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| Title: |
Late Afternoon on the Monterey Branch |
| Description: |
It's late afternoon at the end of the SP's Monterey Branch while a pair of GP9Es back past a pair of wig-wag signals to work a sand company. |
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12/14/1985 Upload Date: 1/31/2011 5:18:23 PM |
| Location: |
Monterey, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
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SP 3804(GP9R) |
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| Title: |
UP GP 35 788 |
| Description: |
UP GP36 788 at Milpitas in the East Bay in 1985. A former WP unit. |
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12/14/1985 Upload Date: 6/12/2015 9:12:24 PM |
| Location: |
Milpitas, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
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UP 788(GP35) |
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292 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Dragging Cars at Milpitas |
| Description: |
UP 787, a former WP GP35, brings a trainload of autoracks into Milpitas in December 1985 |
| Photo Date: |
12/14/1985 Upload Date: 6/12/2015 9:12:59 PM |
| Location: |
Milpitas, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
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UP 787(GP35) |
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277 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Crystal Amber Sands |
| Description: |
Industry at Monterey CA, December 1985, with a single SP covered hopper |
| Photo Date: |
12/14/1985 Upload Date: 6/12/2015 9:13:22 PM |
| Location: |
Monterey, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
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140 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Yard Limits on the Monterey branch |
| Description: |
SP GP9 3882 leads the Monterey local into town in December 1985; 3804 trails. At one time the SP branch ran down through the Cannery Row part of the city, famed from the novel by John Steinbeck. By the time of this shot the line had been shortened to a couple of industries on the east side. |
| Photo Date: |
12/14/1985 Upload Date: 2/28/2008 9:10:04 PM |
| Location: |
Monterey, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
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Action |
| Locomotives: |
SP 3882(GP9R) |
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798 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
SP Monterey local headed west |
| Description: |
SP's Monterey local heads down the branch behind a pair of GP9s in Dec 1985. |
| Photo Date: |
12/14/1985 Upload Date: 2/28/2008 9:10:20 PM |
| Location: |
Seaside, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
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SP 3882(GP9R) |
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629 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Running Up Cajon |
| Description: |
Four UP units drag a piggy back train up Cajon Pass in 1986. SD60s 6024 bnd 6006 are assisted by SD40-2s 3327 and 3329. |
| Photo Date: |
8/30/1986 Upload Date: 7/18/2010 7:07:02 PM |
| Location: |
Cajon, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
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UP 6024(SD60) |
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327 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
100 Cylinders Converting Fuel to Noise |
| Description: |
Five '45s (four SD45s and an F45) run flat out as they ascend Cajon Pass from the west. |
| Photo Date: |
8/30/1986 Upload Date: 8/12/2010 9:49:01 PM |
| Location: |
Cajon, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
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ATSF 5383(SD45u) |
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408 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Climbing Cajon |
| Description: |
Three Santa Fe units run a train up Cajon Pass in August 1986. C30-7 8030 is assisted by 5259 and 8742; a pair of GP35s are assisting on the rear. |
| Photo Date: |
8/30/1986 Upload Date: 1/15/2012 1:03:46 PM |
| Location: |
Cajon Pass, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
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ATSF 8030(C30-7) |
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270 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
GP35s at the San Bernardino Shops |
| Description: |
A pair of Santa Fe GP35s sit by the road's San Bernardino Shops in August 1986 |
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8/30/1986 Upload Date: 1/15/2012 1:23:48 PM |
| Location: |
San Bernardino, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
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ATSF 2885(GP35u) ATSF 2882(GP35u) |
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676 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Helpers |
| Description: |
A pair of Santa Fe GP35s help push a train up Cajon Pass |
| Photo Date: |
8/30/1986 Upload Date: 1/18/2008 7:06:00 PM |
| Location: |
Cajon Pass, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
ATSF 2928(GP35u) |
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310 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Santa Fe climbing the hill |
| Description: |
My first trip to Cajon- and here we have six units working upgrade; there are two pushing as well. |
| Photo Date: |
8/30/1986 Upload Date: 1/18/2008 7:06:16 PM |
| Location: |
Cajon Pass, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
ATSF 8043(C30-7) |
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427 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
ATSF 5213 |
| Description: |
Pretty much "Generic Cajon Pass", almost a matched set of SD40-2s and F45s, other than the one (5977) in Kodachrome. |
| Photo Date: |
8/30/1986 Upload Date: 1/18/2008 7:06:24 PM |
| Location: |
Cajon Pass, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
ATSF 5213(SD40-2) |
