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| Title: |
AMTK 615 |
| Description: |
Amtrak train #14, the westbound (northbound) "Coast Starlight," pops out of the tunnel at Cuesta, at the summit of central California's Cuesta Grade on January 26th, 1978. The train, led by SDP40Fs 615 and 546, is just fourteen miles out of San Luis Obispo on its trek from Los Angeles CA to Seattle WA. |
| Photo Date: |
1/26/1978 Upload Date: 2/3/2013 2:15:32 AM |
| Location: |
Santa Margarita, CA |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Tunnel,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 615(SDP40F) |
| Views: |
370 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
SMV 20 |
| Description: |
Santa Maria Valley 70-tonners 20 and 10 on a caboose hop from Santa Maria to Guadalupe on California’s central coast to work the sugar refinery on January 26, 1978. |
| Photo Date: |
1/26/1978 Upload Date: 3/20/2012 5:43:42 PM |
| Location: |
Guadalupe, CA |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SMV 20(70Tonner) SMV 10(70Tonner) |
| Views: |
597 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
SP 3119 - Ontario, CA - 3/78 |
| Description: |
Four Southern Pacific Alco C628s and a GE U33C lead an eastbound hauler from the Los Angeles area to West Colton Yard in March 1978. |
| Photo Date: |
3/1/1978 Upload Date: 6/18/2010 12:27:53 PM |
| Location: |
Ontario, CA |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SP 3119(C628) |
| Views: |
782 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
SP 4294 - Sacramento, CA - 3/17/78 |
| Description: |
SP 4-8-8-2 Cab Forward 4294 was the last steam locomotive purchased by the SP, and the last of SPs unique Cab Forwards in existance. This is several years before the California State Railroad Museum, her current home, was completed. |
| Photo Date: |
3/17/1978 Upload Date: 5/26/2010 11:14:25 AM |
| Location: |
Sacramento, CA |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
Roster,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
SP 4294(4-8-8-2) |
| Views: |
5231 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
AMTK 598 |
| Description: |
Amtrak train #5, the westbound "San Francisco Zephyr," descends Donner Pass as it meets an eastbound freight at Blue Canyon on March 18th, 1978. SDP40Fs 598 and 620 are in charge of the "Zephyr" this day. |
| Photo Date: |
3/18/1978 Upload Date: 2/3/2013 2:14:16 AM |
| Location: |
Blue Canyon, CA |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 598(SDP40F) |
| Views: |
277 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
BN 6801 - Monolith, CA - 3/19/78 |
| Description: |
Burlington Northern SD40-2 6801 and Southern Pacific GP40X 7201 hustle a westbound freight through Monolith, California, just east of the town of Tehachapi. At this time in the late 1970s, the SP was testing a small number of BN units with Locotrol to see if the system would work on their demanding railroad. |
| Photo Date: |
3/19/1978 Upload Date: 1/28/2011 5:18:02 PM |
| Location: |
Monolith, CA |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 6801(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
1311 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
BN 6801 - Tehachapi, CA - 3/19/78 |
| Description: |
Burlington Northern SD40-2 6801, one of a handful of BN SD40-2s on loan to the Southern Pacific for Locotrol testing, hustles through the town of Tehachapi on March 19, 1978. |
| Photo Date: |
3/19/1978 Upload Date: 1/28/2011 5:05:55 PM |
| Location: |
Tehachapi, CA |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 6801(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
841 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
BN 6801 - Walong, Tehachapi Mountains, CA - 3/19/78 |
| Description: |
A Southern Pacific freight, with Burlington Northern SD40-2 6801 in the lead (testing the Locotrol system for the SP), heads west over the famed Tehachapi Loop on March 19, 1978. In moments, the SD40-2 and the SP GP40X will be passing under the rear half of their train. |
| Photo Date: |
3/19/1978 Upload Date: 1/24/2011 12:54:07 AM |
| Location: |
Walong, CA |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
Scenic |
| Locomotives: |
BN 6801(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
1365 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
