westbound Satna Fe at Collier, CA with FP45 5992 and SD45-2 5627. |
Date:
1986-09-08
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2009-12-12 |
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Santa Fe FP45 5992 leads a westbound train across the fill at Collier, CA on September 8, 1986. |
Date:
1986-09-08
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2009-12-12 |
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Beautiful Red and Yellow Santa Fe FP45 5992 leads a westbound at Collier, CA. September 8, 1986. |
Date:
1986-09-08
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2009-12-12 |
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Modesto and Empire Traction GE 70 tonners 607 and 606 roll into Empire Transfer with a cut of cars from Modesto. |
Date:
1986-09-06
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2009-10-30 |
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M&ET 607 and 606 wait to enter Empire Transfer |
Date:
1986-09-06
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2009-10-30 |
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Modesto and Empire Traction 607 and 606 meet the Santa Fe 5986 as it switches a cut of cars at Empire, CA on September 6, 1986. |
Date:
1986-09-06
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2009-10-30 |
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Santa Fe F45 5986 stops at Empire, CA to collect a cut of cars for the trip south. |
Date:
1986-09-06
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2009-10-30 |
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Brillant morning light reflects off the red and blue flanks of three F45's and a SF30C (5986-5975-9508-5953) at Empire, CA. |
Date:
1986-09-06
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2009-10-30 |
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Santa Fe 5986 and friends slide past M&ET 607 and 606 at Empire. |
Date:
1986-09-06
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2009-10-30 |
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Santa Fe 5986 pulls another cut of cars out of Empire Transfer. |
Date:
1986-09-06
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2009-10-30 |
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Santa Fe 5986-5975-9508-5953 roll over the Tuolumne River bridge at Empire, CA. |
Date:
1986-09-06
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2009-10-30 |
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Santa Fe 5986 broad side on the Tuolumne River bridge. |
Date:
1986-09-06
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2009-10-30 |
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Looking like a Santa Fe publicity shot, Santa Fe F45's 5986-5975-5953 and blue and yellow SF30C with a slug of Santa Fe box cars on the head end, pump up the air at Empire, CA and get ready to proceed towards Fresno and Bakersfield. |
Date:
1986-09-06
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2009-10-30 |
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Santa Fe 5986 at Empire, CA. |
Date:
1986-09-06
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2009-10-30 |
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Santa Fe 5986 South waits in the siding at Denair, CA while Amtrak train 711 with F40PH 398 in lead pulls out of the station. |
Date:
1986-09-06
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2009-10-30 |
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Santa Fe 5986-5975-9508-5953 get their train underway at Denair, CA after meeting Amtrak. |
Date:
1986-09-06
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2009-10-30 |
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Santa Fe F45's 5986, 5985, and 5953 and SF30C 9508 tug on their train as it leaves the siding at Denair, CA after meeting at Amtrak San Joaquin. |
Date:
1986-09-06
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2009-11-11 |
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Santa Fe at speed; 3 red and yellow F45's and a SF30C are captured in this pan shot south of Denair, CA on September 6, 1986. |
Date:
1986-09-06
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2009-11-11 |
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A long westbound SP train passes through downtown Stockton, CA on September 6, 1986. Power is 7489-7316-9190 and has 103 cars in tow. |
Date:
1986-09-06
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2009-11-15 |
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SP 7489-7316-9190 roll through Stockton, CA with a westbound freight. |
Date:
1986-09-06
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2009-11-15 |
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An 839 train with SD40-2 5114 and U36C 8754 bumps over the Western Pacific diamonds by Stockton Tower. |
Date:
1986-09-06
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2009-11-15 |
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SP Extra 7337 West swings past Stockton Tower on September 6, 1986. 7337 leads 7335 and 7462. |
Date:
1986-09-06
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2009-11-15 |
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Amazing! Three red and yellow F45's 5986, 5975, and 5953 with SF30C 9508 wait for the call for an eastbound at Richmond, CA. |
Date:
1986-09-05
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2009-10-30 |
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A Santa Fe 928 train rolls through Christie, CA with 5315-9513, 71 cars, and two cabooses. |
Date:
1986-08-31
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2009-10-22 |
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Santa Fe's Richmond Local has an interesting pair of engines working today. Red and yellow painted GP20u 3028 and GP39-2 3197. It's the GP39-2 that's actually smoking it up as the two engines are throttled up coming out of the curve at the east end of Gateley. |
Date:
1986-08-31
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2009-10-22 |
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Santa Fe 8085 and 5651 roar west through Pittsburg, CA on their way to Richmond. |
Date:
1986-08-31
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2009-10-23 |
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The 199 train roars through Sando (East Antioch), CA into the failing light of August 31, 1986. Power is 7491-3824-3847-3825-3816 running elephant style. |
Date:
1986-08-31
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2009-10-30 |
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Santa Fe B36-7 7491 rolls into the evening sun at Sando, CA. |
Date:
1986-08-31
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2009-10-30 |
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An Oakland-Roseville cab hop with an interesting collection of power: SSW7256-UP3480-UP3738-MP4684-8251-7418-8365-8311-7769-9259. |
Date:
1986-08-23
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2009-10-22 |
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Cotton Belt GP40-2 7256 leads a 10 engine cab hop that include MP 4684 across the Carquinez Bridge between Martinez and Benicia, CA. A ship from the Moth Ball fleet is in the background. |
Date:
1986-08-23
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2009-10-22 |
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The 199 train with 5103 and 5959 rounds the corner at Collier, CA late in the afternoon of August 23, 1986. |
Date:
1986-08-23
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2009-10-22 |
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The Santa Fe 199 train rounds the corner at Collier, CA with the Unocal coke plant making a formidable backdrop. |
Date:
1986-08-23
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2009-10-22 |
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The last afternoon light glints off the sides of SD40-2 5103 and F45u 5959 as they pilot the 199 train through Collier, CA. |
Date:
1986-08-23
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2009-10-22 |
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Occasionally, SP locomotives were asked to run long hood forward and locomotives rebuilt or bought in the 1980's had full light packages in case of such an event. SP SD45's 7537 and 7505 urge a westbound home to Oakland after the train struck a car at Stege and the crew had to cut off the lead engine (8523) from the train. |
Date:
1986-08-10
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2009-10-19 |
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A westbound arrives at Suisun, CA to do some switching. Power is 9306-2591-8383-7432. |
Date:
1986-08-10
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2009-10-20 |
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Afternoon glint light on the SP 9306 West at Suisun, CA. |
Date:
1986-08-10
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2009-10-20 |
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SP SD45T-2 9306 passes along a cut of cars it will be picking up. Suisun, CA. |
Date:
1986-08-10
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2009-10-20 |
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A SP westbound with 7325-7423-7476-SSW9052 has crossed Stockton Tower's diamonds in the background and is rolling past the old SP Stockton Yard. |
Date:
1986-08-02
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2009-10-19 |
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A CNW passenger special from Chicago to Oakland is on its last leg of the trip as it crosses Altamont Pass. Power is CNW SD50's 7000-7001-7002 and steam generator car 490. |
Date:
1986-08-02
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2009-10-19 |
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CNW SD50's 7000-7001-7002 and steam generator car 490 lead a CNW passenger special over the former WP bridge that spans I-580 in the midst of Altamont Pass. |
Date:
1986-08-02
Added:
2009-10-19 |
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CNW passenger special with Altamont Pass windmills - an amazing sight in 1986. |
Date:
1986-08-02
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2009-10-19 |
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CNW Great Dome 421, Powder River, started out as Milwaukee Road dome 53. Here it is on a CNW passenger special in California's Altamont Pass. |
Date:
1986-08-02
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2009-10-19 |
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Three Flares! SP SD45's 7425-7512-8955, with the help of five mid train helpers, lugs 95 cars around the Tehachapi Loop. |
Date:
1986-08-01
Added:
2009-08-16 |
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Going away shot of the Three Flares (7425-7512-8955) on an eastbound at Walong, CA |
Date:
1986-08-01
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2009-08-16 |
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Santa Fe 5331-5972-5021 drift downgrade through the Tehachapi Loop with a short 31 car freight on August 1, 1986. |
Date:
1986-08-01
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2009-08-16 |
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Red and Yellow C30-7 8081 leads blue and yellow Santa Fe 5300-8065-5201 on an eastbound at Walong, CA. |
Date:
1986-08-01
Added:
2009-08-16 |
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Time to set up the 28mm lens and get a wide angle shot of ATSF 8081 swinging through the Tehachapi Loop. |
Date:
1986-08-01
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2009-08-16 |
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Santa Fe 8081 East swings under the Highway 202 at the west end of Tehachapi. |
Date:
1986-08-01
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2009-08-16 |
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Santa Fe 8081 East charges into Tehachapi, CA on August 1, 1986. |
Date:
1986-08-01
Added:
2009-10-18 |
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Santa Fe Red and Yellow C30-7 8081 shot from the Highway 202 overpass in Tehachapi, CA |
Date:
1986-08-01
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2009-10-18 |
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SP SD40T-2 8504 blasts out of Tunnel 17 at Cable, CA on the head-end of a 110 car SP freight train. |
Date:
1986-08-01
Added:
2009-10-18 |
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The headend of a classic monster SP train on the Tehachapis. Headend power is 8504-7313-SSW9291-SSW9162-8249 while buried 59 cas deep is SSW9282-9225-8308-SSW9286-SSW9296-9336-7332. These eleven engines had 110 cars in motion towards the tops of the Tehachapi's. |
Date:
1986-08-01
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2009-10-18 |
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Helpers on the SP 8504 East blast out of Tunnel 17 with a cloud of smoke. |
Date:
1986-08-01
Added:
2009-10-18 |
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A westbound winds down the ill between Bealville and Caliente with 8506-7506-8377-9075. |
Date:
1986-08-01
Added:
2009-10-18 |
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Santa Fe 5345-5261-5406-5689-7228 rolls east out of Bena past the corrals and the old fertiziler plant. That's my folks 1975 Mercedes 240D that I've driven down to LA and back. |
Date:
1986-08-01
Added:
2009-10-18 |
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Santa Fe 5345 East blasts out of Bena, CA. |
Date:
1986-08-01
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2009-10-18 |
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SP Red and Yellow SW1500 2575 rests between assignments at Bakersfield Yard. |
Date:
1986-08-01
Added:
2009-10-18 |
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Another Three Flares! SP SD45's 7437, 7531, and 7449 boost a westbound out of Fresno Yard and past Biola Jct. |
Date:
1986-08-01
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2009-10-19 |
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Red and yellow Santa Fe SD45u 5350 leads 5122, 8155, 8739, and 5178 into the first rays of sunlight at Cajon Summit. 8155 and 8739 are also in the red and yellow paint. |
Date:
1986-07-31
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2009-08-14 |
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Sun glints off the power and trailers of Santa Fe Extra 5350 East as it encounters the first direct sun of July 31, 1986 at Cajon Summit. |
Date:
1986-07-31
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2009-08-14 |
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Santa Fe GP50's 3838, 3833, and 3854, along with older cousin GP40X 3800, bring an eastbound into Cajon Summit. In a couple of minutes, the rear end of the train will stop at the grade crossing and the GP35-GP30 helper combo will cut off the rear of the train. |
Date:
1986-07-31
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2009-08-14 |
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A Santa Fe eastbound blasts through Devore, CA in the lower reaches of the Cajon Pass. Red and Yellow 9519, 5976, and 8085 are joined by blue cousin 5005 on this heavy freight. |
Date:
1986-07-31
Added:
2009-08-14 |
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Santa Fe 9519-5005-5976-8085 climb upgrade through Devore, CA on July 31, 1986. |
Date:
1986-07-31
Added:
2009-08-14 |
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Santa Fe 9519 leads an eastbound at the classic Cajon Pass location of Blu Cut. Having a train with this many red and yellow SPSF style paint jobs in Southern California was not that rare in 1985 and 1986. |
Date:
1986-07-31
Added:
2009-08-14 |
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Roster shot of ATSF SF30C 9519 at Blu Cut, CA. |
Date:
1986-07-31
Added:
2009-08-14 |
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Mid morning on July 31, 1986, Santa Fe 5189-5338-9518-5324 drift downgrade through the crossovers at Verdemont on their way to San Bernardino and Los Angeles. |
Date:
1986-07-31
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2009-08-15 |
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A SP westbound slogs along in the depths of Cajon Pass on its way to the Central Valley. Power is 8246-2574-9329-7316-7354 with 60 cars and caboose 4703. |
Date:
1986-07-31
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2009-08-15 |
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Red SD45u 5353 leads SF30C's 9507 and 9502 and F45u 5968 through Cajon Summit under the mid day sun on July 31, 1986. |
Date:
1986-07-31
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2009-08-15 |
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Stand Back! Here come the Cans! The loaded Bakersfield to Dolores oil cans (BKDOU) with six engines up front and 7 mid train helpers race across the Mojave Desert at Oban (between Mojave and Palmdale). The six on the headend (8271-7496-8269-7805-7821-8256) will take the train all the way to Dolores, but the seven unit manned helper (SSW9282-9225-8308-SSW9286-SSW9296-9336-7332) will drop off at the top of Vincent Hill south of Palmdale. |
Date:
1986-07-31
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2009-08-15 |
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Santa Fe C30-7 8156 leads 4 SD40-2's and SD45's into the curve at Sandcut, CA on the morning July 30, 1986. One more SD40-2 is shoving on caboose 999802 on the rear. |
Date:
1986-07-30
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2009-08-10 |
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Santa Fe 8156 East rolls through the curve at Sandcut, CA on July 30, 1986. The sun glints off the smooth flanks of trailing SD40-2 5044. |
Date:
1986-07-30
Added:
2009-08-10 |
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The engineer on this Santa Fe gooses the 5 EMD's on this westbound (5307 5096 5356 5974 5125) to get over the rise at Sandcut, CA. The engineer probably hasn't kicked the brakes off since he has a long downhill run into Bakersfield. |
Date:
1986-07-30
Added:
2009-08-10 |
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A westbound SP with 7503-7328-7304-9217 come downgrade into Caliente, CA on July 30, 1986. |
Date:
1986-07-30
Added:
2009-08-10 |
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SP Extra 7503 West enters the horseshoe curve at Caliente, CA on July 30, 1986. |
Date:
1986-07-30
Added:
2009-08-10 |
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Santa Fe B36-7's 7492 and 7495 bracket a brace of GP50's (3852 3836 3827) on a westbound climbing past the signal bridge at Warren, CA above Mojave. |
Date:
1986-07-30
Added:
2009-08-10 |
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Santa Fe B36-7 7492 at Warren, CA. Note the red EML (Extended Mileage Locomotive) on the frame, an indication that this locomotive was covered by an extended warranty plan from GE. |
Date:
1986-07-30
Added:
2009-08-10 |
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ATSF Extra 7492 West climbs the south slope of the Tehachapis. |
Date:
1986-07-30
Added:
2009-08-10 |
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SSW SD45T-2 9383 is from the final order of SD45T-2 and represents the ultimate expression of 20 years locomotive development and options. After 1975, the SP would continue in a different direction and begin to adopt more standard designs. |
Date:
1986-07-30
Added:
2009-08-14 |
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Eastbound light engines stop on Third Street just past Broadway in Oakland while some delivery trucks get out of the way. Power is then new UP SD60's 6023-6053-6058. |
Date:
1986-07-20
Added:
2008-07-27 |
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UP SD60 6058 at Third Street in Oakland, CA. |
Date:
1986-07-20
Added:
2008-07-27 |
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An eastbound Santa Fe with 5084-5436-2733-2754 passes the station sign at Christie, CA. |
Date:
1986-07-20
Added:
2008-07-27 |
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An eastbound with Santa Fe 5084 rolls through Christie, CA. |
Date:
1986-07-20
Added:
2008-07-27 |
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The OAWCT departs Oakland, CA on July 13, 1986 with four GP9E's: 3775-3824-3765-3193. These little engines could still put on a good show in 1986. |
Date:
1986-07-13
Added:
2008-07-27 |
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SP 3775 in SPSF red and yellow at Oakland, CA. |
Date:
1986-07-13
Added:
2008-07-27 |
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The OAWCT arrives at Mulford, CA to switch some cars. Power is 3775-3824-3765-3193. |
Date:
1986-07-13
Added:
2008-07-27 |
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The OAWCT with SP 3775 in the lead pulls a set out off the head end of the train at Mulford, CA. |
Date:
1986-07-13
Added:
2008-07-27 |
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The OAWCT pulls a cut out of Mulford Yard. SP 3775 is leading three other GP9E's. |
Date:
1986-07-13
Added:
2008-07-27 |
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The final thing that the OAWCT did at Mulford was swap engines off the head-end. They replaced SP 3775 with scarlet and gray SP 3744. Seen here over at Niles on the Warm Springs Subdivison on the way to Warm Springs Yard and then onto San Jose and Los Angeles. Power is 3744-3824-3765-3193. |
Date:
1986-07-13
Added:
2008-07-27 |
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The OAWCT at Niles, CA with 3744-3824-3765-3193. |
Date:
1986-07-13
Added:
2008-07-27 |
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The Hayward Turn has gone up Niles Canyon on the UP but has rejoined home rails at Radum in Pleasanton, CA. SP 3775 and 3837 are switching a few cars on the east leg of the wye for the old San Ramon Branch. |
Date:
1986-07-13
Added:
2008-07-27 |
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The Hayward Turn returns to Mulford through Niles Canyon with 3837 and 3775 leading some rock hoppers. |
Date:
1986-07-13
Added:
2008-07-27 |
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Another shot of SP 3837 and 3775 in Niles Canyon, CA. |
Date:
1986-07-13
Added:
2008-07-27 |
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Santa Fe GP35u's 2947 and 3595 roll as light engines eastbound through Berkeley, CA on the SP. |
Date:
1986-07-13
Added:
2008-07-27 |
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The UP OMW arrives in Stockton, CA with 2456-3607-6031-6050. |
Date:
1986-07-12
Added:
2008-07-27 |
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UP C30-7 2456 leads 5 EMD's on the OMW over the summit of Altamont Pass. The OMW had stopped for a pickup at Stockton Yard and added SD40-2's 3398 and 3940 to the existing 2456-3607-6031-6050. |
Date:
1986-07-12
Added:
2008-07-27 |
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Three red and yellow Santa Fe's, 5352, 5975, 5954, and blue and yellow 5211 charge into the sunrise at Cajon Summit, CA. This was one of my all time favorite spots to watch trains before the Santa Fe put in its guards and fences. |
Date:
1986-07-11
Added:
2008-07-27 |
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Power for two westbounds, 5302-4403-1519-1513-4831 and 7660-7805-SSW7786 are stacked up at Pepper Ave trying to get over into the yard and tied onto their respective trains. |
Date:
1986-07-11
Added:
2008-07-27 |
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The 843 train has a loud but attractive stranger on the head-end; Santa Fe GP20u 3020 leads 4 other GP's up through Blu Cut, CA and the upper reaches of Cajon Pass. |
Date:
1986-07-11
Added:
2008-07-27 |
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The 843 train with 3020-2886-2940-2912-2893 and tail-end helpers 5038-5002 comes around the curve just below Cajon Summit. |
Date:
1986-07-11
Added:
2008-07-27 |
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Nothing but big blurbing Boats! The hot 881 train has drawn 8087-8758-8066-8016 and they are attacking Cajon Pass with the stamping thump of their engines. |
Date:
1986-07-11
Added:
2008-07-27 |
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First District Local comes westbound at Cajon Summit with 2865-2906-2922-2332. |
Date:
1986-07-11
Added:
2008-07-27 |
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One of those railfan inspired lashups that the Santa Fe used to cook up for trains between Barstow and Los Angeles. Here are 7200-7204-7218-7219-7220 marching up the hill with the 898 train and 45 cars. |
Date:
1986-07-11
Added:
2008-07-27 |
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A monster loaded grain train with 109 cars and a caboose has finished the climb up to Cajon Summit and is ready to go down the west slope towards San Bernardino. The headend has 5 SD40-2's, 5026, 5093, 5182, 5047, and 5084, while 83 cars back, remote helpers 5090, 8077, 5988, 5023 continue to churn away on the hill to the summit. |
Date:
1986-07-11
Added:
2008-07-27 |
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A squadron of four Santa Fe GP50's, 3850-3845-3841-3847, bring 118 empty flat cars down the lower slopes of Cajon Pass at Verdemont, CA. |
Date:
1986-07-10
Added:
2008-07-27 |
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SP B30-7's 7879 and 7857 sweeps through Taylor Yard in Los Angeles with the eastbound Oxnard Turn. |
Date:
1986-07-08
Added:
2008-07-25 |
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SP B30-7 7824 passes under the signal bridge at Pepper Ave in West Colton, CA. |
Date:
1986-07-08
Added:
2008-07-25 |
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A westbound powers past Pepper Ave. in West Colton, CA with 7824-6589-5314. |
Date:
1986-07-08
Added:
2008-07-25 |
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Santa Fe GP35u 3581 sits out by the bricks with a few brothers. In 1985, Santa Fe began renumbering their GP35's (and others) into proposed SPSF number series. For about a year, this engine ran as 3581, before returning to her previous number, 2824. |
Date:
1986-07-08
Added:
2008-07-26 |
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A solid brace of Santa Fe GP50's, 3810-3815-3812-3817, rolls 40 TOFC over Cajon Summit, CA on its way to Los Angeles, CA. |
Date:
1986-07-08
Added:
2008-07-26 |
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Another westbound at Cajon Summit on the afternoon of July 8, 1986 with red and yellow SD40-2's 5107 and 5192 and blue and yellow C30-7 8106 and SD40-2 5141. |
Date:
1986-07-08
Added:
2008-07-26 |
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The eastbound First District Local comes around the curve at Summit, CA. Santa Fe GP35's 2868 and 2921 bracket GP38 2332 and renumbered GP35 3565. |
Date:
1986-07-08
Added:
2008-07-26 |
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Santa Fe U36C 8738 and SD45u 5431 roll a westbound 839 train across the Collier bridge. |
Date:
1986-06-11
Added:
2008-07-25 |
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An FRRVM rolls into Roseville with 8236 amd 7385 leading 80 cars. |
Date:
1986-06-05
Added:
2008-07-20 |
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SP caboose 1 brings up the rear of the FRRVM at Antelope. |
Date:
1986-06-05
Added:
2008-07-20 |
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Another eastbound at Antelope with 4397-4841-3852-3739 has a line up at a classic triple SP signal. |
Date:
1986-06-05
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2008-07-20 |
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The CHOAT, one of SP's hottest trains, rolls down through Rocklin, CA in the middle of the day with 9302-7383-7354-8544. |
Date:
1986-06-05
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2008-07-20 |
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Another hot SP train, the LABRF, leaves Roseville with 7507-SSW9066-SSW9068-9201-8390-9227. |
Date:
1986-06-05
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2008-07-20 |
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A westbound starts out of the siding at Brock, CA after meeting the LABRF. Power is 9310-9189-8508. |
Date:
1986-06-05
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2008-07-20 |
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UP GP40X's 95 and 94 have lead an Officer's Special into Oakland, CA. |
Date:
1986-06-05
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2008-07-20 |
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UP 95 and 94 back the consist of the Officer's Special down towards the wye at Oakland, CA. |
Date:
1986-06-05
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2008-07-20 |
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Another shot of UP 95 and 94 with an Officer's Special at Oakland, CA |
Date:
1986-06-05
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2008-07-20 |
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UP dome-observation 9004 brings up the end of the Officer's Special at Oakland, CA. |
Date:
1986-06-05
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2008-07-20 |
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UP GP40X 94 at Oakland, CA. |
Date:
1986-06-05
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2008-07-20 |
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Another shot of UP 95 at Oakland, CA. |
Date:
1986-06-05
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2008-07-20 |
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UP 95 leads its Officer's Special equipment into the Oakland wye. |
Date:
1986-06-05
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2008-07-20 |
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UP 95 and 94 start into the wye Oakland. The Oaklnd Tribune Tower in the background. |
Date:
1986-06-05
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2008-07-20 |
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UP 95 and 94 crawl past the Schnitzer Steel building at Oakland, CA. |
Date:
1986-06-05
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2008-07-20 |
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SP SW900E 1192 switches equipment around the Sacramento Locomotive Works. |
Date:
1986-06-02
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2008-07-19 |
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Another shot of SP SW900E 1192 at Sacramento, CA. |
Date:
1986-06-02
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2008-07-19 |
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SP SD45 9020 is in the deadline at Sacramento, CA awaiting its turn in the shop. |
Date:
1986-06-02
Added:
2008-07-19 |
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SP 4350 sits outside the Roseville shops awaiting a little tender loving care. |
Date:
1986-06-02
Added:
2008-07-20 |
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Broadside of SP SD9E 4350 at Roseville, CA. |
Date:
1986-06-02
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2008-07-20 |
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Brightly painted SP GP9E 3370 sits with GP38-2 4840 at Roseville, CA. |
Date:
1986-06-02
Added:
2008-07-20 |
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The RVEUM pulls out of Roseville with 8992-7405-SSW9272 leading 132 empty forest products cars. |
Date:
1986-06-02
Added:
2008-07-20 |
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I don't often photograph railroaders doing their job; I guess it's like getting a little too close. However, I really like this shot. A Roseville yard crew is working their engines (3756 and 4382) into the old Cleaning Track. |
Date:
1986-06-02
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2008-07-20 |
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An eastbound slowly runs along F Street north of Davis, CA as it's tail end is still working through the wye down at the Amtrak station. Headend power is 7326-8338-7340-SSW8978. |
Date:
1986-06-02
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2008-07-20 |
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SP SW1200 2279 has probably turned its last wheel for the SP, but still looks good in the late afternoon sun. |
Date:
1986-06-02
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2008-07-20 |
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Four big GE's chug across the UP diamond at Stockton Tower on May 15, 1986. Red and yellow C30-7's 8073 and 8063 lead red and yellow U36C 8741 and blue C30-7 8124 on the 879 train with 20 cars and 3 cabooses out of Mormon Yard. |
Date:
1986-05-15
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2008-06-08 |
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SP 7512, SSW 9282, and SP 7325 lead a southbound in the poor mid-day light at Stockton on May 15, 1986. |
Date:
1986-05-15
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2008-06-08 |
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The USE empty steel train leaves Stockton, CA on May 15, 1986 with SD40-2's 3769 and 3527. |
Date:
1986-05-15
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2008-06-08 |
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Santa 5027-7203-5639-5383 charge through Oakley, CA with a westbound. |
Date:
1986-05-15
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2008-06-08 |
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Another shot of Santa Fe 5027 West. |
Date:
1986-05-15
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2008-06-08 |
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Santa Fe 5027 West climbs up Franklin Canyon through Glen Frazer, CA with 5027-7203-5639-5383 in the lead. |
Date:
1986-05-15
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2008-06-08 |
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Santa Fe 5027 leads a westbound through Glen Frazer, CA on May 15, 1986. |
Date:
1986-05-15
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2008-06-08 |
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Santa Fe's 199 train has 5636-8087-8025 in the lead late in the afternoon of May 15, 1986 at Gateley, CA. |
Date:
1986-05-15
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2008-06-08 |
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UP SD40 3096 has taken a spin around the wye with SD40-2 3372 and 3459 at Oakland, CA on May 8, 1986. |
Date:
1986-05-08
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2008-06-08 |
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A westbound UP train rolls along under the BART tracks in San Leandro, CA on May 8, 1986. Power is 3402-3609-3685; 3402 has the ugly painted over class lights before replacement with wleded plugs became the norm. |
Date:
1986-05-08
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2008-06-08 |
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Spectacular morning light splashes across the flanks of EMD GP60 demonstrators 7, 6, and 5 as they charge out of Franklin Canyon with the 991 train on April 26, 1986. |
Date:
1986-04-26
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2008-06-08 |
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Broadside of EMD GP60 7 at Vine Hill, CA. April 26, 1986. |
Date:
1986-04-26
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2008-06-08 |
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EMD demonstrators 7, 6, and 5 roll the 991 out into flatlands east of the Coastal Hills at Vine Hill, CA. April 26, 1986. |
Date:
1986-04-26
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2008-06-08 |