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601 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Santa Fe Local on the Escondido Branch |
| Description: |
Three units bring the Santa Fe's Escondido local west towards Oceanside in 1986. |
| Photo Date: |
9/2/1986 Upload Date: 2/5/2011 11:19:28 AM |
| Location: |
Vista, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
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| Locomotives: |
ATSF 2962(GP35u) |
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826 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
ATSF switching |
| Description: |
Near the end of the 22 mile Escondido branch in southwest California a trio of Santa Fe Geeps work an industry. |
| Photo Date: |
9/2/1986 Upload Date: 1/16/2008 11:01:37 PM |
| Location: |
Escondido, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
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658 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
ATSF 2962 |
| Description: |
The Escondido local returns to Oceanside in Sept 1986. The first unit used to work for the TP&W. |
| Photo Date: |
9/2/1986 Upload Date: 1/18/2008 7:06:45 PM |
| Location: |
Vista, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
ATSF 2962(GP35u) |
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736 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
UP switcher and slug in the LA basin |
| Description: |
UP SW1500 1318 and slug S9 sit in a yard in Los Angeles in December 1987. 1318, an ex-MP unit, was sold only a year later and became CSL 18. |
| Photo Date: |
12/26/1987 Upload Date: 12/22/2008 11:09:43 PM |
| Location: |
Los Angeles, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
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UP 1318(SW1500) UP S9(Yard Slug) |
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4345 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Headed for Holtville |
| Description: |
A pair of SP SW1500s depart El Centro for a trip down the Holtville branch in March 1989 |
| Photo Date: |
3/17/1989 Upload Date: 8/18/2010 8:44:43 PM |
| Location: |
El Centro, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
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SP 2621(SW1500) SP 2500(SW1500) |
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996 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Late Afternoon on the Holtville Branch |
| Description: |
A pair of SP SW1500s work a short train of PFE reefers eastbound from El Centro to Holtville CA late on a March day in 1989. This is the former Holton Interurban RR; the tracks were pulled up about 1995. |
| Photo Date: |
3/17/1989 Upload Date: 10/4/2012 7:34:37 PM |
| Location: |
Anza, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
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SP 2547(SW1500) |
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252 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP switchers |
| Description: |
A pair of SP SW1500s idle near the El Centro depot |
| Photo Date: |
3/17/1989 Upload Date: 1/24/2008 8:22:58 PM |
| Location: |
El Centro, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
Station |
| Locomotives: |
SP 2621(SW1500) |
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560 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Espee in the Imperial Valley |
| Description: |
Southern Pacific had a facility at El Centro to serve the area's bountiful agricultral traffic. GP9E 3938 sits in wait for duty along with caboose 4639 in March 1989. |
| Photo Date: |
3/17/1989 Upload Date: 2/23/2008 11:39:54 AM |
| Location: |
El Centro, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
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SP 3738(GP9R) |
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436 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
ATSF 5067 on Cajon |
| Description: |
Santa Fe SD40-2 5067 brings a pig train around a curve on Cajon Pass. 8132, 7413 and 9520 trail. |
| Photo Date: |
4/20/1989 Upload Date: 5/14/2008 6:53:54 AM |
| Location: |
Cajon Pass, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
ATSF 5067(SD40-2) |
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663 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Five tunnel motors running uphill |
| Description: |
A quintet of SP tunnel motors, the first one wearing the abortive SPSF "Kodachrome" scheme, fight the laws of gravity yet again as they pull their train uphill amidst impressive rock work on Cajon Pass in April 1989. |
| Photo Date: |
4/28/1989 Upload Date: 2/24/2008 7:24:29 PM |
| Location: |
Cajon Pass, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
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| Locomotives: |
SP 8315(SD40T-2) |
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518 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
EB Santa Fe on Cajon Pass |
| Description: |
C30-7 8082 leads a trio of EMDs on a Santa Fe train climbing Cajon Pass in April 1989. |
| Photo Date: |
4/29/1989 Upload Date: 7/31/2013 7:45:10 PM |
| Location: |
Summit, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
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| Locomotives: |
ATSF 8082(C30-7) |
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161 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Cresting Summit |
| Description: |
An eastbound Santa Fe freight has seven units up front and two pushing at the rear as it crests Cajon Pass. |
| Photo Date: |
4/29/1989 Upload Date: 7/31/2013 7:44:13 PM |
| Location: |
Summit, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
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| Locomotives: |
ATSF 5172(SD40-2) |
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230 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
UP Eastbound on Cajon Pass |
| Description: |
Three units drag a UP freight up Cajon Pass in the Spring of 1989. 922 is followed by 9258 and 3332. |