SP 3756 |
| Description: |
SP GP9 3756 and Cotton Belt GP35 6650 are on the head-end of a West Colton to Los Angeles local as it rounds the balloon track to reverse direction after departing West Colton Yard in Bloomington, California, on March 25, 1978. (All trains depart this yard eastbound, with the westbounds taking advantage of the balloon track.) In the background another freight can be seen crossing over from the Sunset Route to the Palmdale Cutoff to head over Cajon Pass and Tehachapi on its way to northern California. |
| Photo Date: |
3/25/1978 Upload Date: 2/20/2012 12:41:18 PM |
| Location: |
Bloomington, CA |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SP 3756(GP9R) |
| Views: |
444 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
AMTK 517 - Los Angeles, CA - 4/78 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
4/1/1978 Upload Date: 12/26/2010 2:20:04 AM |
| Location: |
Los Angeles, CA |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
Roster,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 517(SDP40F) |
| Views: |
416 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
AMTK 526 - Los Angeles, CA - 4/78 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
4/1/1978 Upload Date: 12/26/2010 2:20:41 AM |
| Location: |
Los Angeles, CA |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
Roster,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 526(SDP40F) |
| Views: |
375 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
AMTK 527 - Los Angeles, CA - 4/78 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
4/1/1978 Upload Date: 12/26/2010 2:21:17 AM |
| Location: |
Los Angeles, CA |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
Roster,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 527(SDP40F) |
| Views: |
447 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
PNC 1011 - Los Angeles, CA - 4/78 |
| Description: |
In the 1970s, Precision National Company leased engines to a number of railroads. Years later, locomotive leasing was not uncommon at all, but PNC was one of the first to offer locomotives on short term leases. PNC NW2 1011 worked for Amtrak at Los Angeles Union Station in 1978, painted in the companys attractive green and yellow scheme. This engine began life at Texas & Pacifics 1011, later becoming Missouri Pacific 1011 before being sold to PNC. |
| Photo Date: |
4/1/1978 Upload Date: 12/25/2010 2:43:15 AM |
| Location: |
Los Angeles, CA |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
PNCX 1011(NW2) |
| Views: |
513 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
SP 2976 |
| Description: |
Southern Pacific's SD38-2 locomotives were somewhat unique on the railroad when delivered in 1973, as they were ordered without the SP-standard signal lights on them - just the EMD-standard nose headlight. This was because they were intended solely for use on the hump at the road's then-new West Colton Yard in Bloomington, California. The yard officially opened on February 23, 1973, and the SD38-2s, 2971 through 2976, were built by EMD in April of 1973. These engines, teamed with slugs constructed from old Alco six-axle road power, did occassionally venture out onto the road for short jaunts, such as this transfer - led by SD38-2 2976, slug 1001 (ex-SP C628 7115, originally SP 4856) and SD38-2 2972 - heading from the old Colton Yard to West Colton Yard. The slugs are long-gone, but the six SD38-2s soldier on at this location under a coat of UP Armour Yellow paint. |
| Photo Date: |
4/27/1978 Upload Date: 10/22/2012 1:18:48 PM |
| Location: |
Bloomington, CA |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SP 2976(SD38-2) SP 2972(SD38-2) |
| Views: |
1657 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
UTLX Tank Car - Bloomington, CA - 4/27/78 |
| Description: |
A worker at the GATX car facility in Bloomington, California (adjacent to the Southern Pacifics West Colton Classification Yard. Its a good thing hes wearing protective gear and clothing, as hes about as covered with black paint as the tank car itself! |
| Photo Date: |
4/27/1978 Upload Date: 12/24/2010 9:57:08 PM |
| Location: |
Bloomington, CA |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
217 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
AMTK 222 - Fullerton, CA - 5/78 |
| Description: |
