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Santa Fe's unique SF30B 6419 leads a BNBLA empty TOFC train through Fullerton on January 3, 1997. Power on this wonderful California winter day is 6419-5175-5182-3836-4003-577. B trains are used to bring extra TOFC into Hobart from short term storage in desert sidings. In this case, NB stands for Newberry Springs, about 20 miles east of Barstow. |
Date:
1997-01-03
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2007-08-10 |
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A baretable train pounds under the approach signals west of Fullerton depot with ATSF 7432 and 4025 in charge on December 14, 1995. |
Date:
1995-12-14
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2007-08-10 |
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Santa Fe SF30C's 9542 and 9506 lead a SD40-2 on the hot 893 train on a sunny winter afternoon on December 4, 1993. |
Date:
1993-12-04
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2009-04-28 |
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Santa Fe B23-7 6355 leads 5398-7433-2885-2853 through Los Nietos on December 14, 1991. This picture was taken before the team track and the freight dock were removed. |
Date:
1991-12-14
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2007-08-10 |
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Santa Fe 7412 reflects the last rays of light on October 13, 1991 as it rolls a QBHLA in off the Pasadena Sub into Hobart Yard. |
Date:
1991-10-13
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2007-08-10 |
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Santa Fe 7418 waits for its next assignment at Edwards, CA. |
Date:
1988-10-14
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2007-08-10 |
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Two types of chugging! 4 B36-7's and one GP9u interloper have an eastbound pig train in hand on the south slope of Cajon. Passing Devore on the afternoon of March 25, 1987. |
Date:
1987-03-25
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2007-08-10 |
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A westbound Santa Fe blasts off from Daggett after being held out of Barstow for a bit on the afternoon of December 12, 1986. There's plenty of power for the 87 cars, including ATSF 8151-8124-5693-9529-5966-2920. If you look carefully, there is another westbound waiting at the approach signals at the top of the hill in the background. |
Date:
1986-12-12
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2007-08-10 |
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A westbound Santa Fe blasts off from Daggett after being held out of Barstow for a bit on the afternoon of December 12, 1986. There's plenty of power for the 87 cars, including ATSF 8151-8124-5693-9529-5966-2920. If you look carefully, there is another westbound waiting at the approach signals at the top of the hill in the background. |
Date:
1986-12-12
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2007-08-10 |
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As day breaks on Cajon Summit, a Santa Fe eastbound with SF30C 9567 has made it to the summit with 4 SD40-2's mates. |
Date:
1986-11-08
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2010-12-29 |
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A westbound Santa Fe starts down Cajon Pass with SF30C 9551 in the lead. |
Date:
1986-11-08
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2010-12-30 |
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Santa Fe C30-7's 8132 and 8090 are split by SD40-2's 5081 and 5129 on westbound going down Cajon Pass. |
Date:
1986-11-08
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2010-12-30 |
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The 199 train roars through Sando (East Antioch), CA into the failing light of August 31, 1986. Power is 7491-3824-3847-3825-3816 running elephant style. |
Date:
1986-08-31
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2009-10-30 |
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Santa Fe B36-7 7491 rolls into the evening sun at Sando, CA. |
Date:
1986-08-31
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2009-10-30 |
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Santa Fe B36-7's 7492 and 7495 bracket a brace of GP50's (3852 3836 3827) on a westbound climbing past the signal bridge at Warren, CA above Mojave. |
Date:
1986-07-30
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2009-08-10 |
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Santa Fe B36-7 7492 at Warren, CA. Note the red EML (Extended Mileage Locomotive) on the frame, an indication that this locomotive was covered by an extended warranty plan from GE. |
Date:
1986-07-30
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2009-08-10 |
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ATSF Extra 7492 West climbs the south slope of the Tehachapis. |
Date:
1986-07-30
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2009-08-10 |
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Nothing but big blurbing Boats! The hot 881 train has drawn 8087-8758-8066-8016 and they are attacking Cajon Pass with the stamping thump of their engines. |
Date:
1986-07-11
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2008-07-27 |
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Santa Fe U36C 8738 and SD45u 5431 roll a westbound 839 train across the Collier bridge. |
Date:
1986-06-11
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2008-07-25 |
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Santa Fe B36-7 7495 has been pressed into service on the Oakland Local. Back in the mid-1980's, the Oakland Local was actually pulling double duty; it would run from Richmond to Oakland and back in the morning and then out to Collier and Christie and back in the afternoon. |
Date:
1986-04-25
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2008-06-08 |
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Santa Fe B36-7's 7495 and 7493 lead B39-8 7401 and SD40-2 5159 and GP9u 2296 on an eastbound just east of Cajon Summit. |
Date:
1986-03-28
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2008-04-07 |
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Wide angle shot of ATSF 7495 East at Cajon Summit, CA. |
Date:
1986-03-28
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2008-04-07 |
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The 843 train blasts up Cajon Pass near milepost 57X with 9522-5357-8137-5300 and 7605 feet back GP35's 2873-2894 push on the rear. |
Date:
1986-03-28
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2008-04-11 |
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The 879 train rolls through Christie with Santa Fe U36C 8747 leading SD45-2 5627. |
