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Post by thespcaboose on Jan 8, 2009 20:54:10 GMT -5
November 28, 1993
LABAF with SP6832, SP6820, EMD831, SCL8029 and DRGW3110 with 115 cars plus FRED heading west in Northridge, California.
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Post by Van Nuys Local on Jan 30, 2009 0:21:38 GMT -5
10/27/90 Tarzana EB Van Nuys Local 2475, 2451 7 cars.
11/3/90 Tarzana WB Van Nuys Local 3392, 3789.
11/10/90 Tarzana WB Van Nuys Local 3347, 3789 9 cars.
11/17/90 La Metro Northridge Switcher 2469, 2452.
12/1/90 Tarzana WB Van Nuys Local 3380, 2526 9 cars.
12/15/90 Tarzana WB Van Nuys Local 2613, 6360 16 cars.
12/27/90 Tarzana WB Van Nuys Local 2452 7 cars.
12/29/90 Tarzana WB Van Nuys Local 2638, 3370r 5 cars.
12/29/90 Gemco EB WSWCM 7501, 8520, 7443.
12/29/90 Gemco WB LABAF 6779, 8532, 7561, 9396, 9366
12/31/90 Sylmar WB DOBKU 8247, 7426, DRGW 5386, 7368, 6670
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Post by Van Nuys Local on Feb 4, 2009 2:02:54 GMT -5
1/3/91 Tarzana WB 15:00 Van Nuys Local 3384, 2451 9 cars
1/5/91 Tarzana WB Van Nuys Local 2451, 3316 12 cars
1/19/91 Tarzana WB Van Nuys Local 2451, 2475 7 cars
1/22/91 Tarzana WB Van Nuys Local 2475, 6331 8 cars
1/24/91 Northridge WB Northridge Switcher 3765, 2564 6 cars
1/25/91 Northridge wb LABAF 7541, 9215, 9254
1/25/91 Northridge eb WSWCM 7455, 8326, 7354, 8528 72 cars
1/26/91 Tarzana wb Van Nuys Local 2501, 3416 9 cars
2/2/91 Tarzana wb Van Nuys Local 3802, 3350 9 cars
2/3/91 Montalvo wb LABAF 8522, 8534, SSW 9403, 7359
2/9/91 Northridge switching Northridge Switcher 2563, 4822
2/16/91 Tarzana WB Van Nuys Local 2496, 6305 8 cars
2/23/91 Tarzana WB Van Nuys Local 2470, 3838 9 cars
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Post by Van Nuys Local on Feb 18, 2009 0:53:40 GMT -5
3/5/91 Tarzana wb Van Nuys Local 2575r, 3425.
3/9/91 Tarzana wb Van Nuys Local 2658, 6303 5 cars.
3/28/91 Tarzana wb Van Nuys Local 3844, 2613, 2497 dic.
4/1/91 Northridge eb BALAF SSW 6876, SP 8386, SP 7546
4/2/91 Tarzana eb Van Nuys Local 2460, 2564 5 cars and caboose SSW 49.
4/4/91 Tarzana wb Van Nuys Local 6336, 2658.
4/7/91 Pixley wb manifest SSW 9620, SP 8230, SP 7320.
4/10/91 Raymer Gemco Switcher 2467, 2452.
4/11/91 Tarzana wb Van Nuys Local 2458, 6352.
4/13/91 Tarzana wb Van Nuys Local 2564, 3764 10 cars.
4/16/91 Tarzana wb Van Nuys Local 2564, 3761.
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Post by SSW9389 on Mar 12, 2009 4:04:12 GMT -5
March 12, 1973 MONDAY
It was 36 years ago today my Spring Break had started. After the weekend I Caught a ride down to Cleburne with a friend from school and began to explore the large Santa Fe yard and shops there. That afternoon I boarded Amtrak #15 the southbound Texas Chief while the Cleburne shop forces swapped out one F7ABAB set for another. The train soon departed and I looked forward to further railfan adventures in Houston.
(1) SP SW? CALDWELL, TX
3710 SP GP9 STAFFORD, TX
My notes say I stayed at the Roadrunner Inns for $9.50. I used the phonebook to write down the addresses of the train stations in Houston. The SP Depot was at 902 Washington Street. The Santa Fe Depot was at 501 Crawford Street and the SP Freight Depot was 816 North San Jacinto. The next morning I set out to see as many trains as possible in the local area.
