WOW!!
Awesome and intense! Thanks for the link!
Nice!
One quibble though - the race is taking place on Cajon Pass. El Cajon is a city a few miles east of San Diego and is on what was the San Diego, Cuyamaca and Eastern - now the Santee line of the SD Trolley system.
Nice find Balt! Go Daylight Go!
Right up to the mechanical failure. Noted the 4449 was only hauling 6 or 7 cars and it looked like the 8444 was hauling near 20. How much assist the diesel was giving the 8444 is open to question.
And then Duffy Street 4 days later…
It’s been years since I’ve seen this race, and yes the 8444 did get a little assistance from the E-9. Information per the fireman aboard the 8444. Great publicity stunt though. I remember it being on TV. August of that year Dad packed us up and we moved away from Southern California to Michigan…