Southern Pacific Oil Cans - 3 Locations - Tehachapi 9-1-1991
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- Опубліковано 21 сер 2024
- I took this video of the Southern Pacific Oil Can unit train - symbol - BKDOU (Bakersfield-Dolores Unit train) on September 1, 1991. This is some of my earlier video, and is hand-held. This awesome train is captured first navigating the big horseshoe curve at Caliente, and crossing the bridge over Bealville Road near milepost 336. The next scent is at Bena, where the engines are working even harder to overcome the grade. The final scene is at Woodford. These scenes are historically significant showing the classic oil train, a favorite of SP fans the world over, running all EMD power and a working gyralite! The second unit on the head end is SD40R 7319, sometimes called the "Desert Storm" commemorative unit because of its severely peeled paint job revealing the sandy colored primer beneath. The reason for the paint peeling was a change to a more environmentally friendly paint formulation.
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NIIIIIIICE ! WOW! 7 - 6 axle units on the point!
The sounds of all those 645’s is music to my ears, absolutely wonderful video and keep up the great work!
Thank you for your comment and for taking the time to watch! I miss those sounds
The SD 40 - 2 was the most Reliable locomotive I operated. I'm thinking the Gp 38 & 40 were just about as good. As far as I'm concerned.
My brother and I made the trek out to Trona railroad. They still use these ex SP UP Tunnel Motors out there.
Awesome! Thanks for posting. I used to see this very train 32 years ago when I worked along the Wilmington Subdivision in LA. I used to wonder why all the tank cars were connected the way they were.. I remember telling a UP hump yard employee about this train about 20 years ago and he looked at me like I was crazy. It was only 2 years ago did I learn it was one-of-a-kind train called the Oil Cans.
Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment. The cans were always special trains to me, always a treat to see. Massive power always on display.
Man Love those SD45, I remember reading in Trains magazine about this train, written in a form that you were the engineer, with lots of details about the trip, time really flies. Great video thnxs for sharing
I too loved the SD45s, 45-T2s and 40T-2s. My favorite locomotives. I do miss the SP also. Thank you for your comment and for taking the time to watch my videos
WOW !! Just WOW!!! SD - 40 - T - 2, SD - 40 , SD - 40 -T - 2 , SD -45, SD - 45 , SD - 45 - T - 2 , SD - 45 Your MID train power is SD -45 -T - 2, SD - 45 -T - 2, SD - 45, SD - 45, SD - 40 - T - 2. WOW !!! GREAT CATCH !!!
Great video. This was after they changed the cars to sets of 13. 6 sets for a 78 car train. 4 sets between the lead and mid-train locomotives, 2 at the rear. Fun tip: you can tell where each set of cars starts and ends because the long railings on the top of the cars alternate sides. I don't know why they did that but it's there in every images of these trains I've ever seen.
Thank you for your comment and for taking the time to watch. The oil cans was always a favorite train of mine, and many others. No trip to Tehachapi was complete without catching the cans!
Great quality video for the time wow. This brings me back to being 10 again. The datsun looks almost new!
Now that's what I call SP at its finest bjmajor!! I wish I could have seen the oil cans but was to young at the time lol! Great footage again thanks for sharing! :)
Thank you for the comment, and for taking the time to watch. Classic SP, 7 units on the head end - EMD power screaming upgrade. Those were good times
Great videos. 91 oil can…thanks for sharing,, miss living by the tracks
Thank you for your comment. No trip to Tehachapi was complete without catching the Cans!
Great video.. i ran this train many times to and from Bakersfield. Plus when the pipeline was finished to Mojave the oil train turned there. Great video. The train ran with 5 on the point and a 6 unit helper to Syimar. When the train turned at Mojave 2 AC units were on the point and 2 on the rear.
Facts about this train once it was on spot it could be loaded or unloaded in four hours.
Thanks for sharing your experience - I always admired the train handling skills of those like yourself that ran this train over the hill. It was always the highlight of the day on a trip to Tehachapi to catch the cans. Thank you for your comment and for taking the time to comment
@b2major9th yes this train was a challenge to run. One thing about this train you always knew where the slack in the train was located. This train I called it a semi controlled runaway.
Interesting. If you have any interesting stories to share about running the cans, that would be cool. From various videos I've seen, sometimes the power would either die or some units would only run half throttle etc. Tunnel 5 could choke you out too if you're going to slow etc.
Use to catch the Cans at Glendale Depot. The sound, the smell, the vibration in your chest, it was awesome!
The Cans...No trip to Tehachapi was complete without experiencing the drama, sight, and sound of massive power struggling to make it up the hill. I miss those days. Thank you for watching and for taking the time to comment!
Love the 7319 Desert Storm!!!
Me too! Many people are interested in modeling that unit so hope this helps!
Boy, you caught the goods that day! I mean not only with the unusually large lead consist led by an SD40T-2 with a full working Gyralite as you mentioned, but it also still had it's as delivered L-shaped engineer's windshield. Then the neat Desert Storm 7319 too! Athearn Model Trains made a very nice model of the 7319 a few years ago in HO-scale and they did a very nice job replicating that peeling paint. Then the Oil Can train itself was always a great show, but you also caught a string of cars (just ahead of the helper set) that was running the unique Barber-Scheffel trucks. An interesting design that I guess was a self-steering. Different, but very cool rugged looking trucks. Thumbs-up for sure for another ride back in time in your time machine.
Thank you for pointing out these details. It just amazes me what variety of power and equipment could be seen on any given day. Just pick any day at random and see lots of cool stuff!
Yes, exactly! And the old heads back in the 90's were saying that very same thing about railroading in the 1990's because they saw railroads of the 50's and 60's! Guess time and distance changes our perspectives. But boy, it's sure nice we can see some of the old times in these videos.
Idk how many times, sitting in the newhall tunnel and this train came thru! Yes, it got smokey in there...
0:45 There’s a Unit Resembling the Desert Victory unit with Weathering.
Oh yes, the victim of a new, "environmentally-friendly" paint formulation. The top coat peeled off in sheets. A few units ended up this way, the 7319 was among the worst (or best if you were looking for oddities!) Thanks for your comment
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Thank you for watching!
Only now am I noticing that many of those tank cars were riding on different kinds of trucks, not the typical 100 ton ones with the "swayback" sideframes.
I noticed the same thing! I’m thinking they are some kind of
high speed truck, like you used to see on those LTL box cars carried on the head end of passenger trains! Appreciated
this look back to the old SP!
Those were fun times for sure; lots of interesting variations on the equipment used
Great video! Do you know why the eco friendly paint does that?
They were trying to comply with California low VOC regulations which forced them to use an untested paint formulation. Apparently there was poor adhesion to the primer which caused the paint to literally peel off in sheets.
Oh wow.
sp 9201 pushing, i have a number board ! and a model, hard to find a photo
That's awesome! Thank you for taking the time to watch and comment
The Milwaukee Road should've merged with the S.P they would've been unstoppable for the B.N.
I would have been for any merger that would have saved our beloved SP. Thank you for your comment and taking the time to watch my videos