Ed
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Post by SSW9389 on Mar 13, 2009 5:56:50 GMT -5
March 13, 1973 TUESDAY I got up that morning and started walking around Houston looking for trains. Some units were seen twice and are noted as duplicate sightings. 2919 SP RS-11 HOUSTON, TX 3623 SP GP9 “ 3307 SP GP9E “ I found my way to Fulton Street and discovered the SP Facility there. 4048 SSW GP20 “ 3818 B&O GP38 “ 6511 SSW GP35 “ 50 SSW C-40-6 “ 3739 SP GP9E “ 1732 SP C-40-6 “ 9278 SSW SD45T-2 “ SHOPS  3726 SP GP9 “ “ LOW NOSE 1567 SCL GP40 “ “ 1409 SCL GP35 “ “ 1718 SCL U30B “ “ 8649 SP U33C “ “ 6532 SP GP35 “ “ 9061 SSW SD45 “ “ 4068 SP GP20 “ “ 2951 SP RSD-12 “ “ 6618 SP GP35 “ “ 9271 SSW SD45T-2 “ “ 2968 SP RSD-12 “ “ 8698 SP U33C “ “ 4058 SP GP20 “ “ WRECK N0SE 8660 SP U33C “ “ 1826 SP S-4 “ “ 2927 SP RS-11 “ “ 7107 SP C628 “ “ 7112 SP C628 “ “ 4049 SSW GP20 “ “ DEADLINE 2207 SSW SW9 “ “ “ BLACK & ORANGE  1908 SP NW2 “ “ “ MANY C628 AND C630 IN DEADLINE 4046 SSW GP20 “ “ “ 1729 SP S-2 “ “ “ 1791 SP S-4 “ “ “ 2970 SP RSD-12 “ “ “ MANY OTHER RSD-12 IN LINE 3656 SP GP9 “ “ “ 3646 SP GP9 “ “ “ 1743 SP S-2 “ “ “ ORANGE & BLACK 7121 SP C628 “ “ “ U30 NOSE 6709 SP U25B “ “ “ BENT PILOT 1225 SP S-6 “ “ “ 1826 SP S-4 “ “ “ 2ND SPOT 2929 SP RS-11 “ “ “ BENT PILOT 8630 SP U33C “ “ 6738 SP U25B “ “ 8775 SP U33C “ “ 1717 SCL U30B “ “ 1337 SP NW2E “ “ 4069 SP GP20 “ “ 7805 SP C630 “ “ SHOPS 4030 SSW GP20 “ “ “ 1300 SP NW2E “ “ “ 3018 C&O GP30 “ “ “ 3708 SP GP9 “ “ “ LOW NOSE 5017 SP GP30 “ “ “ 3641 SSW GP9 “ “ “ 1404 SCL GP35 “ “ “ 1730 SP S-2 “ “ “ ORANGE & BLACK 2912 SP RS-11 “ “ “ 2905 SP RS-11 “ “ “ 1844 SP S-4 “ “ “ 6678 SP GP35 “ “ “ 1226 SP S-6 “ “ “ 3675 SP GP9 “ “ “ 3319 SP GP9E “ “ “ 3113 SP C628 “ NEAR YARD HUMP POWER? 7104 SP C628 “ “ 7106 SP C628 “ “ 3538 SP GP9 “ LOCAL 3525 SP GP9 “ “ 3739 SP GP9E “ “ DUPLICATE 4068 SP GP20 “ “ DUPLICATE 1236 SP S-6 “ “ ORANGE & BLACK 1638 SP C40-5 “ “ 566 SPMOW SW1 “ TIE PLANT 2901 SP RS-11 “ 3353 SP GP9E “ 3687 SP GP9 “ 2958 SP RSD-12 “ 3630 SP GP9 “ 2265 SP SW1200 “ 3773 B&O GP40 “ ENGLEWOOD YARD 6632 SP GP35 “ “ 4082 SP GP20 “ “ 3690 SP GP9 “ “ 2263 SP SW1200 “ “ 1248 SP S-6 “ “ 21 SSW C-40-8 “ “ 1850 SP C-50-3 “ “ 3546 SP GP9 “ “ 3670 SP GP9 “ “ 6575 SP GP35 “ “ 14 SSW C-40-8 “ “ 3553 SP GP9 “ “ 4085 SP GP20 “ “ 4084 SP GP20 “ “ 34 SSW C-40-9 “ “ 1814 SP S-4 “ “ 2911 SP RS-11 “ “ DUPLICATE SPOT 3621 SP GP9 “ “ 2553 SP SW1500 “ “ 