Date:
1986-03-16
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2008-03-29 |
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Santa Fe U36C 8747 leads SD45-2 5627 on a westbound 879 train at Christie, CA |
Date:
1986-03-16
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2008-03-29 |
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The Santa Fe's hot 199 train thunders out of the Muir tunnel on its last few miles to Richmond, CA. Power is 8076-5389-8153. |
Date:
1986-03-16
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2008-03-29 |
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The 199 train crosses the Muir Trestle at the eastern entrance to the Glen Frazier Canyon east of Richmond, CA. |
Date:
1986-03-16
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2008-03-29 |
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The second 928 train is in the hole at Christie, CA waiting for the hot 199 train. Santa Fe C30-7 8017, SDF40-2 5265, and GP35u 2890 are leading the 2-928 on March 13, 1986. |
Date:
1986-03-13
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2008-03-29 |
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A westbound Santa Fe at Collier, CA has C30-7 8117 and U36C 8743. |
Date:
1986-01-11
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2008-01-15 |
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Santa Fe C30-7 8157 and SD40u 5008 charge past the old Pinole, CA depot with the 918 train, one of the general manifest trains that works out of Richmond, CA. |
Date:
1985-12-21
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2008-01-13 |
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The Santa Fe 839 train is about to pound across the UP diamonds at Stockton Tower. C30-7 8128 and SD40-2 5041 have about 2000 tons of train in tow leaving Stockton. |
Date:
1985-11-13
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2008-01-11 |
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Santa Fe 8128 leading the Santa Fe 839 train at Stockton Tower diamonds. |
Date:
1985-11-13
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2008-01-11 |
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The second 839 train with two big, blurbing boats, C30-7 8092 and U36C 8760 swing through Christie, CA on their way to Richmond. |
Date:
1985-11-09
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2008-01-11 |
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The second 839 train at Christie, CA with ATSF 8092 and 8760. |
Date:
1985-11-09
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2008-01-11 |
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A Santa Fe eastbound barrels into the corner at Sandcut on the flat portion of Tehachapi. B36-7's 7490 and 7499, C30-7 8060, GP40X 3805, and GP50 3832 are rocking and rolling with GP35's 2943 and 2911 buried in train. |
Date:
1985-10-27
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2008-01-02 |
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OK, let's go chase a train! Here is Santa Fe's hottest train, the 991 departing Bakersfield for an assault on Tehachapi. Power on this sunny August 7, 1985 is the trio of GE B39-8 test beds that Santa Fe had, 7400-7401-7402. The train is still on Santa Fe tracks approaching Kern Junction. |
Date:
1985-08-07
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2007-08-10 |
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Having cleared Kern Junction, the 991 is now on the Southern Pacific's mainline and heading out of Bakersfield at Quantico. |
Date:
1985-08-07
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2007-08-10 |
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Leaning into the corner at Sandcut, the 991 has been making easy work of the first leg of its trip over the mountain. |
Date:
1985-08-07
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2007-08-10 |
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The morning light brings out all sorts of detail with this cab level shot of ATSF 7400 at Sandcut. |
Date:
1985-08-07
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2007-08-10 |
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Looking off towards Bena, the 991 hustles its collection of hot trailers eastbound. |
Date:
1985-08-07
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2007-08-10 |
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On the single track main between Bena and Ilmon, the 991 begins to encounter the grade of the Tehachapi's. |
Date:
1985-08-07
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2007-08-10 |
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Looking across the valley at Ilmon, the B39-8's show off their squareish lines. The growth of trees and other undergrowth since the floods of the early 1980's makes this shot much harder now. |
Date:
1985-08-07
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2007-08-10 |
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Now the 7400's are digging their wheels in. At Bealville, the B39-8's begin to really start working hard, and a little black smoke is an added bonus. |
Date:
1985-08-07
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2007-08-10 |
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About to hit the grade crossing at Bealville, the 991 blasts up hill under a wonderfully blue sky. |
Date:
1985-08-07
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2007-08-10 |
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Rather than go for a shot at the Loop and risk blowing shots all the way to Mojave, we set up for the 991 at the Highway 202 crossing between Cable and Tehachapi. In a few minutes, she rounds the corner and the chase is on again. |
Date:
1985-08-07
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2007-08-10 |
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The 991 rounds the curve just below Tehachapi. |
Date:
1985-08-07
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2007-08-10 |
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The 991, with 3 B39-8's in charge, is about to duck under the Highway 202 overpass at the north end of Tehachapi. |
Date:
1985-08-07
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2007-08-10 |
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Now you've got to drive fast! We finally catch up at Monolith just in time to do this pan shot with the cement plant in the background. Then we have to grind to a stop to wait for the train to cross the road. |
Date:
1985-08-07
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2007-08-10 |
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The mid-day light is starting to be problematic, so we skip Cameron, which would have been hard to shoot because of the speed of the train, so next stop is Warren and the cantilever signal bridge. Note the early windmill installation, which is now gone. |
