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SP 8800 at Walnut CA (6/29/77) |
| Description: |
Southern Pacific SD45 8800 was built by EMD in August 1966, the first of what would become a fleet of 356 SD45s on the Southern Pacific/Cotton Belt. |
| Photo Date: |
6/29/1977 Upload Date: 11/19/2023 6:30:00 PM |
| Location: |
Walnut, CA |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
Roster,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SP 8800(SD45) SP 5012(GP30) |
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381 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP 6704 |
| Description: |
SP U25B 6704 (ex-7504) and SD45 8826 bring an eastbound train into San Luis Obispo, CA on July 1, 1974. |
| Photo Date: |
7/1/1974 Upload Date: 1/10/2012 2:08:07 PM |
| Location: |
San Luis Obispo, CA |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SP 6704(U25B) SP 8826(SD45) |
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1551 Comments: 3 |
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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) |
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1363 Comments: 0 |
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