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Santa Fe business cars 53-John S. Reed and 50-Santa Fe bring up the rear of the 991 with the three EMD GP60 demonstrators. |
Date:
1986-04-26
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2008-06-08 |
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SP SD40T-2's 8366-8274-8287 come down the ramp from the Carquinez Strait drawbridge with a heavy CZLAT. The CZLAT was started by the SP for a large customer, Crown-Zellerbach, that was shipping alot of paper and wood products to Southern California and would almost always fill out to at least 80 cars. |
Date:
1986-04-26
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2008-06-08 |
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A long eastbound is out on the Mococo line with SD45 9007 leading T-2's 8241 and 9175. |
Date:
1986-04-26
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2008-06-08 |
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Santa Fe B36-7 7495 has been pressed into service on the Oakland Local. Back in the mid-1980's, the Oakland Local was actually pulling double duty; it would run from Richmond to Oakland and back in the morning and then out to Collier and Christie and back in the afternoon. |
Date:
1986-04-25
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2008-06-08 |
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A 2-928 train rolls through the hills above Collier, CA with 5180-5207-2871. |
Date:
1986-04-25
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2008-06-08 |
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A 928 train with F45 5958 and SD40-2 5068 comes through Christe, CA on April 21, 1986. |
Date:
1986-04-21
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2008-06-08 |
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The chase is on! From Christie to East Antioch faster than I care to contemplate, we finally catch Santa Fe F45 5958 storming out into the Great Central Valley of California. |
Date:
1986-04-21
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2008-06-08 |
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A westbound Santa Fe rounds the corner at Christie, CA with SD45 5316 and SD40-2 5044. |
Date:
1986-04-15
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2008-06-07 |
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Santa Fe 5316 and 5044 slow through Christie, CA for a meet with an eastabound. |
Date:
1986-04-15
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2008-06-07 |
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Santa Fe 5316 and 5044 lead a westbound at Christie, CA. |
Date:
1986-04-15
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2008-06-07 |
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Having met the 5316 West, Santa Fe 5406 East, the 918 train, pulls 73 cars through the siding at Christie, CA. |
Date:
1986-04-15
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2008-06-07 |
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Santa Fe 5406 and 7489 grind out of Christie, CA with 73 cars headed for the Glen Frazer tunnel. |
Date:
1986-04-15
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2008-06-07 |
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A short 14 car 199 train pops out of the short Muir tunnel and is about to cross Muir Trestle. Power is 5331-5253-8012-5160. |
Date:
1986-04-15
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2008-06-08 |
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A short 14 car 199 train pops out of the short Muir tunnel and is about to cross Muir Trestle. Power is 5331-5253-8012-5160. |
Date:
1986-04-15
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2008-06-08 |
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In April 1986, the California State Railroad Museum showed off its collection of equipment that had donated the previous month by the Santa Fe Railway. The iconic symbol of the Santa Fe, the Warbonnet, adorns the side of F7B 347B. |
Date:
1986-04-06
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2008-03-19 |
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The unique face of Santa Fe railcar M-190 is warmed by the spring time sun of its new home in Sacramento, CA back in April 1986. In early 2007, the M-190 moved to Albuquerque, NM for restoration and display. |
Date:
1986-04-06
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2008-03-20 |
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Visitors to the California State Railroad Museum on April 6th, 1986 admire the unique lines of the largest diesel railcar in the Santa Fe fleet, the M-190. Starting with a Winton distillate engine, the Santa Fe put an EMD 567 diesel engine in the M-190 in the late 1940's. |
Date:
1986-04-06
Added:
2008-03-20 |
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Another broadside shot of the ATSF M-190. |
Date:
1986-04-06
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2008-03-20 |
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Yet one last shot of the ATSF M-190. |
Date:
1986-04-06
Added:
2008-03-20 |
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Unique to the Santa Fe, Fairbanks-Morse H-12-44TS 543, sits at the California State Railroad Museum on April 6, 1986. |
Date:
1986-04-06
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2008-03-21 |
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Another shot of Santa Fe FM H-12-44TS 543 at the CSRM, Sacramento, CA. The H-12-44TS was a unique model built for the Santa Fe; basically a H-12-44 switcher on a long frame, the high short hood held a steam generator to provide steam heat for Santa Fe passenger trains as they were switched in Chicago. The Santa Fe had three examples of the H-12-44TS and the 543 is the only survivor. |
Date:
1986-04-06
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2008-03-21 |
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Santa Fe H-12-44 switcher 608 on display at CSRM on April 6, 1986, shortly after its donation by the Santa Fe. |
Date:
1986-04-06
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2008-03-26 |
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Santa Fe switcher 608 rests at CSRM in Sacramento, CA on April 6, 1986. |
Date:
1986-04-06
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2008-03-26 |
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Baldwin DS-4-4-1000 2260 is dressed in the solid blue scheme of Santa Fe. CSRM, Sacramento, CA, April 6, 1986. |
Date:
1986-04-06
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2008-03-26 |
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Santa Fe 2260, a Baldwin DS-4-4-1000 switcher, is on display at CSRM on April 6, 1986. |
Date:
1986-04-06
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2008-03-26 |
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Santa Fe's NW2 2404 is another switcher from the Santa Fe's collection that was donated to CSRM. |
Date:
1986-04-06
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2008-03-26 |
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Santa Fe NW2 2404 at CSRM, Sacramento, CA. April 6, 1986. |
Date:
1986-04-06
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2008-03-26 |
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Santa Fe Alco S2 2381 on display at CSRM on April 6, 1986. In 2008, the 2381 was donated to the Pacific Southwest Railway Museum in Campo, CA and went on a long trip to San Diego and then back to West Colton before going to El Centro and then Campo. |
Date:
1986-04-06
Added:
2008-03-26 |
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Santa Fe RS1 2394 on display at CSRM, April 6, 1986. |
Date:
1986-04-06
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2008-03-26 |
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Santa Fe RS1 2394 on display at CSRM, April 6, 1986. |
Date:
1986-04-06
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2008-03-26 |
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Santa Fe RS1 2394 on display at CSRM, April 6, 1986. |
Date:
1986-04-06
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2008-03-26 |
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Santa Fe RS1 2394 on display at CSRM, April 6, 1986. |
Date:
1986-04-06
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2008-03-26 |
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Mighty Santa Fe RSD15 9820 sits in front of the CSRM at Sacramento, CA. April 6, 1986. |
Date:
1986-04-06
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2008-03-26 |
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Another shot of Santa Fe RSD15 9820. CSRM, Sacramento, CA, April 6, 1986. |
Date:
1986-04-06
Added:
2008-03-26 |
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Santa Fe F7A 347C sits with the Yellow Warbonnet paint scheme that it had when it was delivered to CSRM from the Santa Fe's storage back in 1986. |
Date:
1986-04-06
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2008-03-26 |
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Santa Fe 347C sits at CSRM on April 6, 1986. It was later painted in the famous Red Warbonnet along with the F7B 347B and was actually borrowed back by the Santa Fe for at least one trip. |
Date:
1986-04-06
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2008-03-26 |
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Another shot of Santa Fe F7A 347C at CSRM, Sacramento, CA. |
Date:
1986-04-06
Added:
2008-03-26 |
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Sacramento Northern SW1 402 sits on the CSRM turntable with a small industrial locomotive. Sacramento, CA, April 6, 1986. |
Date:
1986-04-06
Added:
2008-03-26 |
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SP 9238-9187-7541-8981 lead the CZLAT past Magnolia Tower and over the UP diamond. |
Date:
1986-04-06
Added:
2008-03-29 |
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In the mid-day light, an eastbound SP train rolls through 34th Street in Oakland on its way to Roseville. Power is 4439-7502-UP3420-9368. |
Date:
1986-04-06
Added:
2008-03-29 |
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A trio of SP SD39's sit dead at Sacramento, CA on April 6, 1986. Engines 5321, 5320, and 5318 are part of the second order of SP SD39's (5318-5325), which was returned to its leasor between 1984 and 1986. |
Date:
1986-04-06
Added:
2008-05-26 |
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SP commute GP9E 3189 sits in the deadline at the Sacramento Locomotive Works after a run through the paint booth. |
Date:
1986-04-06
Added:
2008-05-26 |
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SP SD45T-2 9168 sits dead at Sacramento awaiting a new turbocharger. |
Date:
1986-04-06
Added:
2008-05-26 |
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An eastbound Santa Fe train switches crews at San Bernardino, CA on the morning of March 30th, 1986. Santa Fe SD45u 5388 leads SD45B 5502 and SD40-2 5175 and a long string of TOFC equipment behind a single box car. |
Date:
1986-03-30
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2008-05-25 |
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A Santa Fe eastbound with 5388-5502-5175 blasts up through Verdemont, CA on March 30, 1986 on its way to Barstow. |
Date:
1986-03-30
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2008-05-25 |
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Santa Fe eastbound with 5388-5502-5175 comes up through Blu Cut at Keenebrook, CA. |
Date:
1986-03-30
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2008-05-25 |
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Santa Fe eastboound lead by 5388 round the corner below Cajon Summit. |
Date:
1986-03-30
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2008-05-25 |
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Santa Fe 5388 rounds the corner just below Cajon Summit. |
Date:
1986-03-30
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2008-05-25 |
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Santa Fe 5388-5502-5175 pass House 86 on the west leg of wye at the west end of Barstow. |
Date:
1986-03-30
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2008-05-25 |
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A westbound come roaring out of Barstow with Oscitrol equipped SD40-2 5070 in the lead on March 30, 1986. |
Date:
1986-03-30
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2008-05-26 |
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Santa Fe 5070-7487-8031-8036-5679 blast a westbound out of Barstow on March 30, 1986. |
Date:
1986-03-30
Added:
2008-05-26 |
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Rebuilt ATSF SD39 1556 works with red and yellow slug 141 at the east end of Barstow Yard, March 30, 1986. |
Date:
1986-03-30
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2008-05-26 |
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Santa Fe SF30C 9524 shuffles around the Old Barstow Diesel Shop. |
Date:
1986-03-30
Added:
2008-05-26 |
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ATSF 9524 works as the Old Barstow Diesel Shop switcher on March 30, 1986. |
Date:
1986-03-30
Added:
2008-05-26 |
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SP 8284 sits at the yard at Mojave, CA waiting to be picked up by a train needing more power for the climb up Tehachapi. |
Date:
1986-03-30
Added:
2008-05-26 |
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Power off SP Extra 7535 West pushes down into Mojave Yard to pick up an extra engine for the climb to Tehachapi. SP 8526 shows the combination of SPSF paint scheme from the aborted merger and SP tunnel "dirt". |
Date:
1986-03-30
Added:
2008-05-26 |
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SP 7535-SSW9384-SSW9268-8526-8284 crawl out of Mojave on its way to Tehachapi. |
Date:
1986-03-30
Added:
2008-05-26 |
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SP 7535 West passes through Cameron, CA. |
Date:
1986-03-30
Added:
2008-05-26 |
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A First District Local switches the cement plants at Oro Grande, CA on March 28, 1986. Power is 2886-2893-2963-2814-2845-2859. |
Date:
1986-03-29
Added:
2008-04-13 |
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Unrebuilt Santa Fe SD45-2 5694 shows off her clean red and yellow flanks of the SPSF paint scheme. |
Date:
1986-03-29
Added:
2008-04-13 |
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The Parker Local East speeds past the McDonald's in downtown Barstow on March 29, 1986. The Local has drawn GP35u's 2911-2953-2864-2922 and has 24 cars plus caboose 999280. |
Date:
1986-03-29
Added:
2008-04-27 |
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The 858 train with the mixed bag lashup of 5648-5267-7208-5110-5361-8798-2267 charges the last few miles into Barstow at Lenwood, CA. March 29, 1986. |
Date:
1986-03-29
Added:
2008-04-27 |
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The Santa Fe 5648 leads the 858 train at Lenwood, CA. |
Date:
1986-03-29
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2008-04-27 |
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In the midst of the 858 train lashup is Santa Fe 7208. Later the engine would be renumbered 5808 and finally painted back into the Blue and Yellow. |
Date:
1986-03-29
Added:
2008-04-27 |
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In less than favorable mid-day light, the UP 3405 East with 3405-3180-2532-3101-3568 charges through Lenwood, CA on its way towards Barstow and Yermo. |
Date:
1986-03-29
Added:
2008-04-27 |
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One of the many hot Santa Fe pig trains, the 288 arrives at Barstow with 5209-5158-5364-5989. Yucca Ave crossing, Barstow, CA. March 29, 1986. |
Date:
1986-03-29
Added:
2008-04-27 |
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The second hottest train east out of Barstow, the 881, has a dirty SD45u 5356 leading super clean SD39u 1572 and SD40-2's 5055 and 5103. March 29, 1986. |
Date:
1986-03-29
Added:
2008-04-27 |
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Santa Fe SD39u 1572 trails as the second unit on the 881 train at Barstow, CA. |
Date:
1986-03-29
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2008-04-27 |
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Santa Fe SD45 5380 leads a fast 943 freight eastbound at Newberry Springs, CA on the Needles Subdivision. March 29, 1986. Power is 5380-8025-3824-5319-5066-5996-5974-5208. |
Date:
1986-03-29
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2007-08-10 |
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Santa Fe B36-7's 7495 and 7493 lead B39-8 7401 and SD40-2 5159 and GP9u 2296 on an eastbound just east of Cajon Summit. |
Date:
1986-03-28
Added:
2008-04-07 |
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Wide angle shot of ATSF 7495 East at Cajon Summit, CA. |
Date:
1986-03-28
Added:
2008-04-07 |
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A classic UP train from the mid-1980's; three SD40-2's (3712-3338-3728) charge around the turn at the east end of Summit, CA. |
Date:
1986-03-28
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2008-04-07 |
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UP 3712-3338-3728 lead an east freight at Summit, CA. |
Date:
1986-03-28
Added:
2008-04-07 |
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The 843 train blasts up Cajon Pass near milepost 57X with 9522-5357-8137-5300 and 7605 feet back GP35's 2873-2894 push on the rear. |
Date:
1986-03-28
Added:
2008-04-11 |
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Two SPSF Red engines are part of the mix on this Santa Fe westbound 828 train with 5401-5374-8066 that is moving downgrade on Cajon Pass. |
Date:
1986-03-28
Added:
2008-04-11 |
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Roster shot of ATSF SD45u 5401. |
Date:
1986-03-28
Added:
2008-04-11 |
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The hot 885 train comes up through the top end of Cajon Pass on March 28, 1986 with 5065-5382-5501-5385. It's not often that you see a A-B-A set of SD45's. |
Date:
1986-03-28
Added:
2008-04-11 |
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Amtrak F40PH 230 leads the Desert Wind as it ascends Cajon Pass. |
Date:
1986-03-28
Added:
2008-04-13 |
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As dawn breaks on Cajon Summit, a Santa Fe eastbound with 5648-8136-8115-5001 blasts around the corner east of Summit station. |
Date:
1986-03-28
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2008-04-13 |
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Another train in the "fleet" on March 28, 1986, 5145-5379-3823-3834-5184 pull another eastbound through Cajon Summit. |
Date:
1986-03-28
Added:
2008-04-13 |
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The UP gets into the morning action on Cajon. Five SD40-2's (3235-3494-3369-3252-3144) have 125 cars in tow over Cajon. |
Date:
1986-03-28
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2008-04-13 |
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Another heavy Santa Fe train has completed the trip over Cajon Pass. SD45-2 5626 leads five other engines around the corner past Cajon Summit. |
Date:
1986-03-28
Added:
2008-04-13 |
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Two cabooses bring up the rear of the Santa Fe 5626 East. |
Date:
1986-03-28
Added:
2008-04-13 |
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Santa Fe serves up a quartet of 20-cylinder EMD action, with SD45-2's 5696 and 5676 spliced by rebuilt SD45's 5348 and 5408. |
Date:
1986-03-28
Added:
2008-04-13 |
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An eastbound UP train with 3496 in the lead passes over the summit of Cajon Pass. |
Date:
1986-03-28
Added:
2008-04-13 |
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A Santa Fe light engine rolls westward towards Bakersfield at Monolith, CA with 5004-5208-9524. |
Date:
1986-03-27
Added:
2008-04-13 |
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Santa Fe SF30C 9524 in red/yellow trails a light engine movement at Monolith, CA. |
Date:
1986-03-27
Added:
2008-04-13 |
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March 16, 1986 finds the 928 train in the hole at Christie, CA waiting for the 879 train with ATSF 8747 leading. Power is 5005-5631-2871. |
Date:
1986-03-16
Added:
2008-03-29 |
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The 879 train rolls through Christie with Santa Fe U36C 8747 leading SD45-2 5627. |
Date:
1986-03-16
Added:
2008-03-29 |
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Santa Fe U36C 8747 leads SD45-2 5627 on a westbound 879 train at Christie, CA |
Date:
1986-03-16
Added:
2008-03-29 |
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The Santa Fe's hot 199 train thunders out of the Muir tunnel on its last few miles to Richmond, CA. Power is 8076-5389-8153. |
Date:
1986-03-16
Added:
2008-03-29 |
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The 199 train crosses the Muir Trestle at the eastern entrance to the Glen Frazier Canyon east of Richmond, CA. |
Date:
1986-03-16
Added:
2008-03-29 |
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The second 928 train is in the hole at Christie, CA waiting for the hot 199 train. Santa Fe C30-7 8017, SDF40-2 5265, and GP35u 2890 are leading the 2-928 on March 13, 1986. |
Date:
1986-03-13
Added:
2008-03-29 |
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The Santa Fe 199 shoots out of the Glen Frazier tunnel with Red and Yellow C30-7 8066 with C30-7 8022 and GP50 3832. |
Date:
1986-03-13
Added:
2008-03-29 |
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Power off the OACHF made it only from Oakland to Roseville on the evening of March 12, 1986. SP SD40T-2 8258 has lead ICG GP35 2540 and DRGW GP30 3019. |
Date:
1986-03-12
Added:
2008-02-29 |
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A UP train is detouring over SP's Donner Pass on March 12, 1986. UP 3455-3589-3335-2417 blast past the Colfax, CA depot. |
Date:
1986-03-12
Added:
2008-02-29 |
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The SKSMU rumbles out of the west portal of Tunnel 26 on Track 2 below Applegate, CA with 8355-8529-7438-7559 on the headend and 9224-9255 helping on the tail end. |
Date:
1986-03-12
Added:
2008-02-29 |
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Helpers 9224-9255 are on the tail end of the SKSMU with SP 8355 and three other engines in the lead. |
Date:
1986-03-12
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2008-02-29 |
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Three 45's pass through Antelope, CA on March 12, 1986, but they're a little different. Santa Fe SD45 5405 is trailing SP SD45T-2 9260 and SD45 9027. |
Date:
1986-03-12
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2008-02-29 |
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UP U30C 2885 sits with 4 SD40-2's at the Oakland engine terminal. |
Date:
1986-03-06
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2008-02-29 |
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SP SD40T-2 8523 leads Amtrak F40's 398 and 295 on Amtrak 5 with SP business car Oakland. |
Date:
1986-03-02
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2008-02-29 |
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Three former WP GP35's have just come off the Santa Fe at Pittsburg and have regained former Sacramento Northern tracks. |
Date:
1986-03-01
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2008-01-27 |
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UP GP35's 786-795-794 have cut off the USW steel train that they have lead from Stockton to Pittsburg on the Santa Fe. |
Date:
1986-03-01
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2008-01-27 |
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UP GP35's 786-795-794 on the former SN at Pittsburg, CA. |
Date:
1986-03-01
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2008-01-27 |
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UP GP35's 786-795-794 climb the hill from the Santa Fe connection to the former SN line in Pittsburg. |
Date:
1986-03-01
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2008-01-27 |
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The power off UP's USW rolls through downtown Pittsburg on the former Sacramento Northern mainline. |
Date:
1986-03-01
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2008-01-27 |
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Rolling along 8th Street in Pittsburg, the USW with 786-795-794 moves towards the old SN depot. |
Date:
1986-03-01
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2008-01-27 |
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The UP's USW moves along 8th Street in Pittsburg towards the SN depot in the background. |
Date:
1986-03-01
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2008-01-27 |
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UP 786-795-794 at the SN Deport, Pittsburg, CA. |
Date:
1986-03-01
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2008-01-27 |
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UP 786-795-794 sit at the former Sacramento Northern depot at Pittsburg, CA. |
Date:
1986-03-01
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2008-01-27 |
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Santa Fe's 943 train with 2905-2888-2850 sits in the siding at Pittsburg, CA. |
Date:
1986-03-01
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2008-01-27 |
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The 943 train is in the siding at Pittsburg, CA. |
Date:
1986-03-01
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2008-01-27 |
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An 839 train with 5 cars and cab 802 comes through Pittsburg with 2952-2843-2889. |
Date:
1986-03-01
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2008-01-27 |
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Santa Fe 2952 West roars past the Pittsburg, CA depot and 2905 East in the siding. |
Date:
1986-03-01
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2008-01-27 |
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SP 7440 West hits the switch at the east end of Ozol Yard in Martinez, CA. |
Date:
1986-03-01
Added:
2008-01-27 |
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SP 7501 and 7330 and UP 3625 sit across from the EBMUD water treatment plant on February 7, 1986 waiting for its air test. |
Date:
1986-02-07
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2008-01-27 |
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The MFOAT with 9300 feet of train rolls through Berkeley, CA with 8385-8937-7509-SSW9297 in lead. |
Date:
1986-02-02
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2008-01-27 |
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The MFOAT works its 9300 feet worth of train into West Oakland yard. |
Date:
1986-02-02
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2008-01-27 |
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The CHOAT screams along the Bay with 8388-8502-7507. |
Date:
1986-02-01
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2008-01-15 |
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Amtrak 304 rolls train 711 along the shore in Pinole, CA on its way to Oakland. |
Date:
1986-02-01
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2008-01-15 |
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The NOOAT, with 8503-8500-SSW9295-SSW9157, rolls along the shore of the Bay in Pinole, CA. This train has probably come off the Mococo Line after coming up the Valley. |
Date:
1986-02-01
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2008-01-15 |
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Santa Fe 7497 sits on the turntable at Richmond, CA in full red-yellow regalia of the SPSF merger and still has its wing baffles. |
Date:
1986-02-01
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2008-01-15 |
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UP light engines 3779 and 3070 roll through Altamont Pass on January 26, 1986 |
Date:
1986-01-26
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2008-01-15 |
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A rather unique Santa Fe face; ATSF SD40-2 5062 is equipped with an Osci-Trol light package. |
Date:
1986-01-20
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2008-01-15 |
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The 928 train with 2959-2751-2837-2884 rounds the corner at Collier, CA. |
Date:
1986-01-11
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2008-01-15 |
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A westbound Santa Fe at Collier, CA has C30-7 8117 and U36C 8743. |
Date:
1986-01-11
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2008-01-15 |
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The RVWJM rambles through Jack London Square with SP SD9E 4312 in the lead. |
Date:
1985-12-28
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2008-01-15 |
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The RVWJM with the mixed lashup of 4312-2634-3192-4315-4391-3370-4350 passes under the old signal bridge at Broadway Ave. in Jack London Square. |
Date:
1985-12-28
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2008-01-15 |
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Santa Fe SD45u 5394 at Richmond, CA. |
Date:
1985-12-28
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2008-01-15 |
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The UP's OAUSD has its power tacked on and is be inspected. Power the night of December 26, 1985 is a trio of SD40-2's, UP's 3639 and 3604 and Norfolk Southern 6144. |
Date:
1985-12-26
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2008-01-15 |
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The carman's truck takes off towards the rear of the OAUSD to conduct the terminal air test. UP3639-UP3604-NS6144 lead the OAUSD on the evening of December 26, 1985. |
Date:
1985-12-26
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2008-01-15 |
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Broadside of NS SD40-2 6144 at Oakland, CA. |
Date:
1985-12-26
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2008-01-15 |
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A crane in the Port of Oakland looms over NS 6144 and a stack car. |
Date:
1985-12-26
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2008-01-15 |
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Amtrak's Coast Starlight, train number 11/12, has just had freshly painted red and yellow SDP45 3207 attached to F40PH's 251 and 243 for the trip down to Los Angeles. |
Date:
1985-12-21
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2008-01-13 |
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Close up of the cab of SP 3207 in its SPSF merger paint. |
Date:
1985-12-21
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2008-01-13 |
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SP laborer, and future dispatcher, Jamie Schmid poses in front of SP 3207. |
Date:
1985-12-21
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2008-01-13 |
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Another shot of SP 3207 at Oakland's 16th Street Station. |
Date:
1985-12-21
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2008-01-13 |
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SP 3207 and Amtrak 251 and 243 lead Amtrak train 12 across Broadway in Oakland's Jack London Square. |
Date:
1985-12-21
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2008-01-13 |
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Santa Fe C30-7 8157 and SD40u 5008 charge past the old Pinole, CA depot with the 918 train, one of the general manifest trains that works out of Richmond, CA. |
Date:
1985-12-21
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2008-01-13 |
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Amtrak train number 13, the Coast Starlight between LA and Oakland, has arrived on the evening of December 21, 1985. SP SD45R 7487 and Amtrak F40PH's 283, 254, and 250 are in the lead. By the time train is ready to proceed north towards Oregon and Washington as Amtrak number 14, the 7487 and 283 will have been taken off and SP's SDP45 3201 will be added to the lead. |
Date:
1985-12-21
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2008-01-15 |
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UP 3340 and CNW6836 are ready to proceed with the OAUSD on November 20, 1985. Oakland, CA. |
Date:
1985-11-20
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2008-01-13 |
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UP 3340 and CNW6836 and two other UP SD40-2's sit in the late afternoon sun at Oakland, CA. |
Date:
1985-11-19
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2008-01-13 |
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One of the details you usually forget about...here is the distant signal on the former WP, now UP, 3rd Street operation in downtown Oakland. This distant signal gave a heads up to the interlocking signal at Magnolia for the crossing of the UP over the SP's double track main. |
Date:
1985-11-19
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2008-01-13 |
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Under cloudy skies, the Santa Fe's 199 train with 5161 and 5692 passes by the old site of Hercules and into Pinole. |
Date:
1985-11-16
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2008-01-13 |
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Down on the Cal-P, a westbound SP train with 8520-8377-7308 rolls through Pinole, CA. |
Date:
1985-11-16
Added:
2008-01-13 |
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A bit away from its usual haunts, North Western Pacific's maintenance of way flat 613 sits at Pinole, CA. |
Date:
1985-11-16
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2008-01-13 |
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NWPMW flat car 613 sits with a Burro crane at Pinole, CA. |
Date:
1985-11-16
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2008-01-13 |
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Two lashups of UP power sit in the diesel service tracks at Oakland, CA: one lashup is 2478-DRGW5319-3597 and the other is 3772-3270-2954-3599. |
Date:
1985-11-13
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2008-01-11 |
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The Santa Fe 839 train is about to pound across the UP diamonds at Stockton Tower. C30-7 8128 and SD40-2 5041 have about 2000 tons of train in tow leaving Stockton. |
Date:
1985-11-13
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2008-01-11 |
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Santa Fe 8128 leading the Santa Fe 839 train at Stockton Tower diamonds. |
Date:
1985-11-13
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2008-01-11 |
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A westbond SP (southbound SP trains were considered westbound between Sacramento and Lathrop) passes the home signal at Stockton Tower. SP 7471-SSW9299-8340-8253 have 88 cars in tow. |
Date:
1985-11-13
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2008-01-11 |
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SP 7471 West is about to cross the Santa Fe mainline at Stockton Tower. |
Date:
1985-11-13
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2008-01-11 |
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The WPV rolls through Stockton, CA just north of the Stockton Tower area with UP SD40-2 3739 leading Southern Railway SD45 3137 and Norfolk & Western SD40 1632. |
