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Here's some photos for you train fans, including a collection
of railroad radio related shots. The gallery is broken down into
three sections.
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General
Railroad Photos |
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| Subject: BN GP50
#3125 Leads BNSF Eastbound Train |
| Location: Mojave, CA |
| Date: 1/?/1999 |
Notes: Back when there was
still plenty of unique power left, BN "white
face" #3125 coasts down into Mojave. Note
the 'B' unit as well. |
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| Subject: BNSF Dash
9-44CW #732 Leads BNSF Eastbound Train |
| Location: Mojave, CA |
| Date: 1/?/1999 |
Notes: Still in "war
bonnet" colors on a trailer train. |
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| Subject: BNSF Eastbound
Trailer Train |
| Location: Tehachapi, CA |
| Date: 1/?/1999 |
Notes: Winding its way eastbound
through the Tehachapi Mountains after having come
through the loop. |
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| Subject: BNSF Dash
9-44CW #4735 Leads the "Steel Train" |
| Location: Mojave, CA |
| Date: 1/?/1999 |
Notes: The BNSF steel coil
train is just coming down out of Tehachapi and
into Mojave. |
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| Subject: C41-8W #9595
Leads UP Eastbound Local |
| Location: Mojave, CA |
| Date: 1/?/1999 |
Notes: A UP local returns
to Mojave after running up the mountain to Tehachapi. |
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| Subject: BNSF Dash
9-44CW #760 Leads BNSF Eastbound Train |
| Location: Mojave, CA |
| Date: 1/?/1999 |
Notes: A typical trailer train
consist for the time. |
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| Subject: EMD SD70M
#7008 Leads UP Westbound Train |
| Location: Mojave, CA |
| Date: 1/?/1999 |
Notes: Two EMD lease units
lead a local train westbound out of Mojave and
into Tehachapi. A number of these were working
in the region around this time. |
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| Subject: SP SD70M
#9815 Leads UP Eastbound Train |
| Location: Mojave, CA |
| Date: 1/?/1999 |
Notes: Still plenty of SP
power on the line at this time. |
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| Subject: BNSF Dash
9-44CW #4943 Leads BNSF Eastbound Train |
| Location: Mojave, CA |
| Date: 1/?/1999 |
Notes: What would eventually
be the typical power seen on this line. |
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| Subject: UP SD9043AC
#8296 |
| Location: Mojave, CA |
| Date: 1/?/1999 |
Notes: Brand new and sitting
in the yard at Mojave. |
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| Subject: SP SD40-2
#8584 |
| Location: Mojave, CA |
| Date: 1/?/1999 |
Notes: Still some interesting
units being used as helpers and on locals around
this time period. |
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| Subject: D&RGW
SD50 #5507 Leads UP Eastbound Train |
| Location: Mojave, CA |
| Date: 1/?/1999 |
Notes: Still some D&RGW
units making an appearance back then. |
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| Subject: Restored
Pacific Electric Car #500 |
| Location: San Pedro, CA |
| Date: 10/14/2007 |
Notes: Running along their
short tourist track through San Pedro. |
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| Subject: Pacific
Harbor Line MP20C-3 #61 |
| Location: Long Beach, CA |
| Date: 10/14/2007 |
Notes: Then brand new #61
stops briefly outside 'B' Yard in Long Beach Harbor.
