WESTERN PACIFIC'S EARLY DIESELS
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- Опубліковано 8 гру 2024
- This is a section of a full DVD production "WP Vintage West" of WP's history from early color Kodak movie films shot by a variety of rail fans - including Bay area historian Harry Demoro.
Description of the entire DVD...
WP diesels to the early 80s end of operation of the last major railroad built in the west! See the California Zephyr passenger trains, and mainline freights. Remember Oakland street-running, Stockton, Sacramento, the Feather River Canyon, the Nevada Desert and more.
See the California Zephyr passenger trains, freight and many early EMD, ALCO Baldwin and early GE U-boats all over California.
Learn the history of the Beckworth Pass that was founded by the