Date:
1985-11-13
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2008-01-13 |
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The WPV charges through the bridge above the former SP line at the summit of Altamont Pass. UP3739-SOU3137-N&W1632 make a very atttactive lashup. |
Date:
1985-11-13
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2008-01-13 |
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A short westbound SP train with 7422-7549-8548-7318 comes through Jack London Square. |
Date:
1985-11-13
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2008-01-13 |
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The WPV arrives at Oakland, CA with UP3739-SOU3137-N&W1632. |
Date:
1985-11-13
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2008-01-13 |
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UP 3739 leads the WPV with Southern SD45 3137 and Norfolk and Western SD40-2 1632. |
Date:
1985-11-13
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2008-01-13 |
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Another shot of UP 3739 West at Oakland. |
Date:
1985-11-13
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2008-01-13 |
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Southern Railway 3137 is part of the WPV lashup at Oakland, CA. |
Date:
1985-11-13
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2008-01-13 |
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The OAUSD stack train is prepared to leave Oakland as soon as the WPV gets its train in the yard. UP2478-DRGW5319-UP3597 are the power this afternoon. |
Date:
1985-11-13
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2008-01-13 |
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The Santa Fe's hot 991 train passes through the east end of the Franklin Canyon with 5975-5018-8094-8784. |
Date:
1985-11-09
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2008-01-11 |
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Santa Fe SD40u 5010 leads the 928 train through the east end of Gateley siding. |
Date:
1985-11-09
Added:
2008-01-11 |
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Freshly painted in the aborted SPSF paint job, SP SD45R 7551 roars along the border of San Francisco Bay with Amtrak's eastbound California Zephyr. F40PH's 393 and 333 are trailing SP 7551. |
Date:
1985-11-09
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2008-01-11 |
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The hottest train on the Overload Route, the CHOAT, sprints through Pinole, CA with new GP40-2 SSW 7256 and T-2's 9330 and 8333 |
Date:
1985-11-09
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2008-01-11 |
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The second 839 train with two big, blurbing boats, C30-7 8092 and U36C 8760 swing through Christie, CA on their way to Richmond. |
Date:
1985-11-09
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2008-01-11 |
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The second 839 train at Christie, CA with ATSF 8092 and 8760. |
Date:
1985-11-09
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2008-01-11 |
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Santa Fe 5034 and 8770 roll a westbound through Collier, CA at the west end of Franklin Canyon. Back in 1985, Caltrans had worked with the Santa Fe to complete a bridge over the new Highway 4, but today, Collier siding has been extended over the freeway as well and a second bridge was thrown up over Highway 4. |
Date:
1985-11-06
Added:
2008-01-09 |
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The OGOAT roars along the northern stretches of the San Francisco Bay with a classic SP lashup of 7312-7497-9213. |
Date:
1985-11-06
Added:
2008-01-09 |
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Amtrak train 5 comes through Pinole, CA with F40PH's 288 and 204. |
Date:
1985-11-06
Added:
2008-01-09 |
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A westbound rumbles through Oakland, CA with 8388-8237-7383. |
Date:
1985-11-04
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2008-01-09 |
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The Santa Cruz Local pulls cars out of the cement plant at Davenport, CA. GP9E's 3837 and 3770 have the duties on October 28, 1985 well in hand. |
Date:
1985-10-28
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2008-01-08 |
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The Santa Cruz local at Davenport, CA with SP 3837 and 3770. |
Date:
1985-10-28
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2008-01-08 |
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SP 3770 and 3837 tip toe out towards the switching lead at the end of the Santa Cruz Branch. |
Date:
1985-10-28
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2008-01-08 |
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Close up of SP GP9E 3770 at Davenport, CA. |
Date:
1985-10-28
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2008-01-08 |
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SP's Santa Cruz Local slowly traverses less than ideal track at Davenport, CA. The "main line" track here back in 1985 is a combination of Carnegie rail from 1898 and Lackwanna-Scranton from 1889! Note the random pieces of stick rail off to the side that must have been used to keep things on track. |
Date:
1985-10-28
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2008-01-08 |
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SP 3770 and 3837 depart Davenport, CA with the Santa Cruz Local. They start their run by going right past the beach! |
Date:
1985-10-28
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2008-01-08 |
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SP 3770 and 3837 on the Santa Cruz Local on October 28, 1985. |
Date:
1985-10-28
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2008-01-08 |
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SP's Santa Cruz Local hits some high ballast between Davenport and Santa Cruz. |
Date:
1985-10-28
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2008-01-08 |
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SP 3770 and 3837 roll into Santa Cruz with the Davenport portion of the Santa Cruz Local. |
Date:
1985-10-28
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2008-01-08 |
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An eastbound freight enters Warm Springs Yard on October 28, 1985 with 8537-8933-8361-6605. These were the days when the Warm Springs Subdivision was the primary freight line down to San Jose. |
Date:
1985-10-28
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2008-01-09 |
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An eastbound at Warm Springs, CA with SP 8537 leading gets ready to make a pickup before proceeding to San Jose. |
Date:
1985-10-28
Added:
2008-01-09 |
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Broadside of SP SD40T-2 8537 at Warm Springs, CA. |
Date:
1985-10-28
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2008-01-09 |
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Roster shot of SP GP35 6605. |
Date:
1985-10-28
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2008-01-09 |
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A Santa Fe eastbound barrels into the corner at Sandcut on the flat portion of Tehachapi. B36-7's 7490 and 7499, C30-7 8060, GP40X 3805, and GP50 3832 are rocking and rolling with GP35's 2943 and 2911 buried in train. |
Date:
1985-10-27
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2008-01-02 |
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Santa Fe caboose 999091 brings up the rear-end of Santa Fe 7490 East. |
Date:
1985-10-27
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2008-01-02 |
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Up at Woodford, CA, Santa Fe 3835 leads 8792, 5075, 5638, and 8774 on another eastbound. |
Date:
1985-10-27
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2008-01-02 |
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Santa Fe 3835 East pops out of the east end of Tunnel 17 just below the west switch of Cable, CA. |
Date:
1985-10-27
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2008-01-02 |
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Helpers on Santa Fe 3835 East, GP30 2768 and GP35 2872, at Cable, CA. |
Date:
1985-10-27
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2008-01-02 |
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A RVCIM blasts through Edison with 117 loads of lumber with a real mixed bag of SD40T-2 8490, SD39 5302, GP20 4079, GP38-2 4815, and SD40T-2 8317. The engineer must have been a little nervous about the lead lashup, but with two helper sets buried in the train, they'll probably make it to the top of the Tehachapi Pass. |
Date:
1985-10-27
Added:
2008-01-02 |
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Roster shot of unrebuilt GP20 4079. |
Date:
1985-10-27
Added:
2008-01-02 |
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Roster shot of SP GP38-2 4815. |
Date:
1985-10-27
Added:
2008-01-02 |
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Roster shot of SP SD39 5302. |
Date:
1985-10-27
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2008-01-02 |
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Broadside of SP SD39 5302. |
Date:
1985-10-27
Added:
2008-01-02 |
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The RVCIM blasts through the curve between Bena and Ilmon with 8490-5302-4079-4815-8317 leading. |
Date:
1985-10-27
Added:
2008-01-03 |
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Going away shot of SP 8490 East at Bena, CA. |
Date:
1985-10-27
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2008-01-03 |
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The RVCIM, with the SP 8490 in the lead, has a first helper of 9254-8573-7848-7670-7327-8288. |
Date:
1985-10-27
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2008-01-03 |
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SP 8490 East starts out of the siding at Bealville, CA with a 118 car RVCIM. Two sets of helpers buried in the train have got their work cut out for them for the remainder of the climb to Tehachapi. |
Date:
1985-10-27
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2008-01-07 |
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SP 8490 roars into the curve at the east end of Bealville, CA. Headend of the RVCIM is a very atypical Tehachapi lashup of SD40T-2 8490, SD39 5302, unrebuilt GP20 4079, GP38-2 4815, and SD40T-2 8317. |
Date:
1985-10-27
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2008-01-07 |
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The first helpers on the RVCIM (SP 8490 East) blast through the east switch of Bealville, CA. The helpers include 9254-8573-7848-7670-7327-8288. |
Date:
1985-10-27
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2008-01-07 |
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The second helper on SP 8490 East is the 8368 and 8508. |
Date:
1985-10-27
Added:
2008-01-07 |
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The loaded Oil Cans (BKDOL) charges out of the siding at Beaville. SP SD40T-2 8243 leads 5 SD45 "Flares" 8960, SSW8978, 7415, 7482, and 7459. Six more engines are two-thirds of the way back in the train. |
Date:
1985-10-27
Added:
2008-01-07 |
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The BKDOL roars out of Bealville, CA with SP 8243 in the lead. |
Date:
1985-10-27
Added:
2008-01-07 |
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The BKDOL's helpers at Beaville, CA include 7507-9365-8554-8341-9340-7384. |
Date:
1985-10-27
Added:
2008-01-07 |
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The RVCIM with SP 8490 in the lead comes up through the narrows at Cable, CA. |
Date:
1985-10-27
Added:
2008-01-07 |
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The helpers on the RVCIM led by SP 8490 at Cable, CA. There are two more helper units hiding behind the |
Date:
1985-10-27
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2008-01-08 |
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The Oil Cans blast up through Cable, CA and are passing the RVCIM that is stopped on the other main. The BKDOL is led by 8243-8960-SSW8978-7415-7482-7459 and a six unit helper buried two-thirds of the way back. |
Date:
1985-10-27
Added:
2008-01-08 |
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The helpers on the Oil Cans are 7507-9365-8554-8341-9340-7384. |
Date:
1985-10-27
Added:
2008-01-08 |
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The old Kern Junction Tower stood at the intersection of the Santa Fe and Southern Pacific mainlines in Bakersfield and was responsible for sorting out their respective trains. Kern Tower also shared the responsibility of track permits on the double track portion of the SP between Baker Street and beginning of CTC at Sandcut. |
Date:
1985-10-26
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2008-01-02 |
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Santa Fe helpers 2892 and 2846 drift back onto Santa Fe rails at Kern Jct., CA after helping a train over Tehachapi. |
Date:
1985-10-26
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2008-01-02 |
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An eastbound Santa Fe train with GP35's 2921 and 2959, SD45-2's 5695 and 5632, and C30-7 8043 swing through a forest of poles at Kern Jct., CA. Check out Eric Blasko's red Celica railfan-mobile; comfort, speed, and style! |
Date:
1985-10-26
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2008-01-02 |
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Santa Fe 2921 East rounds the horseshoe curve at Caliente, CA on October 26th, 1985. |
Date:
1985-10-26
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2008-01-02 |
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Going away shot of Santa Fe 2921 East at Caliente, CA. |
Date:
1985-10-26
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2008-01-02 |
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Another going away shot of Santa Fe 2921 at Caliente, CA. |
Date:
1985-10-26
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2008-01-02 |
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After meeting a westbound at Bealville, CA, a Santa Fe eastbound with 2921-2959-5695-5632-8043 blasts off from the siding. |
Date:
1985-10-26
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2008-01-02 |
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A Santa Fe eastbound accelerates out of the siding at Bealville, CA on October 26th, 1985. |
Date:
1985-10-26
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2008-01-02 |
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A rather interesting looking car was part of the manifest of Santa Fe 2921 East. This Union Carbide car was used to carry calcium carbide, which used to make acetylene gas. Linde has since been sold to Praxair and Union Carbide has disappeared into Dow Chemical. |
Date:
1985-10-26
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2008-01-02 |
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A westbound SP with 9333-9339-8544-7448 running elephant style starts down the Tehachapi Pass at Cable, CA. |
Date:
1985-10-26
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2008-01-02 |
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Another shot of SP 9333 West at Cable, CA. |
Date:
1985-10-26
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2008-01-02 |
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SP 9333 West drifts down the canyon at Cable, CA with 9339, 8544, and 7448. |
Date:
1985-10-26
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2008-01-02 |
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A Southern Pacific westbound rolls down the Tehachapi Pass at Cable, CA. |
Date:
1985-10-26
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2008-01-02 |
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A heavy eastbound SP with 9361-7437-8308-9088-8504 and a six engine helper about two-thirds of the way back grinds its way up through Cable, CA on October 26th, 1985. |
Date:
1985-10-26
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2008-01-02 |
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The six unit helper on SP 9361 East at Cable, CA includes 7478-9365-8554-8341-9340-7384. |
Date:
1985-10-26
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2008-01-02 |
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The Santa Fe 918 train, mostly made up of empty trailer flats, winds up through Cable, CA. Power is 6 GP35's: 2935-2834-2888-2873-2833-2810. |
Date:
1985-10-26
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2008-01-02 |
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Another westbound SP train rolls down the canyon at Cable, CA with 7536-8384-8245-8291 leading. |
Date:
1985-10-26
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2008-01-02 |
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A monster RVCIM with 133 loads of lumber climbs the last few miles of the north slope of Tehachapi. The SP has called out every engine it can find for this train; the five road engines (3201-9242-7339-7400-9333) are being assisted by a six unit head-end helper (7478-9365-8554-8341-9340-7384), a six unit mid-train helper (8249-SSW9296-9183-8501-8377-8239), and a two unit swing helper (7432-8256) 13 cars from the rear-end. |
Date:
1985-10-26
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2008-01-02 |
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Another shot of the eleven unit headend of the RVCIM at Cable, CA. |
Date:
1985-10-26
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2008-01-02 |
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The mid-train helper on the RVCIM, 8249-SSW9296-9183-8501-8377-8239, at Cable, CA on October 26th, 1985. |
Date:
1985-10-26
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2008-01-02 |
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The swing helper on the RVCIM at Cable, CA is 7432-8256. |
Date:
1985-10-26
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2008-01-02 |
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An eastbound blasts up through Cable, CA with Santa Fe 2824-2860-2906-2882-2771-2949-2853 and helpers 7490-7499-3805-3832. |
Date:
1985-10-26
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2008-01-02 |
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Another shot of Santa Fe 2824 East at Cable, CA. |
Date:
1985-10-26
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2008-01-02 |
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Santa Fe 2824 East's helpers, 7490-7499-3805-3832, at Cable, CA on October 26th, 1985. |
Date:
1985-10-26
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2008-01-02 |
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Santa Fe work car 203559 is part of the consist of Santa Fe 2824 East at Cable, CA. There is also a non-revenue boxcar (ATSF 202042) with it. |
Date:
1985-10-26
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2008-01-02 |
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Light helpers 3832-3805-7499-7490 start down the hill towards Bakersfield after helping a train up to Tehachapi Summit. |
Date:
1985-10-26
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2008-01-02 |
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The OAWCT starts out of the Homestead end of the Oakland Yard with a distinctly Southern California lashup of 7834-7845-4341-7844-4079-4815. |
Date:
1985-10-20
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2007-12-31 |
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SP B30-7 7834 leads the OAWCT out of Oakland, CA on October 20th, 1985. |
Date:
1985-10-20
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2007-12-31 |
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The OAWCT comes through Jack London Square on October 20th, 1985. B30-7's 7834, 7845, and 7844, SD9E 4341, GP20 4079, and GP38-2 4815 have the train well in hand. Of course, the OAWCT is a Trailer train in name only; there are cuts of cement hoppers and plastic pellet cars on the head-end. |
Date:
1985-10-20
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2007-12-31 |
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The fireman bails off the OAWCT at Mulford Yard in Hayward, CA in order to start making a pick-up. |
Date:
1985-10-20
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2007-12-31 |
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A cement train with SD45's 8909 and 7498 leading is about to make a crew change at Oakland, CA on October 20th, 1985. |
Date:
1985-10-20
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2007-12-31 |
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A westbound hot trailer train is rolling past Lenzen Avenue in San Jose on October 20th, 1985. Recently demoted SDP45 3201 leads 9333, 8291, and 7436. |
Date:
1985-10-20
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2008-01-01 |
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A westbound mid-day Caltrain commuter passes the Lenzen Avenue roundhouse with F40PH 900 pushing 3 cars. SP slug set 7944-1607-7953 is in the background. |
Date:
1985-10-20
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2008-01-01 |
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Close up of the "Roundhouse" sign on the old Lenzen Avenue Roundhouse in San Jose, CA. |
Date:
1985-10-20
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2008-01-01 |
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Another shot of the Lenzen Avenue Roundhouse in San Jose, CA. |
Date:
1985-10-20
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2008-01-01 |
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The Permanente Local, having left Newhall Yard, passes the Lenzen Avenue Roundhouse on October 20th, 1985. While SP had assigned a TEBU slug set to San Jose to work the Permanente, on this day, the slug set is in the shop and the local is being handled by SD9E's 4450 and 4451 and GP9E's 3855 and 3878. |
Date:
1985-10-20
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2008-01-01 |
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The Permanente Local heads down the Vasona Branch in Campbell, CA on October 20, 1985. |
Date:
1985-10-20
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2008-01-01 |
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Huff and Puff, SP's two former passenger SD9E's 4450 and 4451, lead GP9E 3855 and 3878 on the Permanente Local at Campbell, CA. |
Date:
1985-10-20
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2008-01-01 |
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The Permanente Local passes one of my favorite station names on the former SP, Champagne Fountain, on the Vasona Branch. SP SD9E's 4450 and 4451 and GP9E's 3855 and 3878 have a short train of hoppers in tow to the Kaiser Permanente cement plant. |
Date:
1985-10-20
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2008-01-01 |
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The Permanente Local at Champagne Fountain, CA on the Vasona Branch. |
Date:
1985-10-20
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2008-01-01 |
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The KCOAT has Jack London Square in Oakland, CA tied up on October 13, 1985. Power is a mixed bag of power, including 8258-8937-DRGW3082-9189-7861. |
Date:
1985-10-13
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2007-12-31 |
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Cotton Belt 9392 and SP 7364 have a little problem while doubling over their long KCBAT at Oakland, CA on October 9, 1985. Having busted their air, the red emergency Mars light in the nose of SSW 9392 has come on. In a few minutes, everything will be corrected and the KCBAT will complete its double-over into the Homestead Yard. |
Date:
1985-10-09
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2007-12-31 |
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Amtrak F40PH's 247 and 237 slow the California Zephyr to its station stop at Martinez, CA on October 9, 1985. Since the train is going to stop at the station, train orders are not hooped up for the train. In a precious few years, all vestiges of train order operations will be gone from this scene, including the train order hoops, the train order signal, and sadly, the operator. |
Date:
1985-10-09
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2007-12-31 |
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The hot CHOAT rolls through the curves at Pinole, CA. The power on this sunny October 9th, 1985 is 9227-9129-3209 with 22 loads and 1 empty (caboose 1907). |
Date:
1985-10-09
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2007-12-31 |
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The late afternoon light glints off the sides of the San Joaquin train #710 at Pinole, CA. Back in October 1985, the state of California's support for the San Joaquin gave passengers a choice of two round trips a day. Now there are more than 10 round trips today, and each train can accommodate more than the three car Amfleet trains of 1985. |
Date:
1985-10-09
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2007-12-31 |
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The Santa Fe 179 train rounds the corner at the east end of Gateley and has a few minutes left on its trip to Richmond, CA. The typical Santa Fe "Valley" lashup of 2884-2816-2747 is in charge today. |
Date:
1985-10-09
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2007-12-31 |
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OK, let's go chase a train! Here is Santa Fe's hottest train, the 991 departing Bakersfield for an assault on Tehachapi. Power on this sunny August 7, 1985 is the trio of GE B39-8 test beds that Santa Fe had, 7400-7401-7402. The train is still on Santa Fe tracks approaching Kern Junction. |
Date:
1985-08-07
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2007-08-10 |
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Having cleared Kern Junction, the 991 is now on the Southern Pacific's mainline and heading out of Bakersfield at Quantico. |
Date:
1985-08-07
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2007-08-10 |
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Leaning into the corner at Sandcut, the 991 has been making easy work of the first leg of its trip over the mountain. |
Date:
1985-08-07
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2007-08-10 |
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The morning light brings out all sorts of detail with this cab level shot of ATSF 7400 at Sandcut. |
Date:
1985-08-07
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2007-08-10 |
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Looking off towards Bena, the 991 hustles its collection of hot trailers eastbound. |
Date:
1985-08-07
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2007-08-10 |
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On the single track main between Bena and Ilmon, the 991 begins to encounter the grade of the Tehachapi's. |
Date:
1985-08-07
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2007-08-10 |
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Looking across the valley at Ilmon, the B39-8's show off their squareish lines. The growth of trees and other undergrowth since the floods of the early 1980's makes this shot much harder now. |
Date:
1985-08-07
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2007-08-10 |
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Now the 7400's are digging their wheels in. At Bealville, the B39-8's begin to really start working hard, and a little black smoke is an added bonus. |
Date:
1985-08-07
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2007-08-10 |
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About to hit the grade crossing at Bealville, the 991 blasts up hill under a wonderfully blue sky. |
Date:
1985-08-07
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2007-08-10 |
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Rather than go for a shot at the Loop and risk blowing shots all the way to Mojave, we set up for the 991 at the Highway 202 crossing between Cable and Tehachapi. In a few minutes, she rounds the corner and the chase is on again. |
Date:
1985-08-07
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2007-08-10 |
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The 991 rounds the curve just below Tehachapi. |
Date:
1985-08-07
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2007-08-10 |
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The 991, with 3 B39-8's in charge, is about to duck under the Highway 202 overpass at the north end of Tehachapi. |
Date:
1985-08-07
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2007-08-10 |
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Now you've got to drive fast! We finally catch up at Monolith just in time to do this pan shot with the cement plant in the background. Then we have to grind to a stop to wait for the train to cross the road. |
Date:
1985-08-07
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2007-08-10 |
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The mid-day light is starting to be problematic, so we skip Cameron, which would have been hard to shoot because of the speed of the train, so next stop is Warren and the cantilever signal bridge. Note the early windmill installation, which is now gone. |
Date:
1985-08-07
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2007-08-10 |
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Finally down into Mojave, the 991 bangs through the cross overs at the top of the yard. The cross overs look a little beat up, probably from the millions of tons of trona and coal that has been going up and down the Searles Branch (the turnout is off to the right). |
Date:
1985-08-07
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2007-08-10 |
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Passing the old speeder house at the top of Mojave Yard, the 991 is passing under some magnificent clouds. |
Date:
1985-08-07
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2007-08-10 |
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Finally ready to depart SP tracks and regain the Santa Fe main at Arrowhead Junction, the 991 passes the high masted triple signal that guards the junction at the bottom of the Mojave Yard. At least the signal is still there, but the SP, the Santa Fe, the 991, and the B39-8's have all slipped into history. |
Date:
1985-08-07
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2007-08-10 |
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Rolling through Antioch, CA are the first three B39-8's for the Santa Fe, 7400-7401-7402 bringing the 199 train into Richmond, CA on August 5, 1985. Like the BN B32-8's, these units were really fielded engineering prototypes for GE's Dash-8 product line, and after a couple of years were returned to GE. |
Date:
1985-08-05
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2007-08-10 |
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Santa Fe's three B39-8's rest at the Richmond Diesel Shop shortly after being delivered August 5, 1985. ATSF 7402 is actually resting on the old turntable. After a couple of years of testing for GE, the B39-8's went back to GE, but they provided useful engineering data for later Dash-8 and Dash-9 engines. |
Date:
1985-08-05
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2007-08-10 |
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Later in the evening of August 5, 1985, Santa Fe 7402 and its two sisters have gone around the wye and are waiting for their eastbound assignment out of Richmond. |
Date:
1985-08-05
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2007-08-10 |
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CP SD40-2 5672 waits between assignments on the sanding track at Agincourt Yard with B&O GP40 3702, CP SD40 5508, and CR GP38 7803. |
Date:
1985-07-06
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2007-08-09 |
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Recently delivered CN SD50F 5405 waits with another SD50F at the MacMillan Diesel Shop for one of its first assignments. |
Date:
1985-07-06
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2007-08-09 |
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CN HR616 2109 shows off its "Draper Taper" cowl hood that was popular with the CN and CP for a short period of time. Similar to the full cowl of the EMD F45 twenty years earlier, the Draper was designed to minimize the amount of snow that packed in around the engine, causing it to fail. |
Date:
1985-07-06
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2007-08-09 |
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After missing a few attempts to photograph Big Alco's on the CN, we find this southbound train leaving MacMillan Yard near Toronto with GP40L-2 9510, M630's 2038 and 2035, M424 2560, and RS18 3696. |
Date:
1985-07-06
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2007-08-09 |
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After missing a few attempts to photograph Big Alco's on the CN, we find this southbound train leaving MacMillan Yard near Toronto with GP40L-2 9510, M630's 2038 and 2035, M424 2560, and RS18 3696. |
Date:
1985-07-06
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2007-08-09 |
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Unrebuilt CN GP9 4364 shuffles around MacMillan Yard outside Toronto on July 6, 1985. By this time, both CN and CP had active rebuild programs for their early GP fleets, so this spark arrestor equipped, high short hooded critter was becoming an endangered species on the CN. |
Date:
1985-07-06
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2007-08-09 |
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At the west end of MacMillan Yard, one of the assigned hump pusher sets grabs another string of cars to classify. Back in 1985, this was the current state-of-the-art for heavy switchers, rebuilt GP38's 7500 and 201 on the ends with slugs 272 and 267 cut down from GP9's. |
Date:
1985-07-06
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2007-08-09 |
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In the Toronto suburb of Eglinton, ON, GO Transit F40PH 510 handles a 4 car train eastbound. |
Date:
1985-07-05
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2007-08-09 |
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LRC class unit 6901 roars westbound through Eglinton, ON. |
Date:
1985-07-05
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2007-08-09 |
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VIA FPA4 6784 teams up with FP9 6531 on a long passenger train ready to leave Toronto, ON. |
Date:
1985-07-05
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2007-08-09 |
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Big CN MLW S13 8521 wrestles with a large LRC consist at Sarina in downtown Toronto under the shadow of CN Tower. |
Date:
1985-07-05
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2007-08-09 |
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Under the shadow of CN Tower, five VIA RDC's rumble out of downtown Toronto with an afternoon regional train. RDC's 6211, 6129, 6114, 6105, and 6208 make up this consist. |
Date:
1985-07-05
