A four-unit helper set, consisting of a pair of SD45s (one each from Southern Pacific and Cotton Belt), an SP SD40 and an SP U33C, rounds the Tehachapi Loop on October 22, 1972.
The end of the SP was just a few days away as SD40M #8645 led a Westbound freight at Boca. #8645 and the unit directly behind it were actually the Truckee Helper having been added to the train out... (more)
SP8645 was recently returned from lease to the Pacific Harbor Lines (PHL) and now is assigned to local jobs. It had just returned solo from "stuffing baretables" along the Metro Blue Line / Long B... (more)
A very rare SP lashup, five New locomotives! Three MK rebuilds followed by two new SP SD70Ms, SP 9813, 9811, roll westbound on the BN through Aurora Illinois.