The MP20C-3 have Detroit V12 engines that make
2250 HP. |
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| Subject: Pacific
Harbor Line SD18R #40 |
| Location: San Pedro, CA |
| Date: 8/7/2007 |
Notes: #40 waits in the San
Pedro yard, getting ready to be used for a film
project. |
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| Subject: Pacific
Harbor Line SD18R #41 |
| Location: Long Beach, CA |
| Date: 3/17/2007 |
Notes: Pulling a string of
cars North out of 'B' Yard. |
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| Subject: Pacific
Harbor Line SD20 #46 |
| Location: Los Angeles Harbor,
CA |
| Date: 3/17/2007 |
Notes: Was last Twin Cities
& Western #601. Shown here sitting near 'A'
Yard. |
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| Subject: Metropolitan
Stevedore Co. SF30C #9504 |
| Location: Long Beach, CA |
| Date: 3/4/2007 |
Notes: Originally built as
AT&SFU36C #8719. It's mainly used to switch
hoppers brought down from Trona to be off-loaded
onto ships. |
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| Subject: Pacific
Harbor Line SD20 #2036 |
| Location: Los Angeles Harbor,
CA |
| Date: 3/4/2007 |
Notes: Originally an NRE/Illinois
Central unit, still in IC black. |
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| Subject: Box Cars
at San Pedro Warehouse |
| Location: San Pedro, CA |
| Date: 3/4/2007 |
Notes: A rare sight to see
box cars set out at Crescent Warehouse, on the
South end of San Pedro. |
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| Subject: Car Truck
Bridge Platform |
| Location: San Pedro, CA |
| Date: 3/4/2007 |
Notes: A unique rolling bridge
built from a rail car truck, allowing cars on
the second track to be loaded from the dock. |
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| Subject: Pacific
Harbor Line SW1200 #32 |
| Location: San Pedro, CA |
| Date: 3/4/2007 |
Notes: Ex Conrail and before
that an Erie Lackawanna unit... #32 sits North
of the Vincent Thomas Bridge. |
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| Subject: Federal
Railroad Administration T17 (#217) |
| Location: Boron, CA |
| Date: 1/10/2007 |
Notes: Caught moving east
down the BNSF line after passing through Mojave
and possibly Tehachapi earlier. |
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| Subject: LLPX SD38-2
#2808 |
| Location: Los Angeles Harbor,
CA |
| Date: 3/16/2006 |
Notes: Sitting near 'A' yard...
Ex Reserve Mining unit down from the North Country
being used as a lease unit on the Pacific Harbor
Line. |
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| Subject: BNSF SD40-2
#6952 |
| Location: Long Beach, CA |
| Date: 2/8/2004 |
Notes: Ex AT&SF, with
SF air conditioner still visible. |
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| Subject: Pacific
Harbor Line SD18R #43 |
| Location: Long Beach, CA |
| Date: 2/8/2004 |
Notes: Still in its ex Chicago
North Western paint. This unit originally arrived
to PHL with its high nose still intact. |
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| Subject: Pacific
Harbor Line SD20-2 #45 |
| Location: Los Angeles Harbor,
CA |
| Date: 2/8/2004 |
Notes: Still wearing its paint
from sister road Ohio Central. This unit was originally
a B&O SD35. |
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| Subject: Various
BNSF Locomotives |
| Location: Commerce, CA |
| Date: 2/?/2004 |
Notes: Numerous units pull
out onto the lead at the west end of Hobart Terminal. |
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| Subject: Numerous
Cabeese at Vincent Hill Station Restaurant |
| Location: Acton, CA |
| Date: 8/29/2003 |
Notes: Cabs on the property:
SF999050, UP25288, SP1764, SP1339, SP1289 and
fourth SP can with unknown number. Please don't
trespass. |
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| Subject: UP Coil
Car #210001 |
| Location: Carson, CA |
| Date: 3/14/1999 |
Notes: Spotted sitting in
the Dolores Yard along Alameda St. |
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| Subject: Herzog MoW
Equipment |
| Location: Burbank, CA |
| Date: 7/26/2000 |
Notes: Spotted sitting on
the last bit of remaining SP Burbank Branch track
at Burbank Jct. |
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| Subject: AT&SF
Caboose #999277 |
| Location: Somis, CA |
| Date: 9/4/2003 |
Notes: On display at Hagle
Lumber Co. The inside is finished like a regular
room. |
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| Subject: DCCX #20004
Aircraft Fuselage Car |
| Location: East Los Angeles, CA |
| Date: 7/8/2000 |
Notes: This car is used for
transporting large aircraft parts. Original reporting
marks come back to McDonnell Douglas, but may
be different now. |
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| Subject: TTX Flat
Car #97962 |
| Location: Los Angeles Harbor,
CA |
| Date: 7/8/2000 |
Notes: Carrying what looks
to be a Cat prime mover engine. Spotted parked
in 'A' Yard. |
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| Subject: AT&SF
Dash 8-40CW #803 Leads "Slab Train" |
| Location: Los Angeles Harbor,
CA |
| Date: 7/8/2000 |
Notes: #803 leads the harbor
steel slab train while street running back to
Watson Yard with slab loads. |
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| Subject: Pacific
Harbor Line SD20-2 #45 Leads Train |
| Location: Long Beach, CA |
| Date: 1/24/1999 |
Notes: PHL #45 and #40 are
pulling on a string of cars going North out of
'B' Yard in the harbor. |
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| Subject: UP Caboose
#25801 |
| Location: Los Angeles Harbor,
CA |
| Date: 1/24/1999 |
Notes: Sitting in the yard
off Anaheim St., this cab was used on local work
in the area. |
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| Subject: D&RGW
GP40-2 #3101 |
| Location: Los Angeles Harbor,
CA |
| Date: 1/24/1999 |
Notes: Parked with an SSW
unit in the yard off Anaheim St., this unit was
being used on UP local trains. |
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| Subject: BNSF Steel
Slab Cars |
| Location: Los Angeles Harbor,
CA |
| Date: 3/17/2002 |
Notes: Pictured while brand
new, these cars were specifically built for the
BNSF "steel slab train" out of the L.A.
