It takes a lot of power to lift heavy trains over the Tehachapi Mountains, as evidenced by the nine locomotives needed to get this Santa Fe eastbound, led by F45 5903. Nine diesels from EMD’s f... (more)
EB ATSF freight with F45 5903 leading battles up the Cajon pass near the old Cajon station
MELROSE NM May 25 1980 -- ATSF F45 5903, two SD26s and another cowl unit lead a westbound mixed freight onto the single track toward Belen and its next crew change.
It takes a lot of power to lift heavy trains over the Tehachapi Mountains, as evidenced by this Santa Fe eastbound lead by F45 5903. Ten six-axle diesels from factories in La Grange IL and Erie P... (more)
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