3648 SSW GP9 “ “ 3584 SP GP9 “ “ 458 SP C-30-5 “ “ LOCAL 3525 SP GP9 “ “ DUPLICATE 1788 SP C-40-7 “ “ 2556 SP SW1500 “ “ 2670 SP SW1500 “ “ 2561 SP SW1500 “ “ 9276 SSW SD45T-2 “ “ 8775 SP U33C “ “ 9271 SSW SD45T-2 “ “ 1619 SP C-40-5 “ “ 2586 SOU GP30 “ “ 6529 SP GP35 “ “ 6635 SP GP35 “ “ 6535 SP GP35 “ “ 1455 SP C-40-4 “ “ 8739 SP U33C “ “ 1108 SP SW8 “ “ 3354 SP GP9E “ “ 446 SP C-30-5 “ “ LOCAL 2562 SP SW1500 “ “ 6935 B&O GP30 “ “ 3629 SP GP9 “ “ 3663 SP GP9 “ “ 2672 SP SW1500 “ “ 3538 SP GP9 “ “ DUPLICATE 3690 SP GP9 “ “ “ 1903 SP NW2E “ “ “ 2674 SP SW1500 “ “ 4002 B&O GP40 “ “ 4082 SP GP20 “ “ REP 9138 SP SD45 “ “ 8732 SP U33C “ “ 1825 SP C-50-3 “ “ 3687 SP GP9 “ “ 3353 SP GP9E “ “ REP 8660 SP U33C “ “ REP 8630 SP U33C “ “ “ 1401 SP C-40-4 “ “ Sometime during my long night at Englewood Yard it became Wednesday March 14, 1973. I don’t know exactly when this happened in relation to the many units spotted during the night. |
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Post by SSW9389 on Mar 14, 2009 2:58:49 GMT -5
This is what I saw 36 years ago today.
March 14, 1973 WEDNESDAY
9120 SP SD45 HOUSTON ENGLEWOOD YD #216
9125 SP SD45 HUMBLE, TX
8764 SP U33C “
8701 SP U33C “
3319 SP GP9E DIBOLL, TX
1458 SP C-40-4 “
3676 SP GP9 LUFKIN, TX
3675 SP GP9 SHREVEPORT, LA
3034 C&O GP30 “
6706 SP U25B “
6671 SP GP35 “
2491 SSW SW1500 “
9120 SP SD45 “
6574 SP GP35 “
6655 SP GP35 “
8825 SP SD45 “
8820 SP SD45 “
2489 SSW SW1500 “
3533 C&O GP35 “
6610 SP GP35 “
70 SSW C-50-2 “
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Post by SSW9389 on Nov 4, 2009 5:10:00 GMT -5
Terry Kirkland saw one Espee train 35 years ago today.
Monday
November 4, 1974
Dallas, Texas
McKinney Local (SP 6604) GP35 1 140 am
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Post by SSW9389 on Nov 14, 2009 5:08:34 GMT -5
Terry Kirkland saw one Espee train 35 years ago today.
Thursday
November 14, 1974
Ennis, Texas
SP (6601) 2 GP35 U25B SD45T-2 115 555 pm
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Post by SSW9389 on Dec 31, 2009 5:21:19 GMT -5
Terry Kirkland saw one Espee train 35 years ago today.
Tuesday
December 31, 1974
Dallas, Texas
SP (8671) 2 U33C NW2 69 500 pm
This is the very last entry in Terry Kirkland's 1974 Spot Book. I don't know where in Dallas Terry was when he saw this train, but he did go to Miller Yard quite a bit when I knew him.
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