Harbor. |
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| Subject: Numerous
Pacific Harbor Line Locomotives |
| Location: Los Angeles Harbor,
CA |
| Date: 6/24/2000 |
Notes: Seen returning back
to 'A' Yard with GP7 #101 in the lead, these units
were just having their speed tested on a stretch
of track near San Pedro. |
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| Subject: Pacific
Harbor Line GP7 #101 |
| Location: Los Angeles Harbor,
CA |
| Date: 6/24/2000 |
Notes: Still wearing the old
"Harbor Belt Line" name, #101 crosses
over a street near 'A' Yard. Originally a CNW
unit. |
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| Subject: Flat Car
PPU #3000 |
| Location: Los Angeles Harbor,
CA |
| Date: 6/24/2000 |
Notes: Spotted carrying a
new Cat D10R Dozer. 'PPU' is the Peoria and Pekin
Union Railway. |
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| Subject: Tank Training
Car AMOX #911R |
| Location: Carson, CA |
| Date: 6/24/2000 |
Notes: Originally built in
1972 and modified in 1987, this car is used by
Amoco/BP for emergency training of employees and
local emergency personnel. |
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| Subject: Refinery
Switcher |
| Location: Carson, CA |
| Date: 6/24/2000 |
Notes: An SW type switcher
is parked at a local refinery near Dolores Yard. |
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| Subject: BN SD40-2
#8059 Leads Steel Slab Train |
| Location: L.A. Harbor, CA |
| Date: 7/15/2000 |
Notes: Still in BN paint,
#8059 leads the BNSF "steel slab train"
out of L.A. Harbor, and does some street running
on the way to Watson Yard. |
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| Subject: EMDX SD40-3
#2000 |
| Location: Carson, CA |
| Date: 8/26/2000 |
Notes: Parked near the shops
in Dolores Yard, this unit also did time on PNWR,
BN & CS. |
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| Subject: BNSF SD40-2
#6838 |
| Location: Los Angeles Harbor,
CA |
| Date: 12/29/2000 |
Notes: Left sitting with the
other power that will be used on the steel slab
train out of the harbor. |
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| Subject: BNSF GP35U
#2622 & BNSF GP30 #2401 |
| Location: Los Angeles Harbor,
CA |
| Date: 12/18/2000 |
Notes: #2622 still in SF paint,
along with a rare BNSF GP30 in (then) new "H1"
paint, both idle outside the terminal where the
"slab train" is prepared. |
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| Subject: Pacific
Harbor Line SD18R #44 |
| Location: Long Beach, A |
| Date: 12/18/2000 |
Notes: A rare catch finding
#44 in an open place. #44 looked slightly different
than the other 18R units, and was usually left
over on Terminal Island. |
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| Subject: EMD Demo
GP15D #1508 |
| Location: Los Angeles Harbor,
CA |
| Date: 9/1/2001 |
Notes: Seen working in 'A'
Yard while temporarily working for Pacific Harbor
Line during a trial. |
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| Subject: EMD Demo
GP20D #2008 |
| Location: Los Angeles Harbor,
CA |
| Date: 9/1/2001 |
Notes: Also tried out on PHL
at the same time as #1508 above, but neither model
was purchased. |
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| Subject: Amtrak California
F59PHI #452 |
| Location: Union Station - Los
Angeles, CA |
| Date: 4/4/1999 |
Notes: Sitting with its train
in the Union Station terminal. |
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| Subject: D&RGW
SD50 #5503 |
| Location: Los Angeles Harbor,
CA |
| Date: 4/4/1999 |
Notes: Sitting in the yard
off Anaheim St... A number of D&RGW units
were used around the SoCal area well after the
merger. |
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| Subject: Union Station
- Red Line Subway Station |
| Location: Union Station - Los
Angeles, CA |
| Date: 4/4/1999 |
Notes: A red line subway train
stops at the station underneath Union Station
in downtown Los Angeles. |
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| Subject: D&RGW
SD50s #5507 & #5515 |
| Location: East Los Angeles, CA |
| Date: 9/2/2000 |
Notes: Some rare un-patched
