In 1976 SP borrowed some BN Locotrol Masters and slave cars in an early effort to institute unmanned helpers. The only testing I saw was on Beaumont Hill. Evidently it didn't work out. No compl... (more)
The last bit of daylight catches 8 Burlington Northern SD40-2's as they head East over an inlet of Lake Pend Oreille.
Burlington Northern SD40-2 6801 and Southern Pacific GP40X 7201 hustle a westbound freight through Monolith, California, just east of the town of Tehachapi. At this time in the late 1970s, the SP... (more)
Burlington Northern SD40-2 6801, one of a handful of BN SD40-2s on loan to the Southern Pacific for Locotrol testing, hustles through the town of Tehachapi on March 19, 1978.
A Southern Pacific freight, with Burlington Northern SD40-2 6801 in the lead (testing the Locotrol system for the SP), heads west over the famed Tehachapi Loop on March 19, 1978. In moments, the ... (more)
Borrowed to test Locotrol which somehow only panned out in tests. SP gave up the idea not long after getting their own Locotrol units. Departing eastbound headed for Beaumont Hill.