Date:
1985-08-07
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2007-08-10 |
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Finally down into Mojave, the 991 bangs through the cross overs at the top of the yard. The cross overs look a little beat up, probably from the millions of tons of trona and coal that has been going up and down the Searles Branch (the turnout is off to the right). |
Date:
1985-08-07
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2007-08-10 |
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Passing the old speeder house at the top of Mojave Yard, the 991 is passing under some magnificent clouds. |
Date:
1985-08-07
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2007-08-10 |
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Finally ready to depart SP tracks and regain the Santa Fe main at Arrowhead Junction, the 991 passes the high masted triple signal that guards the junction at the bottom of the Mojave Yard. At least the signal is still there, but the SP, the Santa Fe, the 991, and the B39-8's have all slipped into history. |
Date:
1985-08-07
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2007-08-10 |
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Rolling through Antioch, CA are the first three B39-8's for the Santa Fe, 7400-7401-7402 bringing the 199 train into Richmond, CA on August 5, 1985. Like the BN B32-8's, these units were really fielded engineering prototypes for GE's Dash-8 product line, and after a couple of years were returned to GE. |
Date:
1985-08-05
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2007-08-10 |
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Santa Fe's three B39-8's rest at the Richmond Diesel Shop shortly after being delivered August 5, 1985. ATSF 7402 is actually resting on the old turntable. After a couple of years of testing for GE, the B39-8's went back to GE, but they provided useful engineering data for later Dash-8 and Dash-9 engines. |
Date:
1985-08-05
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2007-08-10 |
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Later in the evening of August 5, 1985, Santa Fe 7402 and its two sisters have gone around the wye and are waiting for their eastbound assignment out of Richmond. |
Date:
1985-08-05
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2007-08-10 |
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Springtime, Cajon Summit, and GE's, what could be better? Its 7AM on May 22, 1985, and U36C 8762 leads two GE's and an EMD GP50 eastbound over Summit. |
Date:
1985-05-22
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2007-08-10 |
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Santa Fe's Parker Local on January 2, 1985 has 18 cars that are propelled by ATSF 8114-5965-5432-3821 as the train rolls through Siberia, CA. |
Date:
1985-01-02
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2007-08-10 |
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C30-7 8111 leads 5595, 5072, and 8018 with the hot 881 train in a more sun-bleached summer look of Summit. |
Date:
1984-08-18
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2007-08-10 |
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Santa Fe C30-7's 8042-8023-8088-8092 grind a coal train through KC Jct in the failing light of June 1, 1984. |
Date:
1984-06-01
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2007-08-17 |
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Santa Fe U23B 6347 waits on shop lead 24 at Argentine, Kansas City. May 31, 1984. |
Date:
1984-05-31
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2007-08-17 |
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Santa Fe U33C 8521 sits waiting for its next assignment while a number of its sisters, U23B's, SD40's are in the deadline behind it. Argentine Yard, Kansas City. May 31, 1984. |
Date:
1984-05-31
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2007-08-17 |
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Santa Fe prototype B39-8 7400 rests on the service tracks at Argentine Yard. May 31, 1984. |
Date:
1984-05-31
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2007-08-17 |
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Santa Fe's 199 train on April 28, 1984 is being handled by C30-7 8162 and 4 SD45's and SD45-2's. Rolling through Asbury, CA in the heart of Franklin Canyon. |
Date:
1984-04-28
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2007-08-10 |
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Late on a cold, foggy Friday night, Santa Fe U36C 8755 waits for its next assignment at Richmond, CA. January 6, 1984. |
Date:
1984-01-06
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2007-08-10 |
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ATSF 8792 at Richmond. |
Date:
1984-01-06
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2007-08-10 |
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Santa Fe All the Way! C30-7 8070 charges up Cajon Boulevard on a somewhat clear August 4, 1983. |
Date:
1983-08-04
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2007-08-10 |
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C30-7 8070 leads mates 8029 and 8025 and B36-7 7486 and CF7 2596 with 105 cars up Cajon Pass on August 4, 1983. Two GP35's push on the rear. |
Date:
1983-08-04
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2007-08-10 |
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A Santa Fe with a brace of C30-7's on the point comes chugging up around the Tehachapi Loop with 8048-8018-8063-3832-5998 leading a long string of trailers. August 27, 1982. |
Date:
1982-08-27
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2007-08-17 |
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Santa Fe C30-7's 8017 and 8010 lead an 839 into Richmond Yard in Richmond, CA on August 11, 1982. |
Date:
1982-08-11
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2007-08-16 |
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An eastbound Santa Fe bursts out of the Tunnel 9 portal with C30-7 8051, GP50 3838, and SD40 5005. |
Date:
1982-04-03
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2007-08-16 |
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Snow on Tehachapi! Santa Fe's 991 and 199 trains meet at the summit of Tehachapi on April 2nd, 1982. The 991 is led by B36-7 7494 and 4 SD's 5054-5679-5158-5306. |
Date:
1982-04-02
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2007-08-16 |
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Snow on Tehachapi! Santa Fe's 991 is led by B36-7 7494 at speed on April 2nd, 1982. |
Date:
1982-04-02
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2007-08-16 |