An Amtrak "San Diegan" accelerates out of Fullertons station under typical "May Gray" skies in 1978. F40PH 222 will lead the train as it travels from Los Angeles to San Diego. The Fullerton station has changed a great deal since this image was made! |
| Photo Date: |
5/1/1978 Upload Date: 2/9/2011 1:39:27 AM |
| Location: |
Fullerton, CA |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 222(F40PH) |
| Views: |
708 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
ATSF 8771 |
| Description: |
A westbound Union Pacific coal train, with a Santa Fe U36C on the point, pauses in San Bernardino for a crew chanee, so that a Santa Fe crew can pilot the train the next 11 miles to the Kaiser Steel Mill in Fontana. |
| Photo Date: |
5/18/1978 Upload Date: 2/3/2013 10:36:35 PM |
| Location: |
San Bernardino, CA |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
Station |
| Locomotives: |
ATSF 8771(U36C) |
| Views: |
442 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP 6924 - Bloomington, CA - 6/15/78 |
| Description: |
A cut of at least seven locomotives moves through the Southern Pacifics West Colton Yard on Bloomington, California, on June 15, 1978. The venerable SD35 leads a pair of newer SD40T-2s and a variety of other typical SP late-70s power. |
| Photo Date: |
6/15/1978 Upload Date: 5/28/2010 11:57:17 AM |
| Location: |
Bloomington, CA |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
SP 6924(SD35) SP 8357(SD40T-2) |
| Views: |
1217 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP 7200 |
| Description: |
The setting sun glints off half of Southern Pacifics GP40X fleet as an eastbound heads out of Sacramento, CA on September 2, 1978 behind two GP40Xs and two GP9Es, while an SW1500 works on an adjacent track. |
| Photo Date: |
9/2/1978 Upload Date: 3/13/2012 2:47:11 PM |
| Location: |
Sacramento, CA |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
Night,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SP 7200(GP40X) |
| Views: |
818 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
ATSF 5612 |
| Description: |
Santa Fe SD45 5612 seems to be having some intestinal trouble as a crewman works to get the engine running smoothly again, but instead it belches a black cloud. |
| Photo Date: |
11/25/1978 Upload Date: 9/10/2011 1:02:53 PM |
| Location: |
Woodford, CA |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
ATSF 5612(SD45) |
| Views: |
444 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
ATSF 5623 |
| Description: |
A trio of Santa Fe SD45s (the third is an SD45-2) begin the decsent down Cajon Pass on December 26, 1972. The new, lower alignment of Summit is in use (although the car set-out is not yet ballasted), and the second engine is in the new "Yellow Warbonnet" scheme. |
| Photo Date: |
11/25/1978 Upload Date: 9/10/2011 1:04:34 PM |
| Location: |
Cajon Pass, CA |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
ATSF 5623(SD45) |
| Views: |
621 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
ATSF 5903 - Keene, CA - 12/23/78 |
| Description: |
It takes a lot of power to lift heavy trains over the Tehachapi Mountain~, as evidenced by this Santa Fe eastbound lead by F45 5903. Ten six-axle diesels from factories in La Grange IL and Erie PA are on the head-end on a foggy December 23, 1:78 - all struggling against the force of gravity. |
| Photo Date: |
12/23/1978 Upload Date: 2/7/2011 3:55:17 PM |
| Location: |
Keene, CA |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
ATSF 5903(F45) |
| Views: |
1143 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
AMTK 514 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
12/27/1978 Upload Date: 8/26/2011 1:49:27 AM |
| Location: |
Rialto, CA |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 514(SDP40F) |
| Views: |
326 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
ATSF 5038 |
| Description: |
Heading into the morning sun, Santa Fe 5038 brings its train down off Cajon Pass and into San Bernardino, CA, on a bright December 27, 1978. |
| Photo Date: |
12/27/1978 Upload Date: 9/10/2011 12:58:53 PM |
| Location: |
San Bernardino, CA |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
ATSF 5038(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
798 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Amtrash |
| Description: |
