For months after delivery, SP kept its B39-8's in consectively numbered lashups of 4 units. On September 26, 1987, 8007-8006-8005-8004 have a short 25 car, 1800 ton LAHOF well in hand as they throttle up through the Ordway Crossovers. The morning fog is still burning off down deep in the canyon.

Date: 1987-09-26

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