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2007-08-09 |
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CP Alco switcher 6509 works in the shadow of downtown Toronto. |
Date:
1985-07-05
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2007-08-09 |
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CP C424 4210 rests between runs at Agincourt Yard, with leased Chessie GP40's in the background. |
Date:
1985-07-05
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2007-08-09 |
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Under the high signal mast at Dorval, PQ, an morning eastbound with CP M630's 4554 and 4571 and Conrail GP38 7764 roll towards Montreal on July 4,1985. |
Date:
1985-07-04
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2007-08-08 |
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Late morning light in the summer is not even good in Canada, but the subject is excellent. Here is a westbound at Dorval with M636's 4707 and 4709, C630 4508, and C424 4238 on July 4, 1985. |
Date:
1985-07-04
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2007-08-08 |
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VIA 6925 blasts off from Dorval, PQ on its way into Montreal. July 4, 1985. Hey, isn't that Harry (Mr. Tracktime)? |
Date:
1985-07-04
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2007-08-08 |
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CP RS18 8749 stops to do some local switching at Dorval, PQ on July 4, 1985. Considering the equipment and location, this could have been any time in the past ten years. |
Date:
1985-07-04
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2007-08-08 |
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Broadside shot of CP RS18 8749. Dorval, PQ. |
Date:
1985-07-04
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2007-08-08 |
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Transfer caboose CP 437245 is tugged along by CP 8749. Check out the wood siding on this car; definitely an old timer. |
Date:
1985-07-04
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2007-08-08 |
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VIA FPA4 6789 arrives with a 2 car eastbound at Dorval, PQ. |
Date:
1985-07-04
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2007-08-08 |
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It's not just the Big Alco's of the CP and the CN that were a draw in 1985. There were the FPA4's, which held down some of the fastest runs on the VIA system. With 90MPH limits between Montreal and Toronto, small trains like this one were held down by FPA4's, while longer trains were handled by one or two LRC's. Such is this meet between FPA4 6789 and LRC 6930 at Dorval, PQ, July 4, 1985. |
Date:
1985-07-04
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2007-08-08 |
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VIA 6930 sits at Dorval, PQ. |
Date:
1985-07-04
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2007-08-08 |
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VIA 6930 shows her lengthy flanks at Dorval, PQ. |
Date:
1985-07-04
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2007-08-08 |
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Blast Off! An amazing sound comes out of a FPA4 starting out of a station. VIA 6789 at Dorval, PQ. |
Date:
1985-07-04
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2007-08-08 |
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More smoke! VIA 6789 at Dorval, PQ. |
Date:
1985-07-04
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2007-08-08 |
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VIA FPA4 6769 makes a passenger stop at Belleville, ON on July 4, 1985. Even with her failing paint, the heart of 6769 is still strong. |
Date:
1985-07-04
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2007-08-08 |
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VIA LRC's 6925 and 6912 roar through Belleville, ON with a late afternoon westbound passenger train from Montreal to Toronto. |
Date:
1985-07-04
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2007-08-08 |
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VIA LRC's 6925 and 6912 roar through Belleville, ON with a late afternoon westbound passenger train from Montreal to Toronto. |
Date:
1985-07-04
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2007-08-08 |
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July 3rd, 1985 starts off cloudy, but we find MUCTC FP7 1305 in charge of 4 bi-level cars as it hurries out of Dorval, PQ on its way to the western suburbs for another load of Montreal commuters. |
Date:
1985-07-03
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2007-08-08 |
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VIA 6916 pulls into Dorval, PQ for a station stop on the morning of July 3, 1985. |
Date:
1985-07-03
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2007-08-08 |
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The service pits at St. Luc Shops in Montreal have been invaded from the US by some smoky blue critters. Conrail B23-7's 1946 and 2014, in from a cross-border transfer run, share the sand pit with a mixed bag lashup of 4732-4557-4737-8766-4565. |
Date:
1985-07-03
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2007-08-08 |
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Conrail B23-7's 1946 and 2014 are on the move out of St. Luc Shops for their trip back to the American side of the border with another transfer train. |
Date:
1985-07-03
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2007-08-08 |
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St. Luc Shops has been one of the main storage location for dead and retired locomotives. Here is a rare bird indeed, RS2 8402, along with a VIA FP7. |
Date:
1985-07-03
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2007-08-08 |
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A head on shot of CP RS2 8402 in the dead line at St. Luc Shops. |
Date:
1985-07-03
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2007-08-08 |
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In another dead line at St. Luc Shops sits CP S3 6538 in its faded obsolete paint. |
Date:
1985-07-03
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2007-08-08 |
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CP M636 4714 hostles around St. Luc Diesel Shop. |
Date:
1985-07-03
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2007-08-08 |
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CP M636 4739 shows a great deal of its guts at St. Luc Diesel Shop. |
Date:
1985-07-03
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2007-08-08 |
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CP M630 4562 waits for its next assignment in the rain at St. Luc Diesel Shop. |
Date:
1985-07-03
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2007-08-08 |
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What, more weirdness at Westminister? Yes, D&H GP39-2 7411 brings in another transfer run from the New York side of the border. |
Date:
1985-07-03
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2007-08-08 |
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The afternoon of July 3, 1985 finds 4 rebuilt RS18's on a manifest run westbound through Westminister, PQ. Power is 1800-1805-1809-1815. |
Date:
1985-07-03
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2007-08-08 |
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An afternoon eastbound CP train is sounding great with rebuilt RS18u's 1813, 1802, and 1810 with unrebuilt RS18 8785 slipped into the consist for good measure. July 3, 1985 at Westminister, PQ. |
Date:
1985-07-03
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2007-08-08 |
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Another hot TOFC arrives in Montreal, PQ with CP C630 4502 and M636 4709 leading a long parade of containers and trailers. July 3, 1985 at Westminister, PQ. |
Date:
1985-07-03
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2007-08-08 |
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The biggest Alco in Canada out on the road! CP MLW M640 4744, built at the end of the horsepower wars of the 1970's, spent many years as a mechanical oddity in CP's fleet. When an electrical fire side-lined her in the early 1980's, most observers thought her days were over. However, CP gave her a new lease on life in 1985, working with ABB Brown-Boveri to install one of the first AC drive proplusion systems in a North American railroad application. 4744 is seen here at Rigaud, PQ on July 2, 1985 with CP dyno car 62, getting ready to tow three QNS&L SD40's set in dynamic braking as a simulated draw bar load. |
Date:
1985-07-02
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2007-08-06 |
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CP M640 4744 shows off its blunt and bulging tail end. Shown at Rigaud, PQ with dynamometer car 62, three QNS&L SD40-2's and CP SD40-2 6027. |
Date:
1985-07-02
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2007-08-06 |
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CP dynamometer car 62 testing with CP M640 4744 at Rigaud, PQ. |
Date:
1985-07-02
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2007-08-08 |
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July 2, 1985 finds the old English Electric motors of the Mount Royal Line still running paying customers north out of downtown Montreal, under Mount Royal, and out to the suburbs. EE's 6713 and 6712 still put on a good show after more than 60 years of service. |
Date:
1985-07-02
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2007-08-08 |
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EE's 6724 and 6716 bring another suburban train into Mount Royal station after coming through the Mount Royal tunnel north from downtown Montreal. |
Date:
1985-07-02
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2007-08-08 |
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The other breed of electrics on the Mount Royal Line were these GE centercabs, which are only slightly younger than the EE's. Here centercabs CN 6725 and 6727 have a heavy 9 car train under control at Mount Royal, PQ on July 2, 1985. |
Date:
1985-07-02
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2007-08-08 |
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CN GE Centercab electric 6726 has the duty of bringingVIA RDC 6101 up through the Mount Royal tunnel on July 2, 1985. |
Date:
1985-07-02
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2007-08-08 |
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At 8:15PM on July 2nd, 1985, an eastbound VIA passenger train speeds through Dorval, PQ with VIA LRC 6902 leading. |
Date:
1985-07-02
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2007-08-08 |
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Canada, 1985. You knew that if you went to Quebec, you were going to Big Alco Country. So, isn't was too much of a surprise that the first train out of the box would be this magnificant set of 4 CP M636's (4718-4709-4740-4739) roaring through Westminister, PQ on its way to downtown Montreal. Canada Day, July 1, 1985. |
Date:
1985-07-01
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2007-08-06 |
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Minutes after the first close encounter with CP's Big Alco's, things go from amazing to plain weird. Paste wax clean CP C424 4248 has a collection of historical equipment in tow, headed for the main train station in Montreal. In mix of old passenger cars is DRS-4-4-1000 number 8000. Westminister, PQ, Canada Day, July 1, 1985. |
Date:
1985-07-01
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2007-08-06 |
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Close-up of CP C424 4248. |
Date:
1985-07-01
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2007-08-06 |
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A close up view of CP DRS-4-4-1000 number 8000. |
Date:
1985-07-01
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2007-08-06 |
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VIA LRC 6927 comes around a corner at Wellington, PQ as another consist of traditional equipment is pushed into Gare Central in downtown Montreal. |
Date:
1985-07-01
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2007-08-06 |
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A VIA dome-observation brings up the rear of a cut of cars being pushed into Gare Central in Montreal. |
Date:
1985-07-01
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2007-08-06 |
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VIA 6909 rolls over the Wellington, PQ bridge just outside of Gare Central in Montreal. |
Date:
1985-07-01
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2007-08-06 |
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Oh my! A matched A-B-A set of Alco's departs Montreal over the Wellington bridge. FPA4's 6789 and 6779 are spliced by rare FPB4 6867. |
Date:
1985-07-01
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2007-08-06 |
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BN 7861 storms eastbound through Fullerton, CA with Santa Fe U36C 8774 and C30-7 8042. |
Date:
1985-06-27
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2007-08-05 |
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Springtime, Cajon Summit, and GE's, what could be better? Its 7AM on May 22, 1985, and U36C 8762 leads two GE's and an EMD GP50 eastbound over Summit. |
Date:
1985-05-22
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2007-08-10 |
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On May 22, 1985, the 168 train blasts out of West Barstow headed from Cajon Pass with SDP40F 5264 in the lead. For the first few years after they purchased them from Amtrak, it was possible to find an SDP40F on the point of a train, however, crews didn't like the modified front pilot and steps. Even after substantial modification to the nose that finally improved the crew's ability to get aboard, these units didn't have too many leading assignments. |
Date:
1985-05-22
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2007-08-10 |
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CSRM's SP E9A 6051 leads a passenger special with SP SDP45's 3201 and 3207. Seen here arriving at Oakland's 16th Street Station on April 27, 1985. |
Date:
1985-04-27
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2007-08-12 |
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April 21, 1985 finds brand new GP40-2 SSW7253 leading three beat up SD's (SSW9268, 9148, SSW9383) on a KCBAT past the King Street PG&E terminal. |
Date:
1985-04-21
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2007-08-12 |
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Experimentally painted SP SD44R 7399 rolls across Broadway Ave. in Jack London Square on April 13th, 1985. The power is still cold as it gives off a small cloud of grey smoke as the engineer cracks the throttle. Twenty years later, Jack London Square looks completely different; too bad the signal bridge didn't survive. |
Date:
1985-04-13
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2007-08-12 |
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Salinas Valley vegetables, especially lettuce, were always big business for the SP. In 1980's were the last stand of the solid mechanical refeer blocks headed for the east coast. By the 1990's, refrigerated trailers had the upper hand on this business. On Saturday, April 13, 1985, commute SDP45's 3206 and 3209 have a 110 car perishable (WJRVP) in hand at Jack London Square. |
Date:
1985-04-13
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2007-08-12 |
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The OME is ready to go on the evening of April 3, 1985 with DDA40X 6938 leading SD40-2's 3441 and 3371. This was the last Jack I saw on the point of a train other than 6936. |
Date:
1985-04-03
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2007-08-11 |
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The carman has hopped off the OME and is headed to the rear end to conduct the air test prior to the train leaving Oakland on the evening of April 3, 1985. DDA40X 6938 leads 2 SD40-2's on the hottest former WP train. |
Date:
1985-04-03
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2007-08-11 |
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Railroading SP style! An RVCIK blasts your truly out of the sleeping bag at Sandcut on the morning of February 10, 1985. Back then, the T-2 and the SD45 were king. The headend power is 8256-8569-SSW9285-9332 while 54 cars back are the helpers 8275-9105-9120-9359-8350-SSW8326. |
Date:
1985-02-10
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2007-08-12 |
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A westbound SP train rolls down out of Caliente, CA on February 10, 1985 with 7367-7345-9143-7383. |
Date:
1985-02-10
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2007-08-12 |
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In the last minutes of light of February 9, 1985, a westbound Santa Fe intermodal flies through Sandcut, a few minutes from a crew change at Bakersfield. Power is 5013-8152-2946-2828-2741. |
Date:
1985-02-09
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2007-08-10 |
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A BAAVT chugs through Alcant with an all GE lashup of B30-7's 7826 and 7816 spliced by B23-7 5112. On February 9, 1985, these GE's were pretty unusual, especially the B23-7 being in California. |
Date:
1985-02-09
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2007-08-12 |
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Later in the afternoon, the BAAVT rolls across the big bridge just north of Fresno on its way to a crew change. |
Date:
1985-02-09
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2007-08-12 |
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Cotton Belt SD45T-2 9404, the last one delivered to the SP, roars south through the east switch of Earlimart, CA with the PTLAT in tow on February 9, 1985. The trailing edge of a winter storm has left a perfect "Kodachrome" sky at the south of the San Joaquin Valley. |
Date:
1985-02-09
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2007-08-12 |
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Late in the afternoon of February 9, 1985, the PTLAT charges up the north slope of Tehachapi. SSW SD45T-2 9404, UP U30C 2836 and SD40-2 3535 have 88 cars in tow as a Santa Fe train rolls down hill at Sandcut. |
Date:
1985-02-09
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2007-08-12 |
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A westbound basks in spectacular afternoon light at Bena. This train has nine units on the point and is about to switch out the last five units into the Bena Helper Spur, which is a little unusual. Most helpers in this era were mid-train helpers, but a few westbounds would have point helpers. |
Date:
1985-02-09
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2007-08-12 |
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Santa Fe's Parker Local on January 2, 1985 has 18 cars that are propelled by ATSF 8114-5965-5432-3821 as the train rolls through Siberia, CA. |
Date:
1985-01-02
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2007-08-10 |
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Niles in the old days. A OAWCY has stopped for orders at Niles Tower, lit by a glorious winter sun on December 1, 1984. Power is 7364-8887-7399-8381. |
Date:
1984-12-01
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2007-08-12 |
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The OAWCY with SP 7364 in the lead waits at Niles Junction for authority to proceed down to Warm Springs and San Jose. |
Date:
1984-12-01
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2008-12-01 |
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UP DDA40X 6902 and SD40-2 3435 have a CVE, the old Richmond Chevron Oil Cans, rolling through the morning shadows at Pulga, CA on November 3, 1984. |
Date:
1984-11-03
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2007-08-11 |
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The CVE approaches the lower reaches of Williams Loop. |
Date:
1984-11-03
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2007-08-11 |
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Look Out! DDA40X 6902 swings around the upper end of Williams Loop on November 3, 1984. |
Date:
1984-11-03
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2007-08-11 |
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The CVE with UP 6902 and 3435 rolls 61 oil cans through Portola, CA on November 3, 1984. |
Date:
1984-11-03
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2007-08-11 |
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The westbound steel train for Pittsburg rolls into Stockton with former Western Pacific GP35's 792 and 786. The power will run around the train at Stockton for the continuation of its trip on the Santa Fe over to Pittsburg and the isolated section of former Sacramento Northern trackage that services the US Steel plant there. |
Date:
1984-10-14
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2007-08-12 |
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The L751 local rolls west through Hearst, CA west of Livermore on its way to Fremont and Oakland. Power is former Western Pacific GP35's 792 and 789 with WP GP9 731 in between on Labor Day, September 3, 1984. |
Date:
1984-09-03
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2007-08-12 |
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An XOT, the engines and caboose from the WPV, roll across the high span bridge at the west end of Altamont Pass on September 3, 1984. Power is C30-7 2460, SD40-2 3649, and DDA40X 6910. This is probably one of the few times that a WP caboose came in direct contact with a DDA40X. |
Date:
1984-09-03
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2007-09-03 |
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An OARVY backs down off the eastbound onto the Eastbound Electric to pick up its train by the old Ryerson Steel plant. Power on this Labor Day Sunday, September 2, 1984 is 3200-3199-4382-4311-4391-4376. |
Date:
1984-09-02
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2007-08-12 |
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An OARVY is ready to go by the old Ryerson Steel plant. Power on this Labor Day Sunday, September 2, 1984 is 3200-3199-4382-4311-4391-4376. |
Date:
1984-09-02
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2007-08-12 |
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In 1984, the Santa Fe was in a bit of a pinch for power and turned to the BN for extra engines. Here, SD45 6567 and GP50's 3100 and 3102, along with SD40-2 8111 wait for an afternoon eastbound assignment at Barstow, CA on August 18, 1984. |
Date:
1984-08-18
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2007-08-05 |
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C30-7 8111 leads 5595, 5072, and 8018 with the hot 881 train in a more sun-bleached summer look of Summit. |
Date:
1984-08-18
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2007-08-10 |
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ATSF SD45u 5379 gets checked out at the Old Barstow Diesel Shop shortly after being released from rebuilding at San Bernardino. August 18, 1984. |
Date:
1984-08-18
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2007-08-10 |
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West of Ludlow, XATSF5091West roars towards Barstow and trip through the degreaser. Unfortunately, the U36C second out has blown a turbo seal and thrown oil all over the three trailing SD45-2's and the open top bi-levels. |
Date:
1984-08-18
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2007-08-10 |
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A hot Saturday afternoon on the Mojave Sub bakes the paint on Santa Fe GP30 2718. 2718 and four other GP30's and GP35's are waiting at Hinkley, just west of Barstow for their next helper or local assignment. |
Date:
1984-08-18
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2007-08-10 |
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Well, we started with 4628-4634-4644 leading a westbound down into San Bernardino. We'll end with the same trio showing plenty of black exhaust as they blast-off in Run 8 through Daggett eastbound the following day. |
Date:
1984-08-18
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2007-08-10 |
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One of the multitude trains in a Saturday morning rush on Cajon, an eastbound pig train with five UP SD40-2's (3363-3374-3425-3665-3589) roaring through Summit in a cloud of sand and exhaust on August 18, 1984. This is early Eighties classic UP railroading in LA. |
Date:
1984-08-18
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2007-08-11 |
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Slushbuckets on the Bricks! Santa Fe SD26's 4628-4634-4644 roll a westbound freight past the depot at San Bernardino. SD26's were known in my circles as "Slushbuckets" due to their very distinctive turbocharger sound, which was much more muffled than the SD40 or SD45. |
Date:
1984-08-17
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2007-08-10 |
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An 863 roars around the turn below Cajon Summit with 5701-5596-5043-8086. |
Date:
1984-08-17
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2007-08-10 |
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A Santa Fe westound rolls onto the Bricks at San Bernardino on August 17th, 1984 with GP50 3824, SD45u 5326, and U36C's 8725 and 8718. |
Date:
1984-08-17
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2007-08-10 |
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Santa Fe GP30 2729 leads SD26's 4652 and 4602 out of the bottom of Sullivan's Curve with a westbound intermodal train on August 17, 1984. |
Date:
1984-08-17
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2007-08-10 |
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Roaring easbound on the North Track at Summit, 6917 leads 3242-3707-SP9257-3130 and 54 cars on an eastbound in the early morning of August 17, 1984. |
Date:
1984-08-17
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2007-08-11 |
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Another slow, heavy eastbound UP train has made it to Cajon Summit on a warm August 17, 1984. SD40-2's 3749 and 3605 and U30C 2957 have 67 cars in tow. |
Date:
1984-08-17
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2007-08-11 |
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A UP coal train howls downgrade at Verdemont on August 17, 1984 with UP 3499-3509-3374-3363 on the point and Victorville helpers 3722-3723 on the tail end of 85 loads of coal. |
Date:
1984-08-17
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2007-08-11 |
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A UP eastbound crests Cajon Pass at Summit with C30-7 2461 leading SD40-2-s 3293 and 3168 on a warm August 17, 1984. |
Date:
1984-08-17
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2007-08-11 |
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The HOWCY arrives in a smoggy West Colton, CA on August 17, 1984 with GP38-2 4833 leading SD45T-2 9226 and SD45 9137. The 4833 had just recently been removed from its cocoon after several years of storage immediately after its delivery, thus explaining its nearly new appearance. |
Date:
1984-08-17
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2007-08-12 |
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An 839 train glides between Asbury and Collier on the final leg of its journey into Richmond on July 22, 1984. GP35's 2897 and 2905 are spliced by GP30 2747. Notice that all three units are equipped with exhaust deflectors, which were added to most Santa Fe rebuilds in the 1980's. The deflectors were supposed to keep exhaust from the leading engines from being immediately sucked back into the air intakes of the following engines. |
Date:
1984-07-22
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2007-08-10 |
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A 189 train follows the 839 into Richmond on July 22, 1984. GP35's 2914, 2823, and 2857 and GP30 2723 have a long string of trailers in hand between Asbury and Collier in Franklin Canyon. |
Date:
1984-07-22
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2007-08-10 |
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Big tonnage on Donner! 4 SD45's (7498-9230-9321-8996) lead a westbound freight over the trestle at Troy, CA. A three unit helper is buried half way back in this train. |
Date:
1984-07-07
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2007-08-12 |
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Amtrak train number 11 comes through the Antelope interlocking at the west end of Roseville Yard in the pre-dawn hours of July 7, 1984. Power is 282 and 244 this day, and a westbound SP freight waits for this train to pass before proceeding. |
Date:
1984-07-07
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2007-08-13 |
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SP GP9R 2875 leads DRGW GP40 3068 and B&O GP40 3779 eastbound on a SJRVY at Antelope on July 6, 1984. The blue B&O GP40 made several trips around California in July 1984. |
Date:
1984-07-06
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2007-08-12 |
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SP SD7R 1504 and another SD7R drag the SJRVY with SP GP9R 2875, DRGW GP40 3068, and B&O GP40 3779 into Roseville Yard at Antelope on July 6, 1984. |
Date:
1984-07-06
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2007-08-12 |
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SP B30-7 7880 and SD45T-2 9332 deliver an eastbound to Roseville on a warm June 23, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-23
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2007-08-12 |
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Returning to Portland on its 1984 tour, the SP 4449 pretends to be train number 10 as it picks up speed at Sunset-Whitney after leaving Roseville on the morning of June 23, 1984. The almost endless stream of fans is already on the road after it. |
Date:
1984-06-23
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2007-08-12 |
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Having just shed its helper (SD40R 7330) from Dunsmuir to Mott, SP 4449 goes its alone at O'Brien on June 23, 1984. One of the best paint schemes ever! |
Date:
1984-06-23
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2007-08-12 |
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The Milwaukee Road was near the end of its independence in 1984, but could still serve up good sized trains, such as this northbound out of Bensenville Yard in North Chicago. June 10, 1984 with SD40-2's 209 and 206. |
Date:
1984-06-10
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2007-08-18 |
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One more check of the BN's facility at Cicero finds this former Frisco U30B (now BN 5792) waiting for its next assignment westbound. June 10, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-10
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2007-08-18 |
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Former Frisco GP35 BN 2570 waits mid-lashup for its next run at Cicero Yard, Chicago, IL. June 10, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-10
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2007-08-18 |
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A mid-day "dinkey" blasts off from Berwyn, IL westbound with E-unit 9907 leading two cars on June 10, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-10
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2007-08-18 |
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On June 9, 1984, the sun has disappeared behind clouds, but the LS&I still rolls on. Here 2402-2500-2400 run light engine from Marquette to Eagle Mills for another set of loads and are seen here crossing Dead Creek Trestle. |
Date:
1984-06-09
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2007-08-18 |
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Later in the morning of June 9, 1984, 2400 leads 2500 and 2402 with a combination of coal loads and iron ore loads for Marquette as they leave the yard at Eagle Mills. |
Date:
1984-06-09
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2007-08-18 |
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U23C's 2302-2304-2300 arrive at Eagle Mills from Marquette as light engines for servicing. June 9, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-09
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2007-08-18 |
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LS&I ore car 1717 at Eagle Mills, MI. June 9, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-09
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2007-08-18 |
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LS&I ore car 8113 at Eagle Mills, MI. June 9, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-09
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2007-08-18 |
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LS&I ore car 9164 at Eagle Mills, MI. June 9, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-09
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2007-08-18 |
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LS&I coal car 1001 at Eagle Mills, MI. June 9, 1984. Coal is used at the mines to run the taconite plants. |
Date:
1984-06-09
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2007-08-18 |
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LS&I scale test car 5 at Eagle Mills, MI. June 9, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-09
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2007-08-18 |
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More smoke! C628's 6730-6702-6709 are rolling at a full boil south of Little Lake, MI headed for Escanaba. June 9, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-09
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2007-08-18 |
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C424 4258 rests at Escanaba, MI, June 9, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-09
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2007-08-18 |
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Meanwhile, after midnight, RSD12 1803 is being serviced at the Eagle Mills shops. June 8, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-08
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2007-08-18 |
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U23C 2300 is in for some substantial work at Eagle Mills Shops. June 8, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-08
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2007-08-18 |
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A nice view from above of LS&I RSD15 2400. Marquette, MI, June 8, 1984 |
Date:
1984-06-08
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2007-08-18 |
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The Marquette Ore Dock switcher for June 8, 1984 is the great lashup of 2400-2500-2402. At this point, 2402 is the only LS&I in the red paint. Most of the RSD15's finally got the red. |