A common derisive nickname for Amtrak back in the 1970s, particularly from those who really missed classic passenger trains, was "Amtrash". (Certainly never used by me, of course, as I supported the system.) So, when I spotted this dumpster at Los Angeles Union Station on January 27th, 1979, that nickname came to mind ... |
| Photo Date: |
1/27/1979 Upload Date: 9/2/2011 1:59:38 AM |
| Location: |
Los Angeles, CA |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
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| Views: |
191 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SPFE 453332 |
| Description: |
What was once a very common sight in southern California is the citrus packing house, typified here by the Valdora Produce Company, located at the intersection of California and Barton in Bryn Mawr, California. Pacific Fruit Express mechanical refrigerators are being loaded for a trip east. By this date (January 31, 1978) packing houses were becoming increasingly rare, and even this example would soon be razed. On this site today sits yet another Arco gas station. |
| Photo Date: |
1/31/1979 Upload Date: 8/24/2011 8:21:49 PM |
| Location: |
Bryn Mawr, CA |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
Scenic,RollingStock |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
764 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
ATSF 2507 - Prado Dam, CA - 2/17/79 |
| Description: |
Santa Fe CF7 2507 (ex-F7A 313L) works a weed spraying train at Prado Dam, just west of Corona, California, on February 17, 1979. The train is headed east, with the power on the rear. |
| Photo Date: |
2/17/1979 Upload Date: 5/28/2010 12:07:58 PM |
| Location: |
Corona, CA |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
ATSF 2507(CF7) |
| Views: |
537 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
ATSF 3372 |
| Description: |
A Santa Fe freight heads east through southern California's Santa Ana Canyon on April 28th, 1979. A typical quartet of GPs leads this train, with GP35 3372 (ex-ATSF 1372) leading two GP30s and another GP35. |
| Photo Date: |
4/28/1979 Upload Date: 6/8/2013 9:40:57 PM |
| Location: |
Yorba Linda, CA |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
ATSF 3372(GP35) |
| Views: |
364 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP 8304 - Cottage Grove, OR - 9/15/79 |
| Description: |
A Southern Pacific eastbound freight, led by SD40T-2 8304, passes through a through-truss bridge in Cottage Grove, Oregon, on September 15, 1979. |
| Photo Date: |
9/15/1979 Upload Date: 6/16/2010 10:46:37 PM |
| Location: |
Cottage Grove, OR |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge |
| Locomotives: |
SP 8304(SD40T-2) |
| Views: |
434 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
BN 824 at Seattle, WA |
| Description: |
BN 824, BN 825, BN 821, BN 2500 southbound at King Street Station, Seattle, Washington |
| Photo Date: |
9/18/1979 Upload Date: 5/21/2010 6:37:42 PM |
| Location: |
Seattle, WA |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 824(F9A) BN 825(F9B) BN 821(F9B) BN 2500(GP35) |
| Views: |
2077 Comments: 9 |
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| Title: |
BN 1871 - Marysville, WA - 9/18/79 |
| Description: |
The bell atop the short hood of Burlington Northern GP9 1871 is a dead giveaway that this is a former Northern Pacific engine (NPs 248). The local gendarme doesnt even look up as this single car train (not counting the caboose) passes by on its way south in Marysville, Washington, on September 18, 1979. |
| Photo Date: |
9/18/1979 Upload Date: 11/17/2010 1:31:37 AM |
| Location: |
Marysville, WA |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 1871(GP9) |
| Views: |
881 Comments: 5 |
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| Title: |
BN 5762 - Skykomish, WA - 9/20/79 |
| Description: |
A Burlington Northern freight, led by U33C 5762, passes the station in Skykomish, Washington, on September 20, 1979. |
| Photo Date: |
9/20/1979 Upload Date: 11/17/2010 1:29:57 AM |
| Location: |
Skykomish, WA |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 5762(U33C) |
| Views: |
422 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
BN 6398 - Baring, WA - 9/20/79 |
| Description: |