| Photo Date: |
4/29/1989 Upload Date: 7/31/2013 7:43:34 PM |
| Location: |
Summit, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
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| Locomotives: |
UP 9222(C40-8) |
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183 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
SP System Helpers |
| Description: |
A pair of helpers drift downgrade on Cajon Pass; SP SD45T-2R#6768 is back-to-back with SSW 9393. |
| Photo Date: |
4/29/1989 Upload Date: 3/8/2016 8:25:05 PM |
| Location: |
Cajon Pass, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
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| Locomotives: |
SP 6768(SD45T-2R) |
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322 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP Power at Tule Lake |
| Description: |
A pair of SP units idle on a siding at Tule Lake CA on the road's Modoc Line. SD45R 7444 is paired SD45T-2#6804, presumebly spotted here for the next southbound that needs help on its way to Wendel. |
| Photo Date: |
4/3/1990 Upload Date: 12/26/2010 8:57:30 AM |
| Location: |
Tulelake, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
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| Locomotives: |
SP 7444(SD45R) |
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491 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Coming Down the Mountain |
| Description: |
A pair of helpers on an eastbound SP freight drift by the signal at Boca CA in April 1990 as they head for Reno-Sparks. Rio Grande GP40 3079 backs up Cotton Belt SD45T-2 9394. Up front three SDs are doing most of the work now. |
| Photo Date: |
4/15/1990 Upload Date: 11/7/2010 9:20:32 AM |
| Location: |
Boca, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
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| Locomotives: |
DRGW 3079(GP40) |
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446 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Downgrade Along the Truckee |
| Description: |
Four units bring a freight downgrade along the Truckee River towards Reno in April 1990 |
| Photo Date: |
4/15/1990 Upload Date: 8/5/2009 9:37:23 PM |
| Location: |
Boca, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
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| Locomotives: |
SP 7319(SD40R) |
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576 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP helpers |
| Description: |
Two SP tunnel motor helpers drift downgrade with their train at Boca CA. Four other six-axle units arre up front. Donner Pass is behind them; Sparks NV is ahead. |
| Photo Date: |
4/15/1990 Upload Date: 2/9/2008 7:35:25 AM |
| Location: |
Boca, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SP 9344(SD45T-2) SP 6848(SD45T-2R) |
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494 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Light Power on the Modoc Line |
| Description: |
A pair of SP six-axle units run light southbound on the Modoc Line near Madeline CA. SD40R 7319 is acompanied by SD45R 7530 as they head for the small yard at Wendel. |
| Photo Date: |
4/25/1990 Upload Date: 12/26/2010 8:58:43 AM |
| Location: |
Madeline, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
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| Locomotives: |
SP 7319(SD40R) |
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825 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Coming down Donner |
| Description: |
Rio Grande 5393 leads three other tunnel motors and a grain train downhil through Colfax. |
| Photo Date: |
4/4/1993 Upload Date: 1/26/2008 8:04:34 AM |
| Location: |
Colfax, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
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| Locomotives: |
DRGW 5393(SD40T-2) |
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536 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Starting up Donner |
| Description: |
It's 9:05 in the morning at Colfax as four SP units dig in for the hill to Donner Pass. SSW GP60 9690 leads. |
| Photo Date: |
4/5/1993 Upload Date: 2/6/2008 8:34:18 PM |
| Location: |
Colfax, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SSW 9690(GP60) |
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410 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Waiting at Wendel |
| Description: |
Three units idle at the obscure SP outpost at Wendel CA while awaiting a westbound freight to arrive, which they'll help get over the Modoc Line. |
| Photo Date: |
4/7/1993 Upload Date: 9/28/2010 8:16:15 PM |
| Location: |
Wendel, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
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| Locomotives: |
SSW 6872(SD45T-2M) |
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594 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
SP Crossbucks |
| Description: |
Southern Pacific cross bucks out in the middle of nowhere in California |
| Photo Date: |
4/7/1993 Upload Date: 6/23/2013 10:00:06 PM |
| Location: |
Wendel, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
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89 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Ex-SP depot, Susanville CA |
| Description: |
Susanville CA was at the end of an SP branch out of Wendel; by the time this shot was made the line was being operated by the Quincy RR. |
| Photo Date: |
4/7/1993 Upload Date: 2/13/2009 10:15:25 PM |
| Location: |
Susanville, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
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185 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Swapping Power at Wendel |
| Description: |
Two SP trains swap power at Wendel CA in April 1993. One train will head east to Ogden while the other will run north up the Modoc Line to Klamath Falls. |
| Photo Date: |
4/7/1993 Upload Date: 3/19/2009 10:11:23 PM |
| Location: |
Wendel, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SP 8014(B39-8E) |