Date:
1984-06-08
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2007-08-18 |
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A blast of Alco smoke signals another movement of the Ore Dock switcher as it pulls a cut out of the storage yard and prepares to push it up to the Ore Dock at Marquette. |
Date:
1984-06-08
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2007-08-18 |
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Big Red LS&I RSD15 2402 at Marquette, MI. June 8, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-08
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2007-08-18 |
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A few miles east of Marquette along the shore of Lake Superior is the town of Munising, MI. One of the major employers here is Kimberly-Clark Paper. The LS&I services Munising on a branch isolated from the rest of railroad. After collecting RS3 1604 from an engine house at Kimberly-Clark, the crew is putting together their train at Muising in June 8, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-08
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2007-08-18 |
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At a blistering 10 MPH, 1604 is on its way the three or four miles to Munising Jct., where the cars will be set out for the Soo Line to pick up. June 8, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-08
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2007-08-18 |
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Returning from its set out with the Soo Line, LS&I 1604 rolls through someone's front yard on its way back to Munising, MI. June 8, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-08
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2007-08-18 |
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Showing her classic Alco lines, LS&I RS3 1604 returns to Munising, MI. June 8, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-08
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2007-08-18 |
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LS&I RSD12 1801 is unusual because of its choped-nose. Fortunately for railfans, the rest of the RSD12 didn't receive the same treatment. Eagle Mills, MI, June 8, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-08
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2007-08-18 |
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LS&I RSD15 2401 is serviced at Eagle Mills Shops with an incredible background of clouds. June 8, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-08
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2007-08-18 |
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RSD15 2405 gets a shot of fuel at Eagle Mills Shops. June 8, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-08
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2007-08-18 |
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The only depressing scene on the LS&I, RS3 1608 sits dead and partially parted out at Eagle Mills, but she is keeping sister 1604 running on the Munising Branch. June 8, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-08
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2007-08-18 |
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Holy Smoke! Hot and cold running chocolate Alligators! RSD15's 2405-2403-2401 have a set of empties in charge at Eagle Mills Jct. on June 8, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-08
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2007-08-18 |
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Three RSD15's (2401-2403-2405) roll back from the Tilden Mine with another load of ore for Eagle Mills and Marquette. June 8, 1984 at Q68 Junction. |
Date:
1984-06-08
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2007-08-18 |
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LS&I caboose number 3 at Eagle Mills, MI. June 8, 1984. By 1984, cabooses were not used on LS&I trains. |
Date:
1984-06-08
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2007-08-18 |
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CNW RS32 4240 switches cars at the yard in Ispheming, MI on June 8, 1984. We kept expecting a big cloud of smoke, but all we got was a little burp. |
Date:
1984-06-08
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2007-08-18 |
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OK, now we're talking smoke! C628's 6721-6704-6729 and RS32 4240 leave Ispheming headed for Little Lakes and the Ore Division. June 8, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-08
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2007-08-18 |
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CNW C424 4255 is in charge of the Iron Mountain-Powers turn on June 7th, 1984. With 25 cars, the 4255 is ready to leave Hermansville, MI. |
Date:
1984-06-07
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2007-08-18 |
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At Powers, MI C424 4258 and C628 6710 charge train 36 south towards Green Bay on June 7, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-07
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2007-08-18 |
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All right now, after a week of driving 2500 miles around the midwest, we've finally reached the Holy Land of Alcos - the Lake Superior & Ispheming. RSD12 1850 sits at Eagle Mills Shops in the current green paint. June 7, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-07
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2007-08-18 |
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In the evening sun light of June 7, 1984, LS&I RSD12's 1804-1852-1803 roll a non-iron ore movement of six covered hoppers past the Eagle Mills taconite plant. |
Date:
1984-06-07
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2007-08-18 |
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LS&I runs two shifts, morning and afternoon, and the railroad is pretty quiet at night. At Marquette, RSD15's 2401-2403-2405 wait for the morning shift to take cars back to the Empire and Tilden mines. June 7, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-07
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2007-08-18 |
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The other set of road power at Marquette the evening of June 7, 1984 is made up of RSD15's 2400 and 2402 spliced by U25C 2500. You know that you're north when its still light out after 10 o'clock at night. |
Date:
1984-06-07
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2007-08-18 |
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CNW train 36, the daily freight from Escanaba, MI to Green Bay, WI, rolls through Marinette, WI with C628 6710 and RS32 4240, passing a local powered by GP7 4375. June 6, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-06
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2007-08-18 |
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The crew of CNW train 36 stop at Oconto, WI to pick up a bite to eat. June 6, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-06
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2007-08-18 |
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A little street running through Oconto, WI with 6710 in the lead. June 6, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-06
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2007-08-18 |
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By mid-1984, the Escanaba & Lake Superior, an all Baldwin operation, was very upset with railfans and other trespassers, to the point of placing a monster sign at the entrance to their Wells, MI facility saying that railfans were not welcome. From the road, we see the E&LS deadline, with former Delaware and Hudson RF-16's 1205 and 1216 spliced by switcher E&LS 204. June 6, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-06
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2007-08-18 |
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Broadside view of Delaware and Hudson RF-16 1205 at Wells, MI. June 6, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-06
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2007-08-18 |
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Escanaba and Lake Superior Baldwin 201 idles outside the Wells, MI shops of the E&LS on June 6, 1984. The flatcar has a load of Baldwin primemovers to be overhauled. |
Date:
1984-06-06
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2007-08-18 |
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Minneapolis and North Shore SW1200 33 switches at Gladstone, MI on June 6th, 1984. By this time, the M&NS had been bought out by the Soo Line, thus explaining the caboose. |
Date:
1984-06-06
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2007-08-18 |
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Escanaba, MI is the home to the CNW's big ore dock on the northwestern shores of Lake Michigan. Here is the switcher power for the dock on June 6, 1984, CNW C628's 6716 and 6711. The Centuries' high nose configuration belies their former owner, Norfolk and Western. |
Date:
1984-06-06
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2007-08-18 |
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Read them and weep. Five (!) C628's bring an Ore Division train into Escanaba, MI on June 6, 1984. A 100 ore jennies are being handled by 6716-6711-6709-6702-6708. |
Date:
1984-06-06
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2007-08-18 |
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CNW 6718-6703-6725 rest between assignments under the old coaling tower at the Escanaba facilities. June 6, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-06
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2007-08-18 |
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CNW 6718-6703-6725 rest between assignments under the old coaling tower at the Escanaba facilities. June 6, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-06
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2007-08-18 |
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First (6701) and last (6730) of class wait on two of the roundhouse tracks at Escanaba. Note the broom, probably good for cleaning out switch points of the taconite pellets, which seem to get everywhere. June 6, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-06
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2007-08-18 |
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Freshly serviced scale test car CNWX 263629 sits in the yard at Escanaba, MI on June 6, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-06
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2007-08-18 |
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Green Bay and Western C424's 311 and 313 are in charge of the Winona, MN to Green Bay, WI mainfest, Seen here June 5, 1984 at Winona (after an all night drive). |
Date:
1984-06-05
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2007-08-17 |
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Another view of 311 and 313 at Winona, MN. June 5, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-05
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2007-08-17 |
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GBW 311 and 313 pull out of Winona, MN, headed for Green Bay. June 5, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-05
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2007-08-17 |
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Green Bay and Western C424's 311 and 313 charge east with the Winona, MN to Green Bay, WI mainfest, Seen here June 5, 1984 east of Winona in Wisconsin. |
Date:
1984-06-05
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2007-08-17 |
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Green Bay and Western C424's 311 and 313 charge east with the Winona, MN to Green Bay, WI mainfest, Seen here June 5, 1984 east of Winona in Wisconsin. |
Date:
1984-06-05
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2007-08-17 |
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Green Bay and Western C424's 311 and 313 charge east with the Winona, MN to Green Bay, WI mainfest, Seen here June 5, 1984 east of Winona in Wisconsin. |
Date:
1984-06-05
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2007-08-17 |
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Green Bay and Western C424's 311 and 313 are coming eastward into Wisconsin Rapids, WI on June 5, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-05
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2007-08-17 |
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The morning sun hasn't come up yet on June 4, 1984 and BN E8Au 9901 is pushing six cars of commuters out of Aurora towards Napierville and then downtown Chicago. |
Date:
1984-06-04
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2007-08-17 |
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Side view of BN E8Au 9904 as it waits for its next assignment at Aurora, IL on June 4, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-04
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2007-08-17 |
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A "dinkey," as the BN crews call the commute train sets, waits at Aurora on June 4, 1984 for its next run. |
Date:
1984-06-04
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2007-08-17 |
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June 4th, 1984 in Chicago was a humid, overcast day, but that doesn't bother the BN's "Dinky" operations. Here BN E9Au 9925 blasts off westbound after stopping at Berwyn, IL. |
Date:
1984-06-04
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2007-08-17 |
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When watching the BN operations in Chicago, one of the places to visit is LaGrange Ave., within a stones throw of EMD's shops, where most of the America's locomotives were built. Here is 9921 rolling into LaGrange on June 4, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-04
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2007-08-17 |
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CNW GP7 4168 works a cut of 40 and 50 foot boxcars at the east end of Proviso Yard. June 4, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-04
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2007-08-17 |
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Besides the BN E-units, the other unique denizens of Chicago in 1984 were the six Belt Railway of Chicago Alco C424's. Here 605 and 600 are on a drag from CNW's Proviso Yard back to BRC's Clearing Yard, entering the IHB's trackage at CP Hill. June 4, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-04
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2007-08-17 |
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Still on the IHB and about to go under the BN's triple track main, Belt Railway of Chicago C424's 605 and 600 are continuing to Clearing Yard with their Proviso transfer job. June 4, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-04
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2007-08-17 |
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The sun is going down on June 4, 1984 when a westbound goes through the crossovers at LaGrange, IL. A matched set of BN SD40-2's, 6785-6798-6781-6721, are spliced by fuel tender FT4. In the 1980's BN experimented with fuel tenders as a way to avoid refueling engines in states with high fuel costs and taxes. |
Date:
1984-06-04
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2007-08-17 |
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At Taylorville, IL, west of Decatur, IL, a Norfolk Southern westbound freight has high nose GP30 NW541 leading SD45 1797 and GP9's 768 and 684 on June 3, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-03
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2007-08-17 |
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Grand Trunk 5805 waits for its next assignment at Belt Railway of Chicago's Clearing Yard. June 3, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-03
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2007-08-17 |
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Belt Railway of Chicago had 6 Alco C424's for heavy transfer duty. Here units 603 and 601 wait for their next assignment with GT GP38-2 5855 and Soo Line SD40 737 on June 3, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-03
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2007-08-17 |
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Classic Clearing Yard spread...from left to right, Grand Trunk 6408, Seaboard System 6253, Soo Line 737, and Seaboard System 8037 make up an eclectic line-up on June 3, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-03
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2007-08-17 |
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Two cow/calf sets (506/516 and 502/514) are stored at the front of the Belt Railway of Chicago diesel shop at Clearing Yard. By 1984, the Belt Railway had fewer transfer duties as other railroads would use their power to deliver trains to Clearing Yard. June 3, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-03
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2007-08-17 |
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Belt Railway of Chicago was one of the last operators of original EMD cow/calf sets. TR4A/B 500/515 are working a cut of cars at the east end of Clearing Yard on June 3, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-03
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2007-08-17 |
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Belt Railway of Chicago Alco S6 420 sits stored on a roundhouse tail track at Clearing Yard in Chicago on June 3, 1984. Keeping it company are several hood sections from BRC GP's and a Union Pacific NW2. |
Date:
1984-06-03
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2007-08-17 |
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An east bound train leaves Clearing Yard with MoPac B23-7 4620 and SD40 3070 with Union Pacific SD45 number 4 splicing them. June 3, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-03
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2007-08-17 |
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MoPac SD40-2 6018 and B30-7 4852 roll a westbound into Clearing Yard in Chicago, IL on Jube 3, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-03
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2007-08-17 |
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BN train 63 roars through Berwyn, IL just west of Cicero with SD40-2's 7056 and 8005 and B30-7AB's 4060 and 4115. June 3, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-03
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2007-08-17 |
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Right on 63's tail is S23, with demostrator B32-8 's 5497 and 5498, B30-7AB's 4000 and 4086 and SD40-2 6805. The four cold GE's have just laid out a smoke cloud that would make NASA proud; even the crew has looked back to see if the train will emerge from the cloud. June 3, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-03
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2007-08-17 |
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A Norfolk Southern eastbound freight is stopped on the main to switch at Montgomery, Missouri on the main line between Kansas City and St. Louis. June 2, 1984 with power 8082-6198-1301-SOU2868. |
Date:
1984-06-02
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2007-08-17 |
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Another Norfolk Southern train, this time a westbound arriving at Luther Yard in St. Louis. Southern painted SD40-2 3199 and SD45 3139 are spliced by recently repainted NS SD40-2 3256. June 2, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-02
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2007-08-17 |
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Norfolk and Western SD40-2 6122 shows off an experimental spartan paint job that was tried out just before the Norfolk Southern merger. St. Louis, MO, June 2, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-02
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2007-08-17 |
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The switchers in Luther Yard included several refugees from the Norfolk Southern's purchase of the Illinois Terminal. Here is NS2292 as an example. June 2, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-02
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2007-08-17 |
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Three things come to mind when you say St. Louis...the Mississippi River, the Arch, and Budweiser. One of the ways the beer was distributed was via the Manufacturers Railway. In addition to its fleet of refrigerated cars, MRS had a variety of Alco switchers, including S2 209 seen switching near the MRS shops. June 2, 1984 |
Date:
1984-06-02
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2007-08-17 |
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Various MoPac engines sit in the Grand Junction diesel facility in St. Louis on June 2, 1984. SD40 3015 and U30C 2985 hang out with 2 other SD40-2's. |
Date:
1984-06-02
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2007-08-17 |
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MoPac class U23B 4500 waits for its next assignment at East St. Louis, IL on June 2, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-02
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2007-08-17 |
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MoPac B30-7 4811 and 4821 wait with SD40-2 3290 at St. Louis, IL on June 1, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-02
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2007-08-17 |
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BN SW1200's 263 and 268 have a transfer run in tow as they pass through Grand Junction near downtown St. Louis, MO on June 2, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-02
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2007-08-17 |
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The Illinois Central in the mid-1980's was in the midst of scaling itself down to a north-south spine line with somewhat more modern motive power. But in 1984, new power was a luxury, so cleaning up some power was the next best thing. Here black painted GP40 3014 waits with GP8 7717, GP10 8291, GP35 635, and GP10 8097. |
Date:
1984-06-02
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2007-08-17 |
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Here is a closeup of GP35 635, still in its former Gulf, Mobile, and Ohio paint job. Note the AAR Type B freight trucks under the 635, from traded-in FA's when the GP35's were new. June 3, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-02
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2007-08-17 |
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Illinois Central GP40 3021 (and sister 3001) rumble past Valley Junction tower in East St. Louis. June 3, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-02
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2007-08-17 |
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A set of Seaboard System power sits at the Chessie Yard, St Louis, IL. U23B 2755 and GP38 546 (still in former SCL paint) are about to become part of CSX. June 2, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-02
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2007-08-17 |
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South of Valley Junction in East St. Louis, IL, a MoPac coal train waits for a new crew. SD40-2's 3261-3180-3143 are ready to charge south on June 2, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-02
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2007-08-17 |
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Coming into the former northeast corner of the Southern Pacific, nearly new GP38-2's 4830-4824-4820 bring a northbound into Valley Jct, East St. Louis, IL, on June 2, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-02
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2007-08-17 |
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At the former Cotton Belt shops near Valley Junction in East St. Louis, SP GP35 6640 is worn but ready for another assignment on June 2, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-02
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2007-08-17 |
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Power for two evening eastbounds sit at the east end of the Conrail yard at East St. Louis, IL. In the background is HN cabin, which is the crossing with the Chessie main. Power is CR 5049-3005-5004 and CR 5002-5034-5047. June 2, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-02
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2007-08-17 |
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Conrail train TV4 enters the mainline at HN Cabin in East St. Louis on the evening of June 2, 1984. Power is 5047-5034-5002. |
Date:
1984-06-02
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2007-08-17 |
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UP turbine 18 rests in outdoor storage along with a lot of other historical equipment. Kansas City, June 1, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-01
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2007-08-17 |
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A CNW transfer run with 4 SD40-2's crosses under the KC Junction Railway flyover at KC Jct. Kansas City, June 1, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-01
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2007-08-17 |
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After arriving at the CNW's yard, the four SD's are broken up into two two unit sets. One set rolls back through downtown KC past walls of brick. Kansas City, June 1, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-01
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2007-08-17 |
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After arriving at the CNW's yard, the four SD's are broken up into two two unit sets. One set rolls back through downtown KC past walls of brick. Kansas City, June 1, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-01
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2007-08-17 |
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The other set, with one Katy SD40-2, hangs out on the lead to the CNW yard. Kansas City, June 1, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-01
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2007-08-17 |
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Milwaukee Road GP40 2039 and Kansas City Southern SD40 632 rest at the bio grain silos by the combined MILW, KCS, and DRGW facility in Kansas City, MO, June 1, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-01
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2007-08-17 |
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Southern GP38AC 2849 waits with a few brothers at the former N&W facility at Kansas City, MO, June 1, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-01
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2007-08-17 |
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CNW SD40-2 929 shows a bit of its age as it rolls through the interlocking at Airline Jct. Kansas City, June 1, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-01
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2007-08-17 |
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Katy GP40's 208-223-219 roll north at mid-day on June 1, 1984 at Airline Jct. |
Date:
1984-06-01
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2007-08-17 |
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Milwaukee Road SD40-2's 149 and 142, in clean Hiawatha paint, bang northbound across the MoPac diamonds at Airline Jct, Kansas City, MO, June 1, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-01
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2007-08-17 |
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Milwaukee Road GP40 2063 and Katy SD40-2 615 move southbound at Airline Jct headed for the joint MILW-MKT yard in Kansas City, MO, June 1, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-01
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2007-08-17 |
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Santa Fe C30-7's 8042-8023-8088-8092 grind a coal train through KC Jct in the failing light of June 1, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-01
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2007-08-17 |
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MoPac B23-7 4653 still sports a coat of blue paint as it switches the west end of Armourdale Yard, Kansas City. May 31, 1984. |
Date:
1984-05-31
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2007-08-17 |
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A coal train arrives at North Kansas City, MO with SD40-2's 7011-7842-7815 on the morning of May 31, 1984. |
Date:
1984-05-31
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2007-08-17 |
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A BN train (with F45's 6643 and 6617 and SD40-2 7034) tip-toes past a clean up of a derailed TOFC train. This train is on its way to KC Jct. from the BN's yard in Kansas City. May 31, 1984. |
Date:
1984-05-31
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2007-08-17 |
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BN GP9 1900 works one of the many grain elevators around Kansas City, MO on May 31, 1984. |
Date:
1984-05-31
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2007-08-17 |
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Former Rio Grande GP9's 5902, 5914, 5911 rest in the MAC Railway yard in Kansas City, MO on May 31, 1984. |
Date:
1984-05-31
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2007-08-17 |
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ICG GP11 8749 switches an ICG caboose and a cut of cars at Union Jct., Kansas City, MO. May 31, 1984. |
Date:
1984-05-31
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2007-08-17 |
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An Illinois Central cab-hop rolls through Union Jct. after departing the ICG Yard at Kansas City. Power is usual mixed bag that the ICG would field in the 1980's: GP38AC 9509, GP10 8361, SD20 2025, and SD40 6031. May 31, 1984. |
Date:
1984-05-31
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2007-08-17 |
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A Norfolk Southern train waits in the BN-NS Interchange Yard in North Kansas City, MO with N&W C30-7's 8046 and 8037 and SD40-2 6198 while Southern GP38AC 2824 switches another cut of autos. Check out the modern 1984 Ford vans. May 31, 1984. |
Date:
1984-05-31
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2007-08-17 |
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KCS SD40-2 687 leads a coal train through Airline Jct. 687 is special to me because its the street number of the house that I grew up in. May 31, 1984. |
Date:
1984-05-31
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2007-08-17 |
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Santa Fe U23B 6347 waits on shop lead 24 at Argentine, Kansas City. May 31, 1984. |
Date:
1984-05-31
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2007-08-17 |
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Santa Fe U33C 8521 sits waiting for its next assignment while a number of its sisters, U23B's, SD40's are in the deadline behind it. Argentine Yard, Kansas City. May 31, 1984. |
Date:
1984-05-31
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2007-08-17 |
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Santa Fe prototype B39-8 7400 rests on the service tracks at Argentine Yard. May 31, 1984. |
Date:
1984-05-31
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2007-08-17 |
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Into the time machine again, early afternoon on May 13, 1984 finds UP GP40X 9000 leading SD40-2 3587 and DDA40X 6935 as they slide past "the Bricks" at the San Bernandino station. |
Date:
1984-05-13
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2007-08-11 |
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Later in the afternoon of May 13, 1984, 6943 leads another westbound down Cajon Blvd. at Ono. |
Date:
1984-05-13
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2007-08-11 |
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DDA40X 6943 rolls a westbound at Ono with 2 SD40-2 (3775 and 3231) on May 13, 1984. |
Date:
1984-05-13
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2007-08-11 |
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Aargh! Sometimes you aren't in the right spot. Southern California has long been known for great motive power lashups. May 13, 1984 (yes, this is the third train with a Jack that day!) finds UP U30C's 2831 and 2841 bracketing Jack 6912 as they pop out from under the I-10 overpass at the Colton Diamonds. |
Date:
1984-05-13
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2007-08-11 |
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In the failing light of May 13, 1984, a 75 car SP westbound is already pulling its heart out at Warren on the south slope of Tehachapi. Power is 8512-UP2510-9097-8244. |
Date:
1984-05-13
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2007-08-12 |
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On May 12, 1984, 4449 pretends to be the San Joaquin Daylight, but this time with a little help from experimentally painted SD45R 7399 and SD40R 7342. Seen here at Bealville, CA. |
Date:
1984-05-12
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2007-08-12 |
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The 1984 tour SP GS-4 4449 finds it rolling through Shellmound, CA on a bright May 8, 1984. |
Date:
1984-05-08
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2007-08-12 |
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May 8, 1984 finds Amtrak 708 in the charge of F40PH 364 as it screams through Shellmound, CA. |
Date:
1984-05-08
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2007-08-13 |
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Santa Fe's 199 train on April 28, 1984 is being handled by C30-7 8162 and 4 SD45's and SD45-2's. Rolling through Asbury, CA in the heart of Franklin Canyon. |
Date:
1984-04-28
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2007-08-10 |
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UP DDA40X 6914 and SD40-2 3510 lead a westbound into the former WP yard at Oakland. |
Date:
1984-04-28
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2007-08-11 |
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The SJRVY of April 21, 1984 departs Emeryville with a interesting consist of 8521-UP3522-7483-UP2875-8989. SP8989 is actually dead in consist with its windows boarded-up, headed for the Sacramento Locomotive Works and the SD45R rebuild program. |
Date:
1984-04-21
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2007-08-12 |
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Under the old Addison Street signal bridge, an SP eastbound roars through town with 4339-8270-3838-4312-3348-3778 on April 21, 1984. |
Date:
1984-04-21
