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Post by espeelover on Oct 27, 2008 23:00:00 GMT -5
Of course not all switchers are monsters like the big Alco pictured above; 2 1500h.p. loco's are earning their keep working the hump. The big Centuries had to work over fairly new track; if you wanted to keep them on the rails that is. The SD7 and SW1500 could pretty much go anywhere on the system by comparison. Taylor Yard CA circa 1981 © 2008 John Huey Photo
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Post by espeelover on Oct 29, 2008 16:38:59 GMT -5
What did the top end of A yard look like in the mid 1960's? What was used on the hump back then? Whats the hogger doing in that hat, and on this side of the engine; whats going on? In the AS-616's, that was the "right" side of the cab, as many were set up to run long hood forward. This was most likely taken by my friend Dennis Docken, but it is not marked except location and date, but it looks like his writing. It could also have been taken by Tiny; but all I remember of him was Charley---NOT Chuck! Taken at Taylor Yard L.A. 10/63 © 2008 John Huey
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Post by espeelover on Nov 15, 2008 14:16:03 GMT -5
I think it was less than a year and all the older EMD switchers near where I lived, magically turned into SW1500's. Having completed 95% of my high school requirements a year earlier, taking my dad to work so I could wait in a long gas line to pay an outrageous 80¢ a gallon in October of 1973 was actually not a bad deal; I borrowed his camera too!Somewhere between Long Beach and Torrance in 1973 © John D Huey
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Post by espeelover on Mar 16, 2009 8:06:23 GMT -5
Back in 1978, behind the shopping center where I had my first job, we see a SW1500 and a C-40-3 still earning a living for the SP.
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Post by railtrax on Apr 9, 2015 2:56:20 GMT -5
Yeah SP Switcher power is alway's great. Love those extra SP light packages. The Dynamic brake SW8 are real neat & the Alco S-6 was a classy looking switcher. Thanks
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Post by espeelover on Feb 3, 2016 6:18:41 GMT -5
Speaking of the Alco S6 switcher; these are one of my all time favorites. Attachments:
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