In the mid-1960s EMD constructed new passenger power for a handful of railroads. These units were modified freight power - SD40s and SD45s with steam generators included. Here we see one of the SDP40s, Burlington Northern 6398 (originally Great Northern 324), on the poinu of an eastbound freight at Baring, on Washingtons Stevens Pass, on September 20, 1979 - just a bit before the seasons snow begins to fall. |
| Photo Date: |
9/20/1979 Upload Date: 11/17/2010 1:28:20 AM |
| Location: |
Baring, WA |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 6398(SDP40) |
| Views: |
562 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
ATSF 3803 |
| Description: |
A Santa Fe GP40X leads three leased Chessie System GPs up Cajon Pass in southern California. An unexpected upturn in business led the Santa Fe to lease a batch of Chessie System power in the late 1970s. |
| Photo Date: |
10/15/1979 Upload Date: 3/13/2012 12:26:58 PM |
| Location: |
Devore, CA |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
ATSF 3803(GP40X) |
| Views: |
743 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP 9252 |
| Description: |
Catching two trains in one photo isn't too unusual on California's Cajon Pass. But what was often confusing to those unfamiliar with the Pass is that one could see two trains, one heading uphill and the other downhill, yet they were both westbound. Such is the case here, on October 15th, 1979. In the foreground is a Union Pacific grain train heading west, downgrade, to the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Meanwhile, on the adjacent Southern Pacific Palmdale Cutoff, is a train heading in the opposite direction - upgrade - yet it is also westbound. This is because on the SP anything heading toward San Francisco is westbound, and this train is heading, generally, in that direction. The SP train has a nice mix of typical 1970s power: SP SD45T-2s 9252 and 9176, SD45 9014, SD45T-2s 9195 and 9230 and pooled Union Pacific SD40-2 3389. |
| Photo Date: |
10/15/1979 Upload Date: 10/22/2012 1:26:10 PM |
| Location: |
Cajon Pass, CA |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SP 9252(SD45T-2) SP 9176(SD45T-2) SP 9014(SD45) SP 9195(SD45T-2) SP 9230(SD45T-2) UP 3389(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
892 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP 8799 |
| Description: |
Southern Pacific Camera Car (aka Simulator Car) 8799 is a former Krauss-Maffei ML-4000 SP 9113 (nee-9010). The engine had its prime mover removed and the front end was rebuilt to house movie cameras used to film various SP mainlines for the roads full-motion locomotive cab simulator, used to train new engineers. This engine is currently being restored to its original appearance, details of which can be found on the locomotives web site: HTTP://sp9010.ncry.org. The car is coupled to SSW SD45T-2 9300 for power while they do some filming near Tracy, California, on October 29; 1979. |
| Photo Date: |
10/29/1979 Upload Date: 12/2/2011 3:00:48 PM |
| Location: |
Tracy, CA |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SP 8799(UNKNOWN) SSW 9300(SD45T-2) |
| Views: |
4002 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
ATSF 5624 |
| Description: |
Sunny California? Not always, as evidenced on December 2, 1979 as a Santa Fe eastbound passes the (now demolished) station in Mojave after crossing the Tehachapi Mountains. |
| Photo Date: |
12/2/1979 Upload Date: 9/10/2011 1:05:37 PM |
| Location: |
Mojave, CA |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
ATSF 5624(SD45) |
| Views: |
752 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
AMTK 290 |
| Description: |
Cresting the slmit of southern Californias Cajon Pass is Amtrak train #35, the "Desert Wind," heading from Salt Lake City, Utah, to Los Angeles on December 29th, 1979. F40PHRs 290 and 289 (consecutive numbers!) can easily handle their 8 train. |
| Photo Date: |
12/29/1979 Upload Date: 8/13/2013 2:27:54 AM |
| Location: |
Cajon Pass, CA |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 290(F40PHR) |
| Views: |
450 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
BN 2109 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
9/17/1984 Upload Date: 9/19/2013 1:44:01 AM |
| Location: |
Seattle, WA |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
BN 2109(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
440 Comments: 0 |
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