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468 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
EB SP Modoc line freight |
| Description: |
An eastbound SP freight drops downgrade on the Modoc line; crew change at Wendel is about five miles ahead |
| Photo Date: |
4/7/1993 Upload Date: 1/26/2008 8:03:50 AM |
| Location: |
Wendel, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
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236 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP 8339 |
| Description: |
Six units bring an eastbound train into Wendel CA on the SP's Modoc Line in April of 1993. The last three units will be dropped off to help a westbound out; the others will continue east. |
| Photo Date: |
4/7/1993 Upload Date: 1/26/2008 8:03:59 AM |
| Location: |
Wendel, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
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| Locomotives: |
SP 8339(SD40T-2) |
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452 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Waiting at Wendel |
| Description: |
Rio Grande 5361 sits with two other tunnel motors on the Modoc Line at Wendel, NV. They're waiting for an EB train that will give them three more units prior heading towards Alturas and Klamath Falls. Wendel is one of those truly obscure places that only raifans seem to seek out. |
| Photo Date: |
4/7/1993 Upload Date: 1/26/2008 8:04:42 AM |
| Location: |
Wendel, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
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DRGW 5361(SD40T-2) |
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775 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Quincy RR |
| Description: |
Sierra Pacific's Quincy RR operated the former SP Susanville line for several years; here ex SP TR6A 1100 runs to the interchange in Wendel with eleven cars of lumber. This line reportedly shut down in 2004. |
| Photo Date: |
4/8/1993 Upload Date: 1/21/2008 8:31:46 PM |
| Location: |
Litchfield, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
QRR 1100(TR6A) |
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766 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
UP on the Loop |
| Description: |
Three units bring a UP train uphill at Walong as they run Tehachapi Loop in 2000 |
| Photo Date: |
8/26/2000 Upload Date: 2/17/2011 11:06:02 AM |
| Location: |
Walong, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
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| Locomotives: |
UP 9389(C40-8W) |
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279 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Mid-Train helpers at Tehachapi |
| Description: |
Three GEs act as mid-train helpers for an eastbound train at the Loop in 2000 while another railfan looks on. |
| Photo Date: |
8/26/2000 Upload Date: 2/17/2011 11:06:18 AM |
| Location: |
Walong, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
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| Locomotives: |
UP 9400(C40-8W) |
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355 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Ten Units at Walong |
| Description: |
A southbound BNSF freight comes off the Tehachipi Loop with ten units up front. Power is a mix of GE C40/44s and EMD SD40-2s: ATSF 652, 668, BNSF 6347, 6921, 796, 4352, 5466, CSX 7744, BN 7231, BNSF 6289. |
| Photo Date: |
8/26/2000 Upload Date: 6/21/2013 9:21:31 PM |
| Location: |
Walong, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
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| Title: |
Doing the Loop in 2000 |
| Description: |
Five units bring a BNSF train around Tehachapi Loop late in the afternoon of 26 August 2000. |
| Photo Date: |
8/26/2000 Upload Date: 2/3/2009 8:43:06 PM |
| Location: |
Walong, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
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| Locomotives: |
BNSF 739(C44-9W) |
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550 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Four GEs do the Loop |
| Description: |
Four big GEs lead an EB train around fabled Tehachapi Loop in August 2000. |
| Photo Date: |
8/26/2000 Upload Date: 1/20/2008 9:50:11 PM |
| Location: |
Walong, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
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| Locomotives: |
SP 8138(C44-9W) |
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1000 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP Power at Mojave |
| Description: |
Southern Pacific was merged into the UP in 1998; two years later five SP units prepare to move out of Mojave CA. SD40R 7326 leads SD45T-2 6803, SD45Rs 7459, 7415 and SD40R 7304. Time is nigh for these Espee warriors; none of these units would last on the UP roster past 2002. |
| Photo Date: |
8/27/2000 Upload Date: 10/25/2008 12:09:30 PM |
| Location: |
Mojave, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
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| Locomotives: |
SP 7326(SD40R) |
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571 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Pushers at the Loop |
| Description: |
Two GEs add their effort to a westbound grain train working Tehachipi in August 2000 |
| Photo Date: |
8/27/2000 Upload Date: 6/9/2013 8:19:56 AM |
| Location: |
Walong, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
BNSF 4468(C44-9W) |
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291 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Around Tehachipi Loop |
| Description: |
BNSF 4384 leads a train down grade around Tehachipi Loop. This one has three units up front and two pushing at the rear. |
| Photo Date: |
8/27/2000 Upload Date: 6/21/2013 9:21:10 PM |
| Location: |
Walong, CA |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
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| Locomotives: |
BNSF 4384(C44-9W) |
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