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2007-08-12 |
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Spring rains have relented enough to let the crew of this San Jose Turn to get through their run without getting (too) wet. SD9E 4342 and unrebuilt, low-nose switcher GP9 2890 have 38 cars in tow as it crosses Market Street headed for Jack London Square. April 19, 1984. |
Date:
1984-04-19
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2007-08-12 |
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n the old days, the weekend San Jose Turn always was the dominion of the commute fleet and anything else that the SP wanted to keep close to home base. Here a mixed up consist of SD9's 4391 and 4376, split by SW1500 2684, and trailed by GP40P-2 3199 and torpedo GP9 3189 bring 92 cars into Oakland on the SJRVY. |
Date:
1984-04-19
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2007-08-12 |
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SP 4391-4376-9117 drag a SJRVY out of Oakland on April 19, 1984. |
Date:
1984-04-19
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2007-08-12 |
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SSW9395 and SP7325 lift 73 beet racks out of Oakland on a WJBKQ. The train will take these empty beets to the West Side Line to distribute at Los Banos and Dos Palos load outs. |
Date:
1984-04-19
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2007-08-12 |
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April 17th, 1984 finds DDA40X 6918 waiting for its next assignment at the former WP service racks in Oakland. |
Date:
1984-04-17
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2007-08-11 |
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Amtrak train #711 roars under the old signal bridge west of the Berkeley, CA station (even before there was an active Amtrak station there) on April 7th, 1984. |
Date:
1984-04-07
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2007-08-13 |
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A 189 train rolls past the east end of Christie at dusk on April 1, 1984. Power this evening is 2899-2841-2875-2900-2733. |
Date:
1984-04-01
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2007-08-10 |
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An AVBAT rolls through Berkeley on March 24, 1984 with 9071 and 4322. |
Date:
1984-03-24
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2007-08-12 |
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DDA40X 6936 of course has become famous as the remaining operational example that the UP has. It is also famous as the first DDA40X to come through the Feather River Canyon when some were reactivated in 1984. Seen here on the return trip at Virgilia in the heart of the Feather on March 4, 1984. |
Date:
1984-03-04
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2007-08-11 |
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A few miles further up the Canyon, 6936 with 5 SD40-2's and a C30-7 rounds a curve at the east end of Paxton siding. |
Date:
1984-03-04
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2007-08-11 |
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UP 6936 rolls east across Clio Trestle. |
Date:
1984-03-04
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2007-08-11 |
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Early in the morning of February 25th, 1984, a westbound freight wakes the wildlife at Elkhorn Slough south of Watsonville. 9171-9350-SSW9269-9334 bring 78 cars into Watsonville. This train will spend the morning switching the yard and making a crew change before proceeding. |
Date:
1984-02-25
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2007-08-12 |
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Later in the morning of February 25th, 1984, a CZLAT, which is primarily a priority lumber train rather than a trailer train, rounds the big curve in Elkhorn Slough with 8314-7368-9200-7372 in the lead of 82 cars. |
Date:
1984-02-25
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2007-08-12 |
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Slipping away from their usual winter duty, 2 "Breaker 9's, " 4305 and 4438, lead a 41 car OAMJN past the Ryerson Steel plant in Emeryville on their way to a trip on the Mococo Line, Tracy, and the Central Valley. These two SD9's have icicle breaking antlers that are folded down here. |
Date:
1984-02-04
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2007-08-12 |
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February 4th, 1984 finds SD45R 7467 and SD45T-2 9370 leading an OAWJY through West Oakland. |
Date:
1984-02-04
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2007-08-12 |
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A westbound UP train passes a bad-ordered car on the south set-out track at Cajon Summit on January 15, 1984. Power is 3654-3560-2465 with a relatively short 31 car train. |
Date:
1984-01-15
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2007-08-11 |
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Santa Fe F45 5952 leads 5661, 3834, and 5322 on an eastbound as it rounds the Tehachapi Loop. |
Date:
1984-01-14
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2007-08-10 |
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Santa Fe F45u 5952 shows off her shiny flanks on January 14, 1984 as she runs across the Tehachapi Summit Valley. |
Date:
1984-01-14
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2007-08-10 |
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A westbound starts down the hill just north of Tehachapi with SD40 5013, U36C 8774, and C30-7's 8156 and 8136 on a cool January 14, 1984. |
Date:
1984-01-14
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2007-08-10 |
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Santa Fe GP35 2916 rests on the whiskers of the turntable at Bakersfield, CA on January 14, 1984. |
Date:
1984-01-11
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2007-08-10 |
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Late on a cold, foggy Friday night, Santa Fe U36C 8755 waits for its next assignment at Richmond, CA. January 6, 1984. |
Date:
1984-01-06
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2007-08-10 |
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ATSF 8792 at Richmond. |
Date:
1984-01-06
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2007-08-10 |
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SP SW1500 2631 switches the EBMUD plant across from 34th Street in Oakland, CA. January 3, 1984. |
Date:
1984-01-03
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2007-10-21 |
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SP SW1500 2624 shows off its experimentally orange painted step wells at Oakland, CA on January 3, 1984. |
Date:
1984-01-03
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2007-10-21 |
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The RGBAT arrives in West Oakland with 2870-3841-3883. |
Date:
1984-01-03
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2007-10-21 |
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SP 2870-3841-3883 bring the RGBAT into town. |
Date:
1984-01-03
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2007-10-21 |
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Cotton Belt GP9R 3813 at Oakland, CA, January 3, 1984. |
Date:
1984-01-03
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2007-10-21 |
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Cotton Belt SD45 9155 at Oakland, CA, on January 3, 1984. |
Date:
1984-01-03
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2007-10-21 |
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The UP 3386-3137-3253 lead the WPV over the diamonds at Magnolia. |
Date:
1984-01-03
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2007-10-21 |
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The day after Christmas 1983, a long string of power sits around with very little to do. DRGW SD40T-2's 5405 and 5399 lead SP engines 9077, 4340,4307, 9222, SSW 9282, and 8962. |
Date:
1983-12-26
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2007-10-21 |
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UP SW10 1243 sits at the Union Pacific's Oakland Yard on December 16, 1983. Amazingly, this engine is still part of UP's roster. It is now numbered 96 and is part of the UP Heritage fleet at Cheyenne, WY. |
Date:
1983-12-16
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2007-08-12 |
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BN SD40-2 7060 trails SP 9333 as the power for LABAT returns to the West Oakland Diesel Shop. |
Date:
1983-12-07
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2007-10-21 |
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Cotton Belt caboose 33 at West Oakland, CA. December 7, 1983. |
Date:
1983-12-07
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2007-10-21 |
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Amtrak F40's 330 and 375 lead train 5, the California Zephyr, along the bay in Pinole, CA, on December 4, 1983. |
Date:
1983-12-04
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2007-10-21 |
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The UPSFF flies along the Carquinez Strait in Rodeo, CA with SD9E 4322 and GP9R 3883 and 45 cars. |
Date:
1983-11-12
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2007-10-21 |
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Amtrak #5 with 334 and 242 is brilliantly lit up by the afternoon sun as it passes through Oleum, CA on November 12, 1983. |
Date:
1983-11-12
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2007-10-21 |
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The Schellville Turn passes over the private crossing at Oleum, CA just after the sun has gone behind a hill. GP9E 3396 leads SD40R 7375 and 20 cars. |
Date:
1983-11-12
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2007-10-21 |
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SP U33C 8599 sits in the Diesel Shop at West Oakland on October 1, 1983. 8599 was rebuilt by SP and GE in 1981 as a last ditch attempt to deal with the over 200 U33C's on the SP's roster, many of which had been leased to Mexico or fallen apart in heavy SP service. Unfortuneately, the 8599 didn't blaze a trail to rebuild the remainder of the fleet. |
Date:
1983-10-01
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2007-10-21 |
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The Lombard Turn gets underway from West Oakland with SD45 8960 and GP9E 3396 and 18 cars. |
Date:
1983-10-01
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2007-10-21 |
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The lead engine of the Lombard Turn, SP 8960, passes the Richmond Drag with 2598 and 3846. |
Date:
1983-10-01
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2007-10-21 |
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SW1200's 2284 and 2278 are temporarily stored serviceable at the West Oakland diesel shop. With the slow contraction of yard and local switching in the Bay Area, SP's collection of NW2, SW8, SW900E, and SW1200 switchers slowly departed during the 1980's. |
Date:
1983-10-01
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2007-08-12 |
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SW1200 2281 uses its unique SP light package for its mainline run on the Richmond Drag as it comes into Oakland. |
Date:
1983-10-01
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2007-08-12 |
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A BAESF blasts through the Sierra foothills at Newcastle with 7315-8518-8950 on the point and 4 more big motors cut in two-thirds back. |
Date:
1983-09-03
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2007-08-12 |
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The power from a local comes out of the Antelope end of the Roseville Yard with 3 SD9E's (4357-4361-4374) and Amtrak F40PHR 253, which probably encountered mechanical problems somewhere up the line. |
Date:
1983-09-03
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2007-08-12 |
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A westbound departs Norden, CA with SP 9147-SSW9389-8383-3383 with 9332 pushing on the rear. |
Date:
1983-09-03
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2007-10-20 |
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An eastbound pounds through the hand-throws at Newcastle, CA on September 3, 1983 with 7315-8518-8950 in the lead and a five engine helper cut on two-thirds of the way back. |
Date:
1983-09-03
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2007-10-20 |
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The helpers for Extra SP 7315 East at Newcastle, CA: 8524-UP3292-8386-3207-8241. September 3, 1983. |
Date:
1983-09-03
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2007-10-20 |
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The power off the Redding Turn has come out of the Antelope end of Roseville Yard with its usual power of of three SD9E's 4357-4361-4374 plus Amtrak F40PH 253, which must have been set out on the Eats Valley Line in the past few days. September 3, 1983. |
Date:
1983-09-03
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2007-10-20 |
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Amtrak train number 5 passes through Antelope, CA on September 3, 1983. |
Date:
1983-09-03
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2007-10-21 |
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The SJRVY comes through Jack London Square with 9327 and 8997 with 109 cars. |
Date:
1983-09-01
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2007-10-20 |
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Power off the MBSFT on August 31, 1983 is a set of B36-7's, SSW 7772, SSW 7770, SSW 7773 with GE test platform 606, a B36-8, tucked in second out. Arriving late at night from a run up the Coast Line, two of the units had already shutdown due to empty fuel tanks, while the other two only had between 100 and 200 gallons left. |
Date:
1983-08-31
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2007-10-20 |
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An eastbound comes through Texum, OR at the junction with Modoc Line with 9021-8263-SSW9059 and 67 cars. |
Date:
1983-08-21
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2007-10-19 |
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The BN facilities at Klamath Falls, OR on August 21, 1983. |
Date:
1983-08-21
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2007-10-19 |
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BN 2519 at Klamath Falls, OR, August 21, 1983. |
Date:
1983-08-21
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2007-10-19 |
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Weyerhaeuser 310, a rebuilt U25B with an EMD engine, sits between runs at the Oregon, California, and Eastern's yard at Klamath Falls, OR. |
Date:
1983-08-21
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2007-10-19 |
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Oregon, California, and Eastern U25B rebuilds 7603, 7602, and 7601 with Weyerhaeuser (off to the left) at the OC&E's Klamath Falls, OR yard. |
Date:
1983-08-21
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2007-10-19 |
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Oregon, California, and Eastern RS12 7910 sits out front of the yard office in Klamath Falls, OR. |
Date:
1983-08-21
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2007-10-19 |
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BN 6560-6557-6922 head light engines down towards the Bieber Line and the Inside Gateway. |
Date:
1983-08-21
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2007-10-19 |
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BN SD45 6560 at Klamath Falls, OR. August 21, 1983. |
Date:
1983-08-21
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2007-10-19 |
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BN 6557 at Klamath Falls, OR. August 21, 1983. |
Date:
1983-08-21
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2007-10-19 |
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BN 6922 at Klamath Falls, OR, August 21, 1983. |
Date:
1983-08-21
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2007-10-19 |
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BN 7821-6497-8093 start another trip from Klamath Falls, OR to Roseville, CA, this time with a train made up mostly of loaded grain hoppers. Seen here departing the Klamath Falls, OR yard. |
Date:
1983-08-21
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2007-10-19 |
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Starting its run towards California, BN 7821 West sprints along side US-97 near Midland, OR. |
Date:
1983-08-21
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2007-10-20 |
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BN 7821-6497-8093 pull away from US-97 south of Midland, OR as they lead the KFRVY. |
Date:
1983-08-21
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2007-10-20 |
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BN 7821-6497-8093 roar out of the Dorris tunnel as it crosses into California as they lead a KFRVY south to the Roseville. |
Date:
1983-08-21
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2007-10-20 |
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The KFRVY with BN 7821-6497-8093 and 56 loads, 14 empties, totalling 7253 tons, has SP helper SD45T-2 9225 on the headend and SP 9203 as a tail helper for the trip down the hill to Dunsmuir. |
Date:
1983-08-21
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2007-10-20 |
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The BN 7821 West has stopped north of Dunsmuir to remove helpers. Here tail helper SP 9203 is being uncoupled from BN caboose 12073 that had been bringing up the end of the KFRVY. |
Date:
1983-08-21
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2007-10-20 |
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On August 21, 1983, the power from the previous day's RVKFY bounces back down the Sacramento River Valley on a KFRVY. Here 7821-6497-8083 roll through Black Butte. |
Date:
1983-08-21
Added:
2007-08-05 |
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Another load of Pacific Northwest lumber rolls through Black Butte, CA on August 21, 1983. A well powered MERVY (Medford to Roseville) passes the eastbound control signal there with 7438-9227-9166-8553-8567-9137-9341-UP3179. |
Date:
1983-08-21
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2007-08-12 |
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August 20, 1983 finds a set of three BN locomotives down in Roseville as they prepare to haul a RVKFY up the Sacramento River Valley to Klamath Falls. |
Date:
1983-08-20
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2007-08-05 |
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BN 7821 leads two mates as they move towards their train at Roseville, CA on August 20th, 1983. |
Date:
1983-08-20
Added:
2007-10-13 |
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BN 8093 at Roseville, CA. |
Date:
1983-08-20
Added:
2007-10-13 |
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BN 6497 at Roseville, CA. |
Date:
1983-08-20
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2007-10-13 |
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BN 7821-8093-6497 back down past the 245 herder towards their train at the east end of Roseville, CA. August 20, 1983. |
Date:
1983-08-20
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2007-10-13 |
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BN 7821-8093-6497 await their air test on the RVKFY with 95 empty grain hoppers headed back to the northwest. August 20, 1983. |
Date:
1983-08-20
Added:
2007-10-13 |
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An eastbound for "the Hill" leaves Roseville with 9365-9178-8942 in the lead and a five engine helper cut in about two-thirds of the way back in the train. August 20, 1983. |
Date:
1983-08-20
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2007-10-13 |
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BN 7821-8093-6497 roll over the Redding Trestle with the RVKFY on August 20, 1983. |
Date:
1983-08-20
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2007-10-19 |
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BN SD40-2 7821 and two mates on the Redding, CA trestle. August 20, 1983. |
Date:
1983-08-20
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2007-10-19 |
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North of Delta, CA, the RVKFY continues north towards Dunsmuir and Klamath Falls. BN 7821-8093-6497 leads 95 empty grain hoppers. |
Date:
1983-08-20
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2007-10-19 |
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BN 2707's number boards light up the evening sky on August 20, 1983. Klamath Falls, OR. |
Date:
1983-08-20
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2007-10-19 |
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The 1st OASJU runs on the wrong main through Jack London Square while the SP MOW crews work on the grade crossing at Webster Street. SP 7317 and 8250 are in charge on August 9, 1983. |
Date:
1983-08-09
Added:
2007-10-13 |
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SP SD9E's 4337 and 4386 lead an string of 42 empty cement hoppers on an OAMJN out of Oakland on its way to back to the cement plants near Mojave on August 9, 1983. |
Date:
1983-08-09
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2007-08-12 |
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On August 9th, 1983, the OAWCY trundles through Jack London Square with SD9E's 4392 and 4311 leading larger SD's SSW9392, 8312, and 9074. With 33 cars out of Oakland, the OAWCY would usually work the Warm Springs Yard, dropping off the auto racks before continuing down the Milpiltas Sub to San Jose and then the Coast Line to LA and West Colton. |
Date:
1983-08-09
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2007-08-12 |
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The 1st LABAT bangs across the WP diamonds at Magnolia Tower headed for its final destination of the Desert Yard. SP 9240-7457-9184 have this 59 car train from the Coast Line well in hand on this August 9th, 1983. |
Date:
1983-08-09
Added:
2007-08-12 |
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While the LABAT rolls on the mainline on the far right, the RGOAF comes out to double over the head end of its train at the Homestead end of the West Oakland yard. SD40T-2's 8338 and 8290 and SD45T-2 9200 have brought this train over the Overland and the Cal-P from its connection with the Rio Grande at Salt Lake. |
Date:
1983-08-09
Added:
2007-08-12 |
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Santa Fe All the Way! C30-7 8070 charges up Cajon Boulevard on a somewhat clear August 4, 1983. |
Date:
1983-08-04
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2007-08-10 |
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C30-7 8070 leads mates 8029 and 8025 and B36-7 7486 and CF7 2596 with 105 cars up Cajon Pass on August 4, 1983. Two GP35's push on the rear. |
Date:
1983-08-04
Added:
2007-08-10 |
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SP 7662-7620-7463-SSW9279 bring a WCPXY out to Loma Linda, where three more motors will be added to the head end. |
Date:
1983-08-04
Added:
2007-08-12 |
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SP GP38-2's 4802 and 4804 sit in storage at West Colton, the last 2 of 30 units (26 8230-class SD40T-2's and 4 4800-class GP38-2's). |
Date:
1983-08-04
Added:
2007-10-07 |
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SP 4804 in storage at West Colton, CA. |
Date:
1983-08-04
Added:
2007-10-07 |
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Three UP SD40-2's, 3672-3343-3700, blast up through Verdemont, CA with a string of empty coal hoppers on a relatively clear August 3rd, 1983. |
Date:
1983-08-03
Added:
2007-08-11 |
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Sante Fe GP35u 2897 is leading Amtrak F40PH 322 and 3 cars for Amtrak train 708. The Santa Fe GP35 brought in an Amtrak train the night before and the easiest way to get it back to the Santa Fe is run it to Bakersfield. |
Date:
1983-08-01
Added:
2007-10-07 |
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A long wetbound passes the old SP location of Benali between Roseville and Elvas Tower with SP 9208 leading 8818 and 8533 and 116 cars. |
Date:
1983-07-30
Added:
2007-10-06 |
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Former TN&O caboose 459 sits stored at Roseville on July 30th, 1983. The meaning of the "Bridge Service Only" markings is unknown. |
Date:
1983-07-30
Added:
2007-10-06 |
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SP B30-7 7873 sits in the siding at Loomis, CA after being set out with some severe flat spots. |
Date:
1983-07-30
Added:
2007-10-07 |
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SP 7873 at Loomis, CA. |
Date:
1983-07-30
Added:
2007-10-07 |
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Head-on shot of SP B30-7 7873 at Loomis, CA |
Date:
1983-07-30
Added:
2007-10-07 |
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A hostler from Roseville has arrived at Loomis, CA to start SP 7873 and take it into town at 10MPH because of 3 inch flat spots. July 30, 1983. |
Date:
1983-07-30
Added:
2007-10-07 |
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SP 7873 starts it 10MPH trip from Loomis to Roseville due to severe flat spots, but first the crew has to stop and line the mainline switch and derail before proceeding. |
Date:
1983-07-30
Added:
2007-10-07 |
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The 122 car RVEUY of July 30, 1983 is slowly pulling out of Roseville Yard with B30-7 7832 leading 9015 and 9188. |
Date:
1983-07-30
Added:
2007-10-07 |
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SP 7832 at Roseville, CA. July 30, 1983. |
Date:
1983-07-30
Added:
2007-10-07 |
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SP 7832 East heads into the setting sun on July 30, 1983. |
Date:
1983-07-30
Added:
2007-10-07 |
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SP 7832 leads the RVEUY through Sunset-Whitney, CA on the evening of July 30, 1983 and starts to get the 122 car train up to track speed. |
Date:
1983-07-30
Added:
2007-10-07 |
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The RVWJY comes into Oakland with 9340 and 8356 leading. |
Date:
1983-07-26
Added:
2007-10-06 |
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The Lombard Turn departs West Oakland with a mix of SD9E's and GP9E's, 4311-4342-2870-4306-3784 headed for the connection with the North Western Pacific. |
Date:
1983-07-26
Added:
2007-10-06 |
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The Lombard Turn with 4311-4342-2870-4306-3784 passes 34th Street on its way out of Oakland, CA. |
Date:
1983-07-26
Added:
2007-10-06 |
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A squadron of SD9E's with 4397 in the lead waits for its call to the OASJU on July 26, 1983. |
Date:
1983-07-26
Added:
2007-10-06 |
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The OASJU rolls through Jack London Square with a quartet of SD9E's 4397, 4382, 4351, and 4349 and GP9E 3188 on July 26, 1983. |
Date:
1983-07-26
Added:
2007-10-06 |
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The LABAT arrives in Oakland on July 26th, 1983 with 8364-7463-7634-SSW9394. |
Date:
1983-07-26
Added:
2007-10-06 |
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An empty beet train, the WJBKQ, with SD9E's 4351 and 4319 and 77 classic wood-sided beet gons, is seen departing West Oakland for a journey to the West Side branch and the loaders at Los Banos and Dos Palos. |
Date:
1983-07-21
Added:
2007-10-06 |
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Five UP SD40-2's and a SD40 are temporarily stored at Oakland Yard, CA during a down turn in business. By 1984, there won't be any power stored here any more. Stored here are 3154, 3771, 3699, 3102, 3303, and 3527. |
Date:
1983-07-21
Added:
2007-10-06 |
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Santa Fe's Oakland Local is working in the middle of Wood Street in West Oakland near 24th Street. GP30's 3262 and 2751 have just dropped off some cars for the Oakland Terminal. July 14, 1983. |
Date:
1983-07-14
Added:
2007-10-06 |
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WP 728 brings some cars up from industries from East Oakland. |
Date:
1983-07-14
Added:
2007-10-06 |
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WP 728 at Oakland, CA, July 14, 1983. |
Date:
1983-07-14
Added:
2007-10-06 |
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DRGW 3111 rests at West Oakland Diesel Shop on July 12, 1983. The classic Bay Street division offices are in the background. |
Date:
1983-07-12
Added:
2007-10-06 |
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WP 728 waits to switch cars at Oakland, CA. It's starting to show some old silver paint under its Perlman green. |
Date:
1983-07-09
Added:
2007-10-06 |
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The Santa Fe 189 train rounds the curve at Gateley with 2842-3460-2821 and 61 cars on July 9, 1983. |
Date:
1983-07-09
Added:
2007-10-06 |
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The 889 train has GP30's 3246 and 3263 split by GP35 3445 at Gateley, CA on July 9, 1983. That's Eric Blasko giving the train the roll-by. |
Date:
1983-07-09
Added:
2007-10-06 |
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SP8951-SP2479-SSW9288 blast through Berkeley, CA with a 57 car OARVV on July 7, 1983. |
Date:
1983-07-07
Added:
2007-10-06 |
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UP GP30 830 sits in Oakland, CA at the former Western Pacific Yard. |
Date:
1983-07-07
Added:
2007-08-12 |
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UP GP30 830 arrives at Oakland, CA with the RBW train. |
Date:
1983-07-03
Added:
2007-10-06 |
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The cement empties on the OAMJN are headed for the cement plants at Monolith and Creel. 33 hoppers have SD45R 7409 and GP9E's 3851 and 3348. Passing the 16th Street Amtrak station on July 2, 1983. |
Date:
1983-07-02
Added:
2007-10-06 |
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Eight units are on the OARVV as they finish putting their train together coming out of the Desert Yard. From the Powell Street bridge, the lashup of DRGW5350-2671-2681-9053-DRGW5361-DRGW5402-DRGW3007-DRGW3098 is ready to go on July 2, 1983. |
Date:
1983-07-02
Added:
2007-10-06 |
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DRGW 5350 leads 2 SP SW1500's 2671 and 2681, SP SD45 9053 and four other DRGW engines, 5361, 5402, 3007, and 3098 as they round the curve at Pinole, CA. The OARVV on July 2, 1983 has 129 cars. |
Date:
1983-07-02
Added:
2007-10-06 |
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SP 8518-8308-7306 roll the LABAT of June 30, 1983 into Jack London Square past the future location of the Amtrak Station, which is more than a decade away. |
Date:
1983-06-30
Added:
2007-10-06 |
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The OASJY has SP 8925 and 3399 in the lead on June 30, 1983. SP 8925 shows off its unusual Roman SP on the nose, probably a repaint from the old Houston Shops. |
Date:
1983-06-30
Added:
2007-10-06 |
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SP GP40-2 7615 leads the unique A-B-A combination of SSW B36-7's 7772, 7771, and 7773 at Jack London Square on May 28, 1983. |
Date:
1983-05-28
Added:
2007-09-29 |
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SSW 7773 at Oakland, CA on May 28, 1983. |
Date:
1983-05-28
Added:
2007-09-29 |
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Rebuilt B36-7B SSW 7771 is part of the OALAT on May 28, 1983. |
Date:
1983-05-28
Added:
2007-09-29 |
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Burlington Northern invasion! The SP's RVKFY races northbound with BN 7066-4029-6451-8000 and 134 empty grain hoppers. |
Date:
1983-05-21
Added:
2007-09-29 |
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SP GP9E's 3786 and 3843 wait for their next assignment at Red Bluff, CA. |
Date:
1983-05-21
Added:
2007-09-29 |
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The RVKFY roars through Red Bluff, CA with BN units 7066-4039-6451-8000 and 134 empty grain hoppers. |
Date:
1983-05-21
Added:
2007-09-29 |
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BN 7066 with the RVKFY urges 134 empty hoppers across the Redding, CA bridge. |
Date:
1983-05-21
Added:
2007-09-29 |
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SP 3748 and 3325 are hauling the Redding Turn across the Redding, CA bridge with 45 cars in tow, including the caboose right behind the power. |
Date:
1983-05-21
Added:
2007-09-29 |
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The EUMFY with 9249-8878-8521 blasts 99 cars south out of Redding, CA on its way to Roseville, CA. |
Date:
1983-05-21
Added:
2007-09-29 |
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SP cupola caboose 1058 is stored at Roseville, CA. |
Date:
1983-05-21
Added:
2007-09-29 |
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Cotton Belt red wide vision caboose 35 is stored at Roseville, CA. |
Date:
1983-05-21
Added:
2007-09-29 |
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The OARVV of May 19th, 1983 has SSW9288-8522-SSW9158 and 112 cars. Berkeley, CA. |
Date:
1983-05-19
Added:
2007-09-29 |
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The OARVV of May 14th, 1983 has eight engines, 3206-3207-7854-9090-8358-DRGW3129-DRGW3107-SSW9399, and is moving deep along the West Oakland Wye before backing into West Oakland Yard. |
Date:
1983-05-14
Added:
2007-09-29 |
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SP 9090 at West Oakland, CA. |
Date:
1983-05-14
Added:
2007-09-29 |
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DRGW 3129 at West Oakland, CA |
Date:
1983-05-14
Added:
2007-09-29 |
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The OARVV with SP 3206 leading is backing into West Oakland Yard. |
Date:
1983-05-14
Added:
2007-09-29 |
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Another 189 train comes through Gateley with 2946-3277-2851-3437 on May 14th, 1983. |
Date:
1983-05-14
Added:
2007-09-29 |
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An SP local with SW1500's 2686 and 2536 out of Ozol has 14 cars for industries east of Benicia. |
Date:
1983-05-14
Added:
2007-09-29 |
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The OARVV with 3206-3207-7854-9090-8358-DRGW3129-DRGW3107-SSW9399 grinds over the Benicia Bridge on May 14, 1983. |
Date:
1983-05-14
Added:
2007-09-29 |
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DRGW 3103 and 3123 ready themselves to head east from Roseville, CA. |
Date:
1983-05-07
Added:
2007-09-29 |
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Close up broadside of DRGW 3103. Roseville, CA. |
Date:
1983-05-07
Added:
2007-09-29 |
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WP F7A 913, now part of the California State Railway Museum collection, is working on the excursion train service on May 7, 1983. |
Date:
1983-05-07
Added:
2007-09-29 |
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WP 913 in excursion train service at the CSRM in Sacramento, CA. |
