80's era pics of SP and some others

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Back in the 80's I used to frequent a lot of the typical places, Pepper Ave overpass, Tehachapi, Cajon Etc. some of these pics are not the best as they were scanned from 30+ year old disc camera prints, I started shooting slides during this time after buying a Mamiya 35mm camera at a yard sale for $15,  this will hopefully be an ongoing post for me as I start scanning my slide collection ,time permitting ,the exact dates are lost to memory as I wasn't real good about dating my photos back then so any date given is approximate, hope you enjoy _


Walong mid 80's


Given the paint this was at least 86'



Rio Grande pool power

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The next 3 were taken at Edison, just West of Bakersfield around 1986, this was a helper set waiting to cut into an Eastbound for the run over Tehachapi, this was my first time in a locomotive cab, unfortunately the unit number has been lost to memory but I do remember it was an SD45T-2

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The next few will be from West Colton and the LA area



In the 80's lease units were everywhere on SP in every imaginable paint scheme this one ex MILW 161


NHL (exBN) 6557


Another NHL, exBN 6681

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Its sad to look back at these shots and know the SP is long gone, a lot of locomotives that were so common are also long gone





Here is the GP40X quartet




The GP40X set again, check out that 5 unit consist of B boats behind them




The old crew shack

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Looking into the yard, you can see a set of UP SD40-2's making a pick up



All 3 GP40P-2's


Nice clean Kodachrome

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These pics were taken in San Timoteo canyon, this is the first set of B39-8's brand new, we chased them out of Colton all the way to Banning, got into the cab of 8002 while waiting for a meet, the conductor gave me an old battered Tucson division timetable that is still in my collection to this day

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Couple more from San Timoteo canyon

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The next several are from my hometown, Oxnard



SP 5316 in the fog


SSW 7251


SP 7876, 7816

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More Oxnard



Profile of SP 3403



SP 3419 and cab 4740



SP 3425

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Back in the 80's there was a small group that would congregate at Oxnard on Sunday morning to watch the arrival of Amtrak's Northbound Coast Starlight, sometimes there would be an SP freight waiting for it to pass, most Sundays the Starlight was the highlight of the day, Sunday was a good day to poke around the yard as there wasn't much going on and minimal personnel around



Rounding the curve past the old depot



SP 3206 laying over



Rainy overcast Sunday, not much going on

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I passed over the Sacramento Locomotive Works many times on the interstate, only visited the place once, my only regret is I didn't take more pictures, here are a few that I've scanned, once I get around to scanning my slide collection they'll be a few more to follow, we stopped here on a Sunday afternoon on our way back from the railroad days at Portola



Look real close at the center of the pic between the overpass pillars and you can see 1192's yellow cab, look just to the left of the 4 unit consist partially obscured by the pillars and you'll see 3205, SP's problem child of the SDP45 fleet

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More SLW




Just above the Kodachrome unit in the background you can see the rear of the tender of one of the Santa Fe steamers donated to CSRM, its a shame how badly they've been allowed to deteriorate


Hard to believe most of this is gone now