Cajon pics 4/29 (dialups beware)

Trains Magazine General Discussion
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4/29/06 trip to Cajon and Barstow

An unusual helper set. Most are 2 units, this one is 3, and with a UP SD90/43MAC

Eastbound traffic was heavy and running on both tracks


traffic on #1 was held up a bit while they worked on the track

A UP heads west at Highland

An unusual load

Hotshots on #2 , low priority freights on #1

Helpers

Then another UP

Finaly we get a westbound

Dang poles

And a meet

Quickley followed by a UP

Then comes the V-SDGBAR. When it was 1/2 way past us we heard the air dump and it came to a stop quickley with the end next to us. We decided to drive to the head end and see if we could spot the problem and mabee give them a ride, but it turned out to be close to the front.
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nice pics Chad looks like a good day out there.

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awesome, been a while since I have seen that in person man never get tired of seeing pics, totally awesome

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Man, did I miss a good day for trains. I went up yesterday for an hour with the family just to take a drive to see if my son Jared would fall asleep. The poor guy did before he could see a train. We only saw three trains but as one went through the area where the derailment was, they blew their horn which woke Jared up. So he did get to see a train, and then right back to sleep. I wish I had that kind of life again: Eat, trains, and sleep.

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Chad I didnt think there were ANY FP45s left! Neat!

“…BONUS!!! they are all bluebonnets…”
Yikes! I think this is the same lash up I saw shoving cars in the Irwindale brewery yesterday!

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Nice Pics Chad!!!

Tell me, What is the signifigance of Hill 582?

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Uhhhh,
Hey Chad, in the last photo of you, there appeares to be something “stuck” between your fingers…Didnt someone post somewhere thay gave that up?

Thats ok, been “quitting” myself for about 30 years!

Ed

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Uh oh. Busted. Yea I fell off the wagon a bit. I’m back to smokeing 2-3 a day. I have cut way back from the pack+ I used to smoke. I was wondering if anyone was going to spot that.

Well, It only took 4 hours to upload all those.[:0] I didn’t think it would take that long.

Zak, you should have been there.[;)]

Vic, there are a few of the FP45s still around. The OERM has one too and I know there are a couple more back east.

RJ, There is nothing really significant about 582. It’s just a spot some railfans adopted and fixed up and planted trees and built retaining walls & landscaped. The reason they call it hill 582 is the signal next to it is #582.

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ah cool

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Niiiice. (Espee fans will kill me for this)I always found the UP/SP patch jobs to be interesting.(From a modelers viewpoint)

To answer a “?”, yeah, that is a scale test car.

Matt

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Chad, if I ever get back out to LA, I WANT TO GO RAILFANNING WITH YOU!

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Great pics. I was wondering why I did not see many NS units around here anymore ( there all out there!)[:D]

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Enjoyed the Cajon pic’s…Even with dial up.

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Thanks guys.

Brian, Thats a big 1010-0100.[;)]

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1010-0100![:D]

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Hey Chad…

Sorry I couldnt resist! [(-D]

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OOps, My bad.

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Chad, when are we going to get our “Western Where is it?” photo?

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Ummmmm … Chad … that patched “SDP40” you have in your set at Colton is actually an SDP45-1 when it was bult. SP 3200-3209. They replaced the PA’s and the FP7’s in passenger service about 1968 or so. When Amtrack took over, the SP kept them, later transferring all but two to the Penninsula Commute Service. The remaining two were used as Executive units for Shipper Specials for a while, then rebuilt for freight service.