Date:
1983-05-07
Added:
2007-09-29 |
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Head on shot of WP 913 at Sacramento, CA. |
Date:
1983-05-07
Added:
2007-09-29 |
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The morning sun hits the flanks of WP F7A 913 while it out working at the California State Railway Museum in Sacramento, CA. |
Date:
1983-05-07
Added:
2007-09-29 |
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Roster shot of WP 913 at Sacramento, CA. |
Date:
1983-05-07
Added:
2007-09-29 |
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WP 913 pushes the CSRM excursion train down towards the Tower Bridge in Sacramento, CA |
Date:
1983-05-07
Added:
2007-09-29 |
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WP 3532 leads an employee appreciation special at Stockton, CA. |
Date:
1983-05-07
Added:
2007-09-29 |
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Someone has adjusted the UP shield to reflect that the WP spirit wasn't dead. Sacaramento, CA. |
Date:
1983-05-07
Added:
2007-09-29 |
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WP 3532 leads an employee appreciation special at Stockton, CA. |
Date:
1983-05-07
Added:
2007-09-29 |
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Santa Fe 3452 races through Oakley, CA with the 189 train. |
Date:
1983-05-07
Added:
2007-09-29 |
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The BAESF is passing through Shellmound with a ten unit lashup with extra engines from Oakland to Roseville. Lashup is 9229-SSW9284-9188-DRGW5321-DRGW5362-DRGW5403-8900-4343-4340-3841. |
Date:
1983-05-07
Added:
2007-09-29 |
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SP steam switcher 1269 is fired up at the California State Railway Museum in Sacramento, CA. |
Date:
1983-05-07
Added:
2007-09-29 |
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The BAESF roars through Berkeley, CA with an all DRGW lashup...even better, its two SD45's 5329 and 5315, and GP40 3067. Sounds great! |
Date:
1983-05-05
Added:
2007-09-29 |
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DRGW 5329 East charges through Berkeley, CA. |
Date:
1983-05-05
Added:
2007-09-29 |
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WP 3001 sits at Oakland waiting for its next assignment. |
Date:
1983-04-28
Added:
2007-09-29 |
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WP GP35's 3022-3008-3001 wait at Oakland for their next assignment. |
Date:
1983-04-28
Added:
2007-09-29 |
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Caltrain's uniquely painted GP9E 3187 moves out of West Oakland trailing two SDP45's. |
Date:
1983-04-16
Added:
2007-09-29 |
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The MBBAF (Memphis-Bay Area Forwarder) comes off the line to Warm Springs back in the day when it was the through freight line from San Jose and the Mulford Line was the sleepy passenger main. 8565-9222-9381-7346 are corssing over to double track at Elmhurst. |
Date:
1983-04-16
Added:
2007-09-29 |
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SN 712 shows some peeling paint while waiting for another round of switching at the WP's yard in Oakland. |
Date:
1983-04-16
Added:
2007-09-29 |
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The Santa Fe's 189 train come around the corner at Gateley with 2707-3309-3460-2709 and 72 cars. |
Date:
1983-04-16
Added:
2007-09-29 |
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B30-7's 7875-7828-7801 charge elephant style through Fruitvale as they urge the OALAT on its overnight run to Los Angeles. |
Date:
1983-04-15
Added:
2007-09-29 |
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SP 7859 and 7672 return to West Oakland Diesel Shop after bringing the SJOAU into the Desert Yard. |
Date:
1983-04-15
Added:
2007-09-29 |
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SP's lowest numbered SD45T-2, SSW 9157, leads GP40-2 7664 on a BAESY with 32 cars on March 21, 1983. These were the days when there was useable industrial trackage in Berkeley. |
Date:
1983-03-21
Added:
2007-09-29 |
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DRGW 5402 is ready to head east up the Cal-P after doubling over its train at East Oakland on March 19, 1983. |
Date:
1983-03-19
Added:
2007-09-25 |
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The OARVV is ready to proceed eastbound up the Cal-P from East Oakland with DRGW SD40T-2's 5402 and 5382 and SP units 9318, 7340, 9023, 3202, and 3198. March 19, 1983. |
Date:
1983-03-19
Added:
2007-09-25 |
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SP 7340, part of the DRGW 5402 East, is actually missing some parts (lights and fans), so it must be on its way to Sacramento Shops for some heavy work. March 19, 1983. |
Date:
1983-03-19
Added:
2007-09-25 |
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The OAWJY rolls through Jack London Square with bicentennial painted GP40P-2 3197 and SDP45's 3200 and 3205 leading 66 caras to Watsonville. March 19, 1983. |
Date:
1983-03-19
Added:
2007-09-25 |
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Head on shot of DRGW 5402. Oakland, CA, March 19, 1983. |
Date:
1983-03-19
Added:
2007-09-25 |
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DRGW SD40T-2's 5402 and 5382 lead 5 SP engines and the OARVV as they storm past the old SP depot in Berkeley, CA. March 19, 1983. |
Date:
1983-03-19
Added:
2007-09-26 |
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DRGW 5402 East blast past the old SP depot in Berkeley, CA. |
Date:
1983-03-19
Added:
2007-09-26 |
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Four large Rio Grande motors have cut off their westbound train at West Oakland Yard and are moving towards the SP West Oakland Diesel Shop. Power is 5402-5382-5317-5411. March 18, 1983. |
Date:
1983-03-18
Added:
2007-09-25 |
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DRGW 5402 slides past some Amtrak Superliners at West Oakland Yard. March 18, 1983. |
Date:
1983-03-18
Added:
2007-09-25 |
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DRGW 5411 and 5317 lead 81 loaded coal hoppers through Elmhurst on the SP Coast Line. March 18, 1983. |
Date:
1983-03-18
Added:
2007-09-25 |
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DRGW 5411 and 5317 lead 81 loaded coal hoppers through Elmhurst on the SP Coast Line. March 18, 1983. |
Date:
1983-03-18
Added:
2007-09-25 |
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DRGW 5382 sits in the fuel racks at West Oakland with SP GP40X's 7201-7231-7230. March 18, 1983. |
Date:
1983-03-18
Added:
2007-09-25 |
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A classic 1980's Santa Fe Bay Area freight. The 839 train is lead by 3436-3201-3301 as it rounds the curve at the east end of Gateley, CA. March 17, 1983. |
Date:
1983-03-17
Added:
2007-09-25 |
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SP 4433 acts like the Little Engine that Could. It is charge of a 50 car OARVW on March 17, 1983 and must have had fun on the approach to the Benicia Bridge. |
Date:
1983-03-17
Added:
2007-09-25 |
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SP SW1500 2668 hauls Howard Terminal Whitcomb 45ton #8 from its old home at Howard Terminal to Port of Oakland owned property off of 8th Ave and the Embarcadero for storage. The little engine stayed there until 1987, when it was donated to the California State Railway Museum. March 17th, 1983. |
Date:
1983-03-17
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2007-09-25 |
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Howard Terminal Whitcomb 45ton #8 is pushed by SP 2668 along the Nimitz Freeway as it is moved from Howard Terminal to other Port of Oakland property. March 17, 1983. |
Date:
1983-03-17
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2007-09-25 |
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SSW 9382 and UP 3763 lead a westbound through Shellmound, CA. |
Date:
1983-03-13
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2007-09-24 |
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SSW 9382 and UP 3763 on a westbound passes the OARVV with 9368 and 9307. Emeryville, CA, March 13, 1983. |
Date:
1983-03-13
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2007-09-24 |
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The OARGM is getting ready to leave Emeryville with DRGW SD40T-2 5394 and GP40 3057 leading 110 empty coal hoppers for the return trip to Salt Lake City and home rails. |
Date:
1983-03-13
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2007-09-25 |
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DRGW 5394 and 3057 lead the OARGM with 110 empty coal hoppers along the shores of the Carquinez Straits |
Date:
1983-03-13
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2007-09-25 |
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DRGW 5394 and 3057 lead the OARGM with 110 empty coal hoppers along the shores of the Carquinez Straits |
Date:
1983-03-13
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2007-09-25 |
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The OARVV has come via the now dormant Mococo Line on the late winter afternoon of March 13, 1983. SP SD45T-2's 9368 and 9307 have 102 cars in tow with stops at Tracy, Stockton, and Sacramento before reaching Roseville. |
Date:
1983-03-13
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2007-09-25 |
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The OARVV passes the Pittsburg, CA depot on a late winter afternoon of March 13, 1983. |
Date:
1983-03-13
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2007-09-25 |
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The OARGM is brilliantly lit up by the late afternoon sun as it rolls along the Mococo Line between Port Chicago and Pittsburg. |
Date:
1983-03-13
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2007-09-25 |
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DRGW SD40T-2 5394 and GP40 3057 are a long ways from where they are supposed to be. They are about to storm past the old SP depot at Pittsburg, CA on the Mococo Line late in the day on March 13, 1983. Those Rio Grande hoppers are definitely taking the scenic route home. |
Date:
1983-03-13
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2007-09-25 |
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DRGW 5394 passes the old SP depot in Pittsburg, CA on March 13th, 1983. |
Date:
1983-03-13
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2007-09-25 |
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WP 1502 switches some auto racks on a rainy February 8, 1983. Oakland, CA |
Date:
1983-02-08
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2007-09-24 |
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SP U25BE 3101 sits in the Taylor deadline waiting for some major engine work. She would remain out of service for a couple of years until SP's need for transfer power became so acute that she did get repaired and saw one more campaign. |
Date:
1982-12-21
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2007-09-22 |
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The hot 883 train come around the corner just below Cajon Summit with 5640-5697-5609-8058-5034. |
Date:
1982-12-21
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2007-09-22 |
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UP Victorville Helpers 3723 and 3720 roll home after helping a train down to San Bernardino. Cajon Summit, December 21, 1982. |
Date:
1982-12-21
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2007-09-22 |
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Read them and weep! Eight Rio Grande SD40T-2's roar through Cajon Summit on the morning of December 20, 1982 with an empty coal train. The Union Pacific definitely didn't want to pay the Rio Grande for keeping 8 engines over Christmas. |
Date:
1982-12-20
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2007-09-22 |
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Santa Fe GP40X 3800 screams through Cajon Summit as it and GP35's 3390 and 2850 and GP40X sister 3803 have toted 30 cars up the pass. |
Date:
1982-12-20
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2007-09-22 |
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The Harbor West pauses at Cajon Summit to add helpers. Santa Fe SD45 5335 shows its classic lines while waiting to proceed down hill. |
Date:
1982-12-20
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2007-09-22 |
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The CIWCY is about to enter West Colton Yard after its short trip from the City of Industry. Today's lashup is a combination of the modern (SD38-2's 2972 and 2971 with slug 1002) and the old SD7R 1536. December 20, 1982. |
Date:
1982-12-20
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2007-09-22 |
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A long northbound SP looms out of the fog on the morning of December 4, 1982. Tunnel motors 8306 and 9208 have 118 cars in tow for Roseville. |
Date:
1982-12-04
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2007-09-22 |
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A southbound SP train approaches Stockton Tower with 8390-9203-8391 hauling a train of 36 loads and 73 empties. |
Date:
1982-12-04
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2007-09-22 |
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Another southbound passes under the signal bridge guarding the Stockton Tower diamonds. SP 7304-8335-8331 have 93 cars on the roll. |
Date:
1982-12-04
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2007-09-22 |
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The San Jose Turn arrives at Stockton, CA under leadened skies with a incredible EMD 7-series lashup, WP GP7 706 leading WP F7A's 917 and 921 and Sacramento Northern GP7's 712 and 711. December 4, 1982. |
Date:
1982-12-04
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2007-09-22 |
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WP F-units 917 and 921 trail on the San Jose Turn at Stockton, CA on December 4, 1982. |
Date:
1982-12-04
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2007-09-22 |
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The WP's BN138 train is ready to leave Stockton, CA for the BN connection at Kalmath Falls, OR. WP GP35 3008 leads U23B's 2257 and 2252. |
Date:
1982-12-04
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2007-09-22 |
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The Santa Fe 901 train crosses over at Stockton Tower to avoid some traffic at Mormon Yard. GP35's 3452, 3402, and 2955 have 42 cars in tow. Note that 3402 is still in blue, non-Warbonnet paint. |
Date:
1982-12-04
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2007-09-22 |
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The LABRF blasts off from a pickup at Stockton Yard. Cotton Belt 8322 and SP 7314 blow a cloud of sand as things get a little slippery. |
Date:
1982-12-04
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2007-09-22 |
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Delta Bulk Terminal switches some of the large customers at the Port of Stockton. Planning on coping with large grain train cuts, DBT bought a former Conrail C636, which they numbered 1001. Seen here behind their boundary fence at Stockton, CA. December 4, 1982 |
Date:
1982-12-04
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2007-09-22 |
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The RGOAF with 8569-7421-8321 passes some maintenance of way equipment at the Antelope end of the Roseville yard. |
Date:
1982-12-04
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2007-09-22 |
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A chartered Amtrak train collects a train load of California Bears fans for a trip to Southern California to battle the USC Trojans. Cal lost - "Go Bears - at least don't embarrass us!" |
Date:
1982-11-05
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2007-09-22 |
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Santa Fe 928 train with GP35u 3460 leading lights up the night at Christie, CA on the night of November 5, 1982. |
Date:
1982-11-05
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2007-09-22 |
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Amtrak #12 rolls south through Oakland, CA on the morning of September 30, 1982. Lead engines are 247 and 243. |
Date:
1982-09-30
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2007-09-22 |
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The Hayward Local rolls through Jack London Square with SP SW1500 2573 in the lead. September 15, 1982. |
Date:
1982-09-15
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2007-08-17 |
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A south bound rolls through Jack London Square with SD45 9017 and SD45T-2 9172 and 9191. September 15, 1982. |
Date:
1982-09-15
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2007-08-17 |
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The LABAT cruises under the old Broadway Ave. signal bridge in Jack London Square. SP engines 9182-9260-7320 lead 22 cars from Los Angeles.. September 15, 1982. |
Date:
1982-09-15
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2007-08-17 |
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The CCVX rumbles on the last bit of track before entering Oakland Yard. Power is 3508-3547-2263, which are all running, even though most of the engine room doors are open on the 2263. September 15, 1982. |
Date:
1982-09-15
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2007-08-18 |
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The CCVX rumbles on the last bit of track before entering Oakland Yard. Power is 3508-3547-2263, which are all running, even though most of the engine room doors are open on the 2263. September 15, 1982. |
Date:
1982-09-15
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2007-08-18 |
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Sepetember 13, 1982 finds Amtrak's eastbound San Francisco Zephyr (train 6) with F40PHR 296 in lead waiting for Amtrak 711 to arrive at 16th Street in West Oakland. |
Date:
1982-09-13
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2007-08-17 |
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The LABAT with 8572 and 9177 arrives in Oakland on September 13, 1982. Note the three "original" SP stack cars on the headend. |
Date:
1982-09-13
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2007-08-17 |
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SP SD9R 4441, the last one rebuilt, runs light engine from East Oakland through the Magnolia Interlocking on September 13, 1982. |
Date:
1982-09-13
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2007-08-17 |
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WP GP40-2 3558 at Oakland Yard, September 13, 1982. |
Date:
1982-09-13
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2007-08-18 |
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WP GP40 3534 at Oakland Yard, September 13, 1982. |
Date:
1982-09-13
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2007-08-18 |
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WP GP35 3004 at Oakland Yard, September 13, 1982. |
Date:
1982-09-13
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2007-08-18 |
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The LABAT is gettign ready to enter the Homestead Yard after its overnight run up the Coast Line from Los Angeles. Today's power is three GP40X's 7231-7230-7201, and yes, the nose of 7231 is actually running a little on the pink side. September 8, 1982. |
Date:
1982-09-08
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2007-08-17 |
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The LABAT is gettign ready to enter the Homestead Yard after its overnight run up the Coast Line from Los Angeles. Today's power is three GP40X's 7231-7230-7201, and yes, the nose of 7231 is actually running a little on the pink side. September 8, 1982. |
Date:
1982-09-08
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2007-08-17 |
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SP NW2E 1312 switches the EBMUD plant just east of 34th Street in a classic SP scene on September 8, 1982. |
Date:
1982-09-08
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2007-08-17 |
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Amtrak train 711 of September 8, 1982 has 3 cars powered by F40PH 301. A far cry from today's operations with 4 or 5 double deck cars. |
Date:
1982-09-08
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2007-08-17 |
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An RVWJR reefer block comes into Oakland right behind an Amtrak San Joaquin. SD9E's 4307, 4410, and 4347 have SW1500 2597 with them to lend a hand with 72 empty reefers for Watsonville. September 8, 1982. |
Date:
1982-09-08
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2007-08-17 |
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A westbound trundles through Jack London Square with SD40T-2 8371 leading rebuilt SD9's 4439, 4357, and 4351. August 31, 1982. |
Date:
1982-08-31
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2007-08-17 |
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WP SW1500 1502 switches Oakland Yard, CA on August 30, 1982. |
Date:
1982-08-30
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2007-09-09 |
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A morning lumber freight with an SP 4-by-4; headend is SSW9065-SSW9291-7329-8236 and the helpers are 8362-9243-9209-SSW9271. Below the Tehachapi Loop, August 27, 1982. |
Date:
1982-08-27
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2007-08-17 |
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A morning lumber freight with an SP 4-by-4; headend is SSW9065-SSW9291-7329-8236 and the helpers are 8362-9243-9209-SSW9271. Below the Tehachapi Loop, August 27, 1982. |
Date:
1982-08-27
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2007-08-17 |
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A Santa Fe with a brace of C30-7's on the point comes chugging up around the Tehachapi Loop with 8048-8018-8063-3832-5998 leading a long string of trailers. August 27, 1982. |
Date:
1982-08-27
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2007-08-17 |
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Another Santa Fe eastbound comes roars towards the Loop with 2 GP40X's leading, 3805-3800-3838-3831-8039. August 27, 1982. |
Date:
1982-08-27
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2007-08-17 |
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SP's hot BRLAT comes around the horseshoe curve at Caliente. It has 60 cars being propelled by SSW8374-8958-8548-UP3442. August 27, 1982. |
Date:
1982-08-27
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2007-08-17 |
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In the afternoon of August 27th, 1982, light helpers start up the hill from Bakersfield with 8543-8317-7357-9080. |
Date:
1982-08-27
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2007-08-17 |
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At the end of the line (literally and figurally) is DDA40X 6909, sitting dead at Yermo, CA waiting for a chance to run again on August 26, 1982. When the call came in 1984, 6909 was not selected to be returned to service. |
Date:
1982-08-26
Added:
2007-08-11 |
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Early morning at Walong starts with the 991 train. Santa Fe has put five engines on today's run, including 5059-3805-3834-3833-5113, with 47 cars. August 26, 1982. |
Date:
1982-08-26
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2007-08-17 |
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On August 26th, 1982, the SP's BAESY grinds up the Loop with 8321-8878-8552-9340 on the headend and 8327-9206-8965-8509 cut in midtrain. |
Date:
1982-08-26
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2007-08-17 |
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On August 26th, 1982, the SP's BAESY grinds up the Loop with 8321-8878-8552-9340 on the headend and 8327-9206-SSW8965-8509 cut in midtrain. |
Date:
1982-08-26
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2007-08-17 |
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Four GP50's wait for their next assignment - including 3825-3821-3815-3814. Barstow, CA, August 26, 1982. |
Date:
1982-08-26
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2007-08-17 |
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Yermo has a collection of stored UP power, including this example of a SDP35, UP 1402. Check out the horns! August 26, 1982. |
Date:
1982-08-26
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2007-08-17 |
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ATSF caboose 999631 stands in front the main erecting building at San Bernardino Shops and a lineup of Santa Fe logo boxcars. August 26, 1982. |
Date:
1982-08-26
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2007-08-17 |
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From the Mount Vernon Avenue overpass, the San Bernardino shops have a number of locomotives in for work, including SD45 5590 and 3 other SD45's in the foreground and GP39-2 3670 and a F45 in the background. August 26, 1982. |
Date:
1982-08-26
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2007-08-17 |
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At the 7th Street and Townsend "shops," bicentennial painted SP GP40P-2 3197 waits for its next assignment with a SDP45. |
Date:
1982-08-20
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2007-08-17 |
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SP SW1500 2598 switches a car into Mission Bay Yard in San Francisco on August 20, 1982. |
Date:
1982-08-20
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2007-08-17 |
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SP SDP45 3201 is charge of train #46 at 7th and Townsend in San Francisco. |
Date:
1982-08-20
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2007-08-17 |
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SP SDP45 3204 is charge of train #44 at 7th and Townsend in San Francisco. August 20, 1982. |
Date:
1982-08-20
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2007-08-17 |
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Bicentennial SP GP40P-2 3197 is in charge of train #48 and it has Harrimans to boot! August 20, 1982. |
Date:
1982-08-20
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2007-08-17 |
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Train #57 comes around the corner at 7th and Townsend in San Francisco with SD9E 4450 leading 3 cars. August 20, 1982. |
Date:
1982-08-20
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2007-08-17 |
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Two GP9E's have train #54 in hand leaving 4th and Townsend. Caltrain painted 3187 and SP 3189 have to keep up with the schedule that a SDP45 would have. August 20, 1982. |
Date:
1982-08-20
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2007-08-17 |
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SP GP40P-2 3198 leads train #56 out of San Francisco on August 20, 1982. |
Date:
1982-08-20
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2007-08-17 |
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On the platform at 4th and Townsend, train #60, with SDP45 3207 leading, and its conductor are waiting for their customers. August 20, 1982. |
Date:
1982-08-20
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2007-08-17 |
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On the platform at 4th and Townsend, train #60, with SDP45 3207 leading, and its conductor are waiting for their customers. August 20, 1982. |
Date:
1982-08-20
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2007-08-17 |
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On the platform at 4th and Townsend, train #60, with SDP45 3207 leading, and its conductor are waiting for their customers. August 20, 1982. |
Date:
1982-08-20
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2007-08-17 |
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A great shot of the fueling and sanding tracks at the Roseville facilities. SP SD40T-2 8300 and SD45T-2 9313 proudly represent the Southern Pacific's mountain railroading heritage centered around Roseville, just as cab-forwards had fifty years previously. August 16, 1982. |
Date:
1982-08-16
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2007-08-16 |
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Surprise! Tucked in behind a row of flangers at the east end of the Roseville shops is Stockton Terminal and Eastern S2 507, up from Stockton for some wheel work. August 16, 1982. |
Date:
1982-08-16
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2007-08-16 |
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Santa Fe C30-7's 8017 and 8010 lead an 839 into Richmond Yard in Richmond, CA on August 11, 1982. |
Date:
1982-08-11
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2007-08-16 |
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An 839 train is seen here climbing up to the east portal of the Glen Frazier tunnel. GP30's 3219 and 3201 have 26 cars for Richmond. August 11, 1982. |
Date:
1982-08-11
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2007-08-16 |
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An 839 train is seen here climbing up to the east portal of the Glen Frazier tunnel. GP30's 3219 and 3201 have 26 cars for Richmond. August 11, 1982. |
Date:
1982-08-11
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2007-08-16 |
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On August 11, 1982's 199 train blasts towards the east portal of the Glen Frazier tunnel with GP30 3282 and GP35's 3397 and 3410. |
Date:
1982-08-11
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2007-08-16 |
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On August 11, 1982's 199 train blasts towards the east portal of the Glen Frazier tunnel with GP30 3282 and GP35's 3397 and 3410. |
Date:
1982-08-11
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2007-08-16 |
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SP SD45T-2 9348 leads a westbound solo with a train from San Jose as it enters the Homestead Yard. June 28, 1982. |
Date:
1982-06-28
Added:
2007-08-16 |
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SP SW1200 2284 switches a car under the Oakland Terminal trestles with the US Army engine house in the background. June 28, 1982. |
Date:
1982-06-28
Added:
2007-08-16 |
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An eastbound with SD9E 4360 and SD9R 4439 comes through Berkeley on a cloudy June 28, 1982. |
Date:
1982-06-28
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2007-08-16 |
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Amtrak train #5 roars through Berkeley, CA on June 28, 1982. F40PH's 369 and 375 lead the train on the last few miles of the trip. |
Date:
1982-06-28
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2007-08-16 |
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On June 22, 1982, a SP westbound is seen coming off the long trestles into Davis. Consist is 8289-UP3750-SSW7788-8530. |
Date:
1982-06-22
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2007-08-16 |
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On June 22, 1982, between Elvas Tower and Antelope, a RVWJR empty reefer block with 129 cars is getting up to track speed with 8567 and 9236 in charge at MP 100. |
Date:
1982-06-22
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2007-08-16 |
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On June 22, 1982, between Elvas Tower and Antelope, a RVWJR empty reefer block with 129 cars is getting up to track speed with 8567 and 9236 in charge at MP 100. |
Date:
1982-06-22
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2007-08-16 |
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A peek in the Sacramento Locomotive Works finds SP SD45X 9504 sitting forlornly with newly shopped GP40R SSW 7966 in the background. |
Date:
1982-06-22
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2007-08-16 |
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SP SW8 1120 switches the little pocket yard on 18th Street neat Wood Street in Oakland. I believe that this is one of the few (if only) times that I saw an operation over on 18th Street. The track connected with the main line just east of the 16th Street Interlocking Tower. June 17, 1982. |
Date:
1982-06-17
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2007-08-16 |
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On June 17, 1982, SP SW1500 2684 has reached down into the WP transfer connection in West Oakland to get WP F7A 918. The 918 is on its way to PLA in Richmond for preservation. |
Date:
1982-06-17
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2007-08-16 |
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Blast off through Berkeley! SP Extra 8314 East has 121 cars in tow with 8314-2539-9265-8306 howling away under the old signal bridge next to Aquatic Park. |
Date:
1982-05-22
Added:
2007-08-16 |
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On May 15th, 1982, Caltrain unveiled its first paint scheme. They painted SP GP9E 3187 and three SP commute cars in this multi-color rainbow scheme. Fortuneately, cooler heads prevailed and Caltrain settled on a more traditional scheme based on the Platinum Mist color. Presented here in San Francisco on the San Francisco Belt Line, probably a couple of blocks from their old roundhouse at the foot of Battery Street. |
Date:
1982-05-15
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2007-08-16 |
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On May 15th, 1982, Caltrain unveiled its first paint scheme. They painted SP GP9E 3187 and three SP commute cars in this multi-color rainbow scheme. Fortuneately, cooler heads prevailed and Caltrain settled on a more traditional scheme based on the Platinum Mist color. Presented here in San Francisco on the San Francisco Belt Line, probably a couple of blocks from their old roundhouse at the foot of Battery Street. |
Date:
1982-05-15
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2007-08-16 |
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On May 15th, 1982, Caltrain unveiled its first paint scheme. They painted SP GP9E 3187 and three SP commute cars in this multi-color rainbow scheme. Fortuneately, cooler heads prevailed and Caltrain settled on a more traditional scheme based on the Platinum Mist color. Presented here in San Francisco on the San Francisco Belt Line, probably a couple of blocks from their old roundhouse at the foot of Battery Street. |
Date:
1982-05-15
Added:
2007-08-16 |
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On May 15th, 1982, Caltrain unveiled its first paint scheme. They painted SP GP9E 3187 and three SP commute cars in this multi-color rainbow scheme. Fortuneately, cooler heads prevailed and Caltrain settled on a more traditional scheme based on the Platinum Mist color. Presented here in San Francisco on the San Francisco Belt Line, probably a couple of blocks from their old roundhouse at the foot of Battery Street. |
Date:
1982-05-15
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2007-08-16 |
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WP's CCVX with GP40-2 3556 leading smoky U30B 3064 and GP40 3533 on April 18th, 1982 at Oakland. Seen here passing WP's former Oakland depot at 3rd and Washington. |
