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SCAX 800 - Fullerton, CA - 11/19/06 |
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Metrolinks "Holiday Toy Express" passes through Fullerton, California, on its way south to begin a series of shows at various stations in Orange County. On the head-end is F59PH 865, but for railfans the more interesting power is bringing up the rear - Metrolinks one and only operating F40PH, #800. This engine was built as Amtrak 396. |
| Photo Date: |
11/19/2006 Upload Date: 10/31/2010 11:37:10 PM |
| Location: |
Anaheim, CA |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SCAX 800(F40PH) |
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884 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
SCAX 800 |
| Description: |
Metrolink train 683, heading from Irvine to Los Angeles, California, passes through CP Maple in Orange, California. At CP Maple, Metrolinks Olive Subdivision (the two tracks in the foreground, which head to Atwood on the BNSF Railways San Bernardino Subdivision, and then east to Riverside and San Bernardino) splits off the Orange Subdivision (which joins the BNSF San Bernardino Sub in Fullerton, and the heads to Los Angeles). Metrolinks only F40PH, number 800 (ex-Amtrak 396), leads this six-car train on New Years Eve 2015. |
| Photo Date: |
12/31/2015 Upload Date: 1/2/2016 1:11:22 AM |
| Location: |
Orange, CA |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
SCAX 800(F40PH) |
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541 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SCAX 800 |
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While preparing for the next day's display, crews repositioned Metrolink F40PH 800 and F59PH 873, and that necessitated uncoupling the two locomotives. Once the angle cocks on the train lines were closed, F40PH 800 (originally Amtrak 396) backed away from the 873, the couplers released and the hoses stretched - until one pair of MU hoses, pulled as taught as possible, finally separated with a loud whoosh of air. Photographed at the moment of release, the effects of the sudden burst of air, disturbing the accumulated dirt and dust on these engines' pilots, creates a small cloud at the hoses' ends. Almost immediately, the other pairs of hoses followed suit, and the sound of all the briefly rushing air demonstrated why the crew was wearing ear plugs. |
| Photo Date: |
7/17/2016 Upload Date: 7/18/2016 11:57:14 AM |
| Location: |
Los Angeles, CA |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
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| Locomotives: |
SCAX 800(F40PH) SCAX 873(F59PH) |
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499 Comments: 0 |
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