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By:Randy Curlin
Dates:7/14/1987 - 7/14/1987
Album Info:Various scanned prints in Southern California
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SP Helper riding on the rear of a ATSF hotshot
Title:  SP Helper riding on the rear of a ATSF hotshot
Description:  A common practice on Southern Pacific-Santa Fe operation of Tehachapi was to have helpers ride downhill on descending freights. It simplified train dispatching on the mountain.
Photo Date:  9/5/1982  Upload Date: 7/13/2020 1:38:55 PM
Location:  Walong, CA
Author:  Randy Curlin Collection
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SP 8353(SD40T-2)
Views:  124   Comments: 1
SP Helper with 8 units at Tehachapi Loop
Title:  SP Helper with 8 units at Tehachapi Loop
Description:  A common practice on Southern Pacific-Santa Fe operation of Tehachapi was to have helpers ride downhill on descending freights. It simplified train dispatching on the mountain.
Photo Date:  9/5/1982  Upload Date: 7/13/2020 1:48:15 PM
Location:  Walong, CA
Author:  Randy Curlin Collection
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SP 8918(SD45) SP 8313(SD40T-2) SP 8353(SD40T-2)
Views:  329   Comments: 3
ATSF 999752 at Walong
Title:  ATSF 999752 at Walong
Description:  Randy Curlin Collection
Photo Date:  9/5/1982  Upload Date: 7/13/2020 1:54:28 PM
Location:  Walong, CA
Author:  Randy Curlin Collection
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  129   Comments: 1


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