DRGW units sit over Washington Blvd., outside
UP's East Los Angeles Yard. |
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| Subject: Trona Railway
SD45-2 #3005 Leads Train |
| Location: Trona, CA |
| Date: 12/1/2003 |
Notes: Trona #3005 along with
Trona SD40-2 #3007, bring a cut of cars back into
Trona. #2003 still in SF/SP pre-merge scheme sits
in the Trona yard. |
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| Subject: Southern
Pacific - Santa Susanna Depot |
| Location: Simi Valley, CA |
| Date: 9/2/2003 |
Notes: A very nicely restored
depot alongside the SP Coast Line, in the Santa
Susanna Pass. |
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| Subject: Southern
Pacific - Ohio Crane #8002 |
| Location: Mojave, CA |
| Date: 3/5/2002 |
Notes: An old workhorse still
wearing it's SP colors while sitting near Mojave
Yard, along with support cars SP #5058 and #503. |
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| Subject: Pacific
Harbor Line SW1200 #32 & #35 |
| Location: Los Angeles Harbor,
CA |
| Date: 3/31/2000 |
Notes: Both units sill wear
their old Conrail blue as they work the 'A' Yard. |
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| Subject: Pacific
Harbor Line SD18R #40 |
| Location: Los Angeles Harbor,
CA |
| Date: 4/16/2000 |
Notes: In its classy ATSF
"zebra stripe" scheme, #40 sits outside
the PHL headquarters at 'A' Yard. |
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| Subject: Borax Rail
Car Moving Tractors |
| Location: Los Angeles Harbor,
CA |
| Date: 4/9/2000 |
Notes: Brightly colored rail
car movers have the weekend off at the Borax plant
in Los Angeles Harbor. |
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| Subject: Pacific
Harbor Line SD18R #43 |
| Location: Los Angeles Harbor,
CA |
| Date: 4/9/2000 |
Notes: #43 as it was before
getting its nose chopped, still wearing the full
CNW "Operation Lifesaver" paint scheme. |
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| Subject: UP Hobart
Tower - UP/BNSF Diamond |
| Location: Commerce, CA |
| Date: 11/27/1999 |
Notes: Shot not too long before
the tower was closed. The antique lever machine
was still in place and functioning. |
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| Subject: Pacific
Harbor Line SW1200s #37 & #38 |
| Location: Los Angeles Harbor,
CA |
| Date: 4/14/2001 |
Notes: #37 and #38 do some
street running while switching out cars at Borax. |
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| Subject: Pacific
Harbor Line MP20C-3 #66 |
| Location: Long Beach Harbor,
CA |
| Date: 6/21/2009 |
Notes: #66 starts shoving
on a cut of intermodal cars at the west end of
Pier 'B' Yard. |
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| Subject: Pacific
Harbor Line MP20C-3 #64 |
| Location: Wilmington, CA |
| Date: 6/21/2009 |
Notes: #64 runs 'light' and
long hood forward back to 'A' Yard along Alameda
St. |
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| Subject: BNSF Dash
9-44CW #4156 |
| Location: Long Beach Harbor,
CA |
| Date: 6/21/2009 |
Notes: #4156 and a second
Dash 9 shove the remaining cut of their train
eastward into Pier 'B' Yard. |
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| Subject: Pacific
Harbor Line MP20C-3 #68 |
| Location: Long Beach Harbor,
CA |
| Date: 6/21/2009 |
Notes: #66 shoves a long string
of intermodal cars eastward into Pier 'B' Yard. |
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| Subject: Metropolitan
Stevedor 3GS21B-DE #0805 |
| Location: Long Beach Harbor,
CA |
| Date: 6/21/2009 |
Notes: Metropolitan Stevedor's
brand new Gen-Set "low emissions" unit
is taking the day off inside their facility. The
unit was built by National Railway Equipment company
and arrived to MS in December, 2008. |
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| Subject: Pacific
Harbor Line MP20C-3 #66 |
| Location: Long Beach Harbor,
CA |
| Date: 6/21/2009 |
Notes: Later in the day, #66
is still working hard, now dragging a long string
of intermodal cars out of Pier 'F' Terminal and
up to Pier 'B' Yard. |
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