Date:
1982-04-18
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2007-08-05 |
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SP SDP45's 3205 and 3208 spend a Saturday morning forwarding the 103 cars of the OASJY to San Jose. |
Date:
1982-04-18
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2007-08-16 |
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SP GP9E 3438 shows off its clean paint from its recent overhaul as it leads the OAWJK on April 18th, 1982 as it leaves Oakland. |
Date:
1982-04-18
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2007-08-16 |
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SP GP9 2890 and SD39 5309 trail the consist of the OAWJK at Oakland, April 18th, 1982. |
Date:
1982-04-18
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2007-08-16 |
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The OAWJK departs Oakland with 3438-3767-2890-5309 and 113 cars. April 18, 1982. |
Date:
1982-04-18
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2007-08-16 |
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The OAWJK departs Oakland with 3438-3767-2890-5309 and 113 cars. April 18, 1982. |
Date:
1982-04-18
Added:
2007-08-16 |
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SP SDP45's 3208 and 3205 bring the SJOAY into Oakland on their usual weekend tours away from the commute pool. April 18th, 1982. |
Date:
1982-04-18
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2007-08-16 |
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At the West Oakland Diesel Shop, SDP45 3200 and SD40R 7342 compare nose and cab equipment. Nothing looks better than fully stocked SP engines! April 18th, 1982. |
Date:
1982-04-18
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2007-08-16 |
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Another day on Tehachapi! At Tunnel 2, a westbound pops out of west portal with SD45T-2 9230 leading 8959, 8659, and 8519 and 47 cars. That's Eric Blasko on the inside of the curve! |
Date:
1982-04-03
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2007-08-16 |
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Late in the morning of April 3, 1982, an eastbound Santa Fe exits Tunnel 5 at the west end of Cliff siding. Consist is 5049-5701-7494-5054-5679. |
Date:
1982-04-03
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2007-08-16 |
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At the east end of Cliff, a Southern Pacific freight pulls out of the siding after meeting a Santa Fe westbound. The headend is a classic SP lashup, SD40R 7314 and unrebuilt SD45's 8980, 9148, and 9055, while the helper is a mix of the new and the old, with SD40T-2 8504, SD40R 7327, and SD9E 4358. |
Date:
1982-04-03
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2007-08-16 |
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At the east end of Cliff, a Southern Pacific freight pulls out of the siding after meeting a Santa Fe westbound. The headend is a classic SP lashup, SD40R 7314 and unrebuilt SD45's 8980, 9148, and 9055, while the helper is a mix of the new and the old, with SD40T-2 8504, SD40R 7327, and SD9E 4358. |
Date:
1982-04-03
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2007-08-16 |
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At the east end of Cliff, a Southern Pacific freight pulls out of the siding after meeting a Santa Fe westbound. The headend is a classic SP lashup, SD40R 7314 and unrebuilt SD45's 8980, 9148, and 9055, while the helper is a mix of the new and the old, with SD40T-2 8504, SD40R 7327, and SD9E 4358. |
Date:
1982-04-03
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2007-08-16 |
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On April 3rd, 1982, an eastbound SP freight with a quartet of 20-cylinder power (SSW9299-9002-7400-9021) and four more as mid-train helpers (9303-9355-9142-9133) is about to enter the tunnel under the Tehachapi Loop. |
Date:
1982-04-03
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2007-08-16 |
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On April 3rd, 1982, an eastbound SP freight with a quartet of 20-cylinder power (SSW9299-9002-7400-9021) and four more as mid-train helpers (9303-9355-9142-9133) is about to enter the tunnel under the Tehachapi Loop. Here are the mid-train helpers. |
Date:
1982-04-03
Added:
2007-08-16 |
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On April 3rd, 1982, an eastbound SP freight with a quartet of 20-cylinder power (SSW9299-9002-7400-9021) and four more as mid-train helpers (9303-9355-9142-9133) is about to enter the tunnel under the Tehachapi Loop. B. C. Hellman and Harry Wong look on. |
Date:
1982-04-03
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2007-08-16 |
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Between Woodford and Walong, Santa Fe 5613 leads five mates (lashup 5613-5532-5315-5182-3319-3252) on an eastbound. |
Date:
1982-04-03
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2007-08-16 |
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On April 3rd, 1982, a westbound SP sweeps around the bridge between Walong and Woodford with 8568-9112-9074-8824-8693 and 129 empties. |
Date:
1982-04-03
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2007-08-16 |
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An eastbound Santa Fe bursts out of the Tunnel 9 portal with C30-7 8051, GP50 3838, and SD40 5005. |
Date:
1982-04-03
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2007-08-16 |
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On April 3rd, 1982, the LABRF with 8572-9248-8544-9333 rolls downhill at Woodford, CA. |
Date:
1982-04-03
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2007-08-16 |
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An eastbound SP freight of lumber is working hard at the west end of Woodford. The consist is 8519-8659-9400-9230-9081 with mid-train helpers 7344-8359-8569-9036-8562. |
Date:
1982-04-03
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2007-08-16 |
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An eastbound SP freight of lumber is working hard at the west end of Woodford. The consist is 8519-8659-9400-9230-9081 with mid-train helpers 7344-8359-8569-9036-8562. April 3, 1982. Here are the helpers. |
Date:
1982-04-03
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2007-08-16 |
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At Woodford, a westbound Santa Fe light engines with GP50's 3810, 3812, and 3832 leading 5128, 5543, 8144, and 5714 slides downhill quietly on the afternoon of April 3rd, 1982. |
Date:
1982-04-03
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2007-08-16 |
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SP 7882 rests at Mojave, CA on April 3rd, 1982. |
Date:
1982-04-03
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2007-08-16 |
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The Searles Turn has arrived at Mojave, CA with 4 B30-7's and SD40T-2, where they are added to 2 other B30-7's. April 3rd, 1982. |
Date:
1982-04-03
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2007-08-16 |
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SP SD40T-2 8524 is among a group of B30-7's at Mojave, CA on April 3rd, 1982. |
Date:
1982-04-03
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2007-08-16 |
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Snow on Tehachapi! Santa Fe's 991 and 199 trains meet at the summit of Tehachapi on April 2nd, 1982. The 991 is led by B36-7 7494 and 4 SD's 5054-5679-5158-5306. |
Date:
1982-04-02
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2007-08-16 |
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Snow on Tehachapi! Santa Fe's 991 is led by B36-7 7494 at speed on April 2nd, 1982. |
Date:
1982-04-02
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2007-08-16 |
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Super clean Santa Fe GP40X 3803 leads SD45u 5300 and SD45-2 5666 on an 809 train around the Tehachapi Loop. April 2, 1982. |
Date:
1982-04-02
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2007-08-16 |
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Super clean Santa Fe GP40X 3803 leads SD45u 5300 and SD45-2 5666 on an 809 train around the Tehachapi Loop. April 2, 1982. |
Date:
1982-04-02
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2007-08-16 |
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Super clean Santa Fe GP40X 3803 leads SD45u 5300 and SD45-2 5666 on an 809 train at Bealvile, CA. April 2, 1982. |
Date:
1982-04-02
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2007-08-16 |
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SP SD45 9123 flies down the last few miles towards Bakersfield on a westbound. |
Date:
1982-04-02
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2007-08-16 |
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SSW 7792 shows its flanks in this broadside shot at Mojave, CA. |
Date:
1982-04-02
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2007-08-16 |
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Cotton Belt B30-7 7792 shows off its full light package at Mojave, CA. |
Date:
1982-04-02
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2007-08-16 |
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SP B30-7's 7871 and SSW 7792 rest on the engine lead at Mojave, CA. |
Date:
1982-04-02
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2007-08-16 |
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UP SD7 459 and its slug S1 rest in the deadline at East Yard in Los Angeles, April 1, 1982. |
Date:
1982-04-01
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2007-08-16 |
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UP GP30's 830 and 707 and SP SD40T-2 8329 rest under the old diesel shop shed at East Yard, Los Angeles, April 1, 1982. |
Date:
1982-04-01
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2007-08-16 |
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UP GP30 830 at East Yard, Los Angeles, April 1, 1982. |
Date:
1982-04-01
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2007-08-16 |
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A matched set of C30-7's 2506-2507-2509-2500 at East Yard, Los Angeles, April 1, 1982. There is an interesting mixed bag of switchers off to the far right, including NW2 1049, SW9 1826, and SW10 1223. |
Date:
1982-04-01
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2007-08-16 |
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Three classic SP faces are lined up on the ready tracks at the West Colton Diesel Shop. SD40R 7328 shows off its full SP light package, while SW1500 2622 is tucked away between 7328 and uniquely bare faced SD38-2 2975. SP's SD38-2's, bought especially for the West Colton hump, never received the full light package, only a standard dual beam headlight in the nose. |
Date:
1982-04-01
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2007-08-16 |
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Rebuilt GP9E 3406 sits in the rain with sister 3397 at West Colton on April 1st, 1982. These old Los Angeles-based warriors always looked good, with their full light packages and their clean paint jobs. |
Date:
1982-04-01
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2007-08-16 |
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Here is an amazing Loma Linda Helper for SP's San Timeteo Canyon. B30-7's 7854 and SSW7795 are paired up with U33C's 8771 and 8592. |
Date:
1982-04-01
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2007-08-16 |
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Train #38 with SD9E 4451 in charge pops out of the tunnel near Paul Ave. on March 29, 1982. |
Date:
1982-03-29
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2007-08-15 |
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Train #40, led by SDP45 3208, makes the turn at 7th and Townsend as SP SW1200 2280 and SW8 1105 switch coaches for the afternoon rush. San Francisco, March 29, 1982. |
Date:
1982-03-29
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2007-08-15 |
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SP SW8 1105 switches double decker cars at 7th Street in San Francisco. The 1105 was one of the few SW8's that the SP had that didn't have dynamic braking as original equipment. |
Date:
1982-03-29
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2007-08-16 |
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SP GP40P-2 3199 turns the corner at 7th and Townsend in San Francisco with train #42 but the clouds got there first. |
Date:
1982-03-29
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2007-08-16 |
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GP9E 3192 brings train #55 into San Francisco as it passes SW8 1105. |
Date:
1982-03-29
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2007-08-16 |
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SP SDP45 3203 leads Harriman cars in their steamy glory on train #48. San Francisco, March 29, 1982. |
Date:
1982-03-29
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2007-08-16 |
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Train #57 comes out from under I-280 paralleling 7th Street with GP9E 3186 leading. San Francisco, March 29, 1982. |
Date:
1982-03-29
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2007-08-16 |
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SP SW1200 2280, with a glorious shiny paint job, suns itself at 7th Street in San Francisco, March 29, 1982. |
Date:
1982-03-29
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2007-08-16 |
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SP SDP45 3201 and GP9E 3191 lead #50, a five car train, out of San Francisco. March 29, 1982. |
Date:
1982-03-29
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2007-08-16 |
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Train #56 with SDP45 3209 departs San Francisco on March 29, 1982. |
Date:
1982-03-29
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2007-08-16 |
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A quick trip to Stockton turns up a WP lashup with U30B 3068, GP40 3534, BN GP35 2528, GP35 3017 and GP40-2 3552. |
Date:
1982-03-27
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2007-08-05 |
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On March 5th, 1982, I found WP F7A 918 sitting on the SP-WP interchange. The WP 918 was on its was to the Pacific Locomotive Association (PLA), then at Point Richmond, CA. It had an electrical cabinet fire the year before and had finally been donated to the PLA in 1982. She is currently at Niles Canyon in her more traditional orange and silver dress. |
Date:
1982-03-05
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2007-08-05 |
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On March 5th, 1982, I found WP F7A 918 sitting on the SP-WP interchange. The WP 918 was on its was to the Pacific Locomotive Association (PLA), then at Point Richmond, CA. It had an electrical cabinet fire the year before and had finally been donated to the PLA in 1982. She is currently at Niles Canyon in her more traditional orange and silver dress. |
Date:
1982-03-05
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2007-08-05 |
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March 5th, 1982 was busy day in West Oakland. First, checking the West Oakland Diesel Shop, SP passenger GP9E 3187 has slipped out of the shop in gray primer. The "Galloping Ghost," as I refered to it, is in the process of being repainted into the experimental Caltrain paint scheme. Even in the early eighties, it was possible to paint a locomotive out-of-doors in the Bay Area...couldn't do that today! |
Date:
1982-03-05
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2007-08-15 |
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Expressing 30 years difference in EMD switcher design, SW8 1123 and SW1500 2668 trundle back through the Magnolia interlocking after conducting some switching in East Oakland. |
Date:
1982-03-05
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2007-08-15 |
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Shortly after that, two tunnel motors (8341 and 9247) drag an OASJY (Oakland-San Jose) out of the Homestead with 71 cars. |
Date:
1982-03-05
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2007-08-15 |
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In West Oakland, the UP 3204 shows off its rare small cab lettering. In the mid-70's, UP started using its big block lettering for its Union Pacific on the side of the locomotives. By 1982, many of its SD40's and older SD40-2's had made it back into the paint shop for the modification of their lettering, but 3204 was one the last hold-outs, at least for SD40-2's. |
Date:
1982-03-05
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2007-08-15 |
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On March 5th, 1982, we stop at 34th and Wood in Oakland to be sernaded by the Oakland Terminal's Baldwin 101. It is in the process of pumping up the air on a cut of cars that are on the tracks leading up towards 40th and San Pablo in Oakland. We're basically on the right of way that the Key System used to get its F-Line trains from 40th and San Pablo to the Bay Bridge by way of an underpass under the SP main. Of course, the OT used the old SP trestle that got the IER trains over the mainline and the "land-side" electric lines. |
Date:
1982-03-05
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2007-08-15 |
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A westbound train rolls past Jorgensen Steel with 8506-2637-3803-4440. |
Date:
1982-02-27
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2007-08-15 |
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A westbound train rolls past Jorgensen Steel with 8506-2637-3803-4440. |
Date:
1982-02-27
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2007-08-15 |
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On February 26, 1982, a 2-LABAT has come up the Coast with a full brace of 20 cylinder power; SD45's 9030, 8941, and 8807, and SD45T-2 9176. This could have been from any time in the decade before this photo was taken. |
Date:
1982-02-26
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2007-08-15 |
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On February 26th, 1982, SD40T-2's 8543 and 8363 have an SJASY (San Jose to Alton & Southern (St. Louis)) in charge as they avoid a baggage cart on the platform at 16th Street. |
Date:
1982-02-26
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2007-08-15 |
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An eastbound at 85th Avenue in East Oakland is headed for San Jose with SD40R 7352, SD45T-2 9323, and UP SD40-2 3766. |
Date:
1982-01-19
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2007-08-14 |
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WP F7A 917 at Oakland, CA on January 15, 1982. |
Date:
1982-01-15
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2007-08-05 |
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The night of January 15th, 1982 finds WP GP20 2008, F7A 917, GP20 2007, and GP40-2 3554 waiting for their next eastbound assignment. |
Date:
1982-01-15
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2007-08-05 |
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A fourteen car WP CCVX crosses the diamonds at Adeline St. in Oakland with three GP40's, 3513, 3523, 3532. |
Date:
1982-01-08
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2007-08-05 |
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On January 8, 1982, a SP SW1500 pulls Amtrak full dome car 9363-Lake View out of the Homestead and then up to the West Oakland coach yard. |
Date:
1982-01-08
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2007-08-14 |
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Later in the afternoon of January 8, 1982, a classic scene of a westbound SP rolling by the 16th Street station. SD45T-2's SP 9190 and SSW 9279 lead a short train. |
Date:
1982-01-08
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2007-08-14 |
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Classic Santa Fe Bay Area railroading in the 1980's; the Santa Fe 973 train blast out of the east end of the Glen Frazier tunnel with 3446-3354-3268-3334. |
Date:
1981-12-31
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2007-08-14 |
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The caboose on the Santa Fe 973 train on December 31st, 1981 rolls by two cuts of hoppers at Glen Frazier. Check out Shelton's CJ5! |
Date:
1981-12-31
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2007-08-14 |
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Coming out of the Glen Frazier tunnel with only a few minutes left on its trip to Richmond, a westbound Santa Fe 839 train goes around the corner at the east end of Christie with GP35 3336, GP30 3262, and GP35 3436. |
Date:
1981-12-31
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2007-08-14 |
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On one of the rainyness days I've ever encountered, the Berkeley Gang drove all the way to Oroville to track down WP power before the UP completely took over. A southbound train departs (more like wades out of) Oroville with UP SD40-2 3801 leading 5 WP GP40's and GP40-2's (3509, 3554, 3502, 3548, and 3513). |
Date:
1981-12-29
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2007-08-14 |
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On a cold, rainy December 29th, 1981, the Davis train order board is set for a westbound to pickup orders to continue down the Cal-P mainline. |
Date:
1981-12-29
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2007-08-14 |
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SP GP35R 6306 has made a rare trip to Northern California with GP40-2 7616. West Oakland, December 15, 1981. |
Date:
1981-12-15
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2007-08-14 |
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SP SD44R 7399 and SD40T-2 8493 bounce across the West Oakland Yard leads as they come out of the West Oakland diesel shop. These two engines are in charge of the OARVV on this cloudy December 13, 1981. |
Date:
1981-12-13
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2007-08-13 |
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Up close rear view of SD44R 7399 at West Oakland, December 13, 1981. |
Date:
1981-12-13
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2007-08-13 |
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SP SD44R 7399 and SD40T-2 8493 lead a OARVV through Berkeley, CA, on a rainy cool December 13, 1981. |
Date:
1981-12-13
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2007-08-13 |
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The OAWCY is rolling through Jack London Square with a mixed bag for power: SD40R 7360, U33C 8703, and GP9E 3778. |
Date:
1981-11-28
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2007-08-13 |
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Its Thanksgiving weekend, and the Coast Starlight is running heavy. Engines 233 and 242 are in charge as the southbound train slips under the Adeline Street bridge. November 25, 1981. Personally, I prefer the three stripe paint scheme to this "cigar band" two stripe scheme. |
Date:
1981-11-25
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2007-08-13 |
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Later in the morning of November 25, 1981, SP SW1500 2573, a long time Bay Area resident, shows off its classic SP lines as it switches. |
Date:
1981-11-25
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2007-08-13 |
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The OASJY departs Homestead Yard in Oakland with 7349-8370-3846-4358-4434-3803 and is passing SP 2573 switching on the next lead over. |
Date:
1981-11-25
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2007-08-13 |
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Recently mated SP road slug set 7940-1600-7941 has cut off its train at West Oakland and has come out of the Homestead end of the yard to go back to the West Oakland diesel shop. The GP40-2's had been running in pairs since their delivery waiting for the Morrison-Knudsen rebuilt slugs (from U25B's). |
Date:
1981-11-25
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2007-08-13 |
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SP road slug 1600 at Homestead Yard, Oakland, CA. |
Date:
1981-11-25
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2007-08-13 |
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SP road slug 1600 at Homestead Yard, Oakland, CA. |
Date:
1981-11-25
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2007-08-13 |
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Recently mated SP road slug set 7940-1600-7941 has cut off its train at West Oakland and has come out of the Homestead end of the yard to go back to the West Oakland diesel shop. The GP40-2's had been running in pairs since their delivery waiting for the Morrison-Knudsen rebuilt slugs (from U25B's). |
Date:
1981-11-25
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2007-08-13 |
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Recently mated SP road slug set 7940-1600-7941 has cut off its train at West Oakland and has come out of the Homestead end of the yard to go back to the West Oakland diesel shop. The GP40-2's had been running in pairs since their delivery waiting for the Morrison-Knudsen rebuilt slugs (from U25B's). |
Date:
1981-11-25
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2007-08-13 |
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SSW B30-7 7788 shows off its sound baffles at West Oakland with 8830, 9226, and 9254. |
Date:
1981-11-25
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2007-08-13 |
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SSW B30-7 7788 shows off its sound baffles at West Oakland with 8830, 9226, and 9254. |
Date:
1981-11-25
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2007-08-13 |
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SP GP9R 3803 with a few mates on an OASJY at Homestead Yard, Oakland, CA, November 25, 1981. |
Date:
1981-11-25
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2007-08-18 |
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SP GP9E 3788 looks bald without its full light package; perhaps it was damaged and replacement gyralights were not readily available. In any case, its awaiting its next assignment at West Oakland with SD45 8887 and rebuilt SD45R 7401 on October 31, 1981. |
Date:
1981-10-31
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2007-08-13 |
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UP SD40-2's 3746 and 3249 and WP GP35 3020 await their next assignment at Oakland Yard on October 31, 1981. Check out the three tracks of the diesel service facility all full of WP power. |
Date:
1981-10-31
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2007-08-13 |
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The first Spirit of California, an overnight train down the California coast from Sacramento to Los Angeles, rolls through Berkeley on October 22, 1981. F40PH's 240 and 235 lead the train, while Amtrak business car 10001 brings up the rear. |
Date:
1981-10-22
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2007-08-13 |
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The first Spirit of California, an overnight train down the California coast from Sacramento to Los Angeles, rolls through Jack London Square on October 22, 1981. F40PH's 240 and 235 lead the train, while Amtrak business car 10001 brings up the rear. |
Date:
1981-10-22
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2007-08-13 |
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The first Spirit of California, an overnight train down the California coast from Sacramento to Los Angeles, rolls through Jack London Square on October 22, 1981. F40PH's 240 and 235 lead the train, while Amtrak business car 10001 brings up the rear. The train actually didn't have a name at first; Amtrak ran a contest to name the train, thus the banner on the tail end of the train on the 10001. |
Date:
1981-10-22
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2007-08-13 |
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WP GP9 728 switches out cars at Oakland Yard. Check out the open bi-level car carrier. |
Date:
1981-10-16
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2007-08-05 |
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WP GP9 728 blasts black smoke skyward as it switches out cars at Oakland Yard. Check out the open bi-level car carrier. |
Date:
1981-10-16
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2007-08-05 |
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SP U33C 8698 trails a SD45T-2 at Homestead Yard in Oakland on September 25, 1981. The yellow and orange is an indication of the unit's recent return from a lease to the National Railways of Mexico. |
Date:
1981-09-25
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2007-08-13 |
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A westbound pulls out of the Homestead end of the West Oakland Yard with SP SD45's 9019 and 9046, SD40T-2 8513, and GP9E 3772 on September 22, 1981. Check out the large Santa Fe logo boxcars. |
Date:
1981-09-22
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2007-08-13 |
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A westbound Cal-P SP train works its way out of the Homestead end of the West Oakland Yard on September 14, 1981. SP SD40R 7331 leads SD40T-2 8506 and SD45 8967. |
Date:
1981-09-14
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2007-08-13 |
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SP SD40R 7326 crosses the private crossing at 10th Street in West Oakland with a westbound off the Cal-P that includes SD45T-2 9320 and 26 cars. September 14, 1981. |
Date:
1981-09-14
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2007-08-13 |
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Santa Fe's Oakland Local has gained the SP mainline for its return trip to Stege and home rails. GP35's 3314 and 3352 (still in the all blue paint scheme) have 18 cars in tow on the afternoon of September 14, 1981. |
Date:
1981-09-14
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2007-08-13 |
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Another short westbound off the Cal-P is lead by SD45T-2's 9369 and SSW9262 and GP9E's 2873 and 3853 on September 14, 1981. 10th Street in West Oakland. |
Date:
1981-09-14
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2007-08-13 |
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Amtrak train 711 arrives at the 16th and Wood Street station in Oakland. F40PH 316 has the typical early 1980's consist of 3 Amfleets, two coaches and a dinette. September 14, 1981. |
Date:
1981-09-14
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2007-08-13 |
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In 1981, the SP could still field a great array of first generation power. Here 5 GP9E's round the corner at 10th Street in West Oakland and prepare to head east to pick up their train at the top of the Desert Yard. SP's rebuilt GP9's were the best of all GP9 rebuilds, since they kept their classic lines and the full SP headlights. |
Date:
1981-00-00
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2007-08-12 |
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The first set of Superliners to run to Oakland rests at the 16th & Wood station in West Oakland, CA, c. 1981. This photo was originally published in the old, black and white version of the high class railfan magazine CTC Board. |
Date:
1981-00-00
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2007-08-13 |
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All of SP's Sulzer powered TE70-4S engines pull out of the Homestead end of the West Oakland Yard in mid-1980 after dropping off a BROAT. The Sulzer's didn't last very long; their paint job was definitely unique. |
Date:
1980-00-00
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2007-08-12 |
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All of SP's Sulzer powered TE70-4S engines pull out of the Homestead end of the West Oakland Yard in mid-1980 after dropping off a BROAT. The Sulzer's didn't last very long; their paint job was definitely unique. |
Date:
1980-00-00
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2007-08-12 |
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Another experimental paint job from 1980 is modeled by SD40R 7342 (and SP caboose #1 in the background). This original version (SD45R 7399 was the only other unit to be so painted) was special in that the hood lettering was red on this side and white on the other and the "bloody nose" was solid on one side and had wings on the other. |
Date:
1980-00-00
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2007-08-12 |
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Broadside of SP GP40X 7200 (complete with factory "elephant ears") leading a OALAT out of West Oakland. c. 1980. |
Date:
1980-00-00
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2007-08-12 |
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SP SW1200 2278 grinds around the wye at West Oakland on its way to the Desert Yard. SP SW1200's had most of the options that EMD could serve up (with the exception of Flexicoil trucks and dynamic brakes). |
Date:
1980-00-00
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2007-08-12 |
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An SP sugar beet train moves south from Magnolia Tower onto Jack London Square. GP9E 3303 leads two SD45T-2's and those famous wood side beet racks. |
Date:
1980-00-00
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2007-08-12 |
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SP SD7R 1508 and a GP9E come around the corner in front of the Santa Fe's Fullerton depot on the UP's Anaheim Branch in 1980. This location is where the overhead bridge is at the depot today. While a segment of the UP's branch remains between Basta and Fullerton, it is now a car storage track connected to the Santa Fe's south main track. |
Date:
1980-00-00
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2007-08-12 |
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SP SD40T-2 8539 leads a westbound freight through Jack London Square in 1980. |
Date:
1980-00-00
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2007-08-12 |
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For you modelers, here is traditional SP cab 1021 going around the corner at Bay Street on its way to the Desert Yard. While SP's trademark bay window cabooses are well known, it also rostered some 200 traditional coupla cabooses modernized from the steam era. |
Date:
1980-00-00
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2007-08-12 |
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Santa Fe weed sprayer 199203 rests between jobs in Richmond. This car would be pushed by a locomotive and the herbicide would be stored in the tank cars shown behind. Such speciality cars have disappeared over the past two decades as they have been replaced by high-rail trucks. Photo c. 1979, Richmond, CA. |
Date:
1979-00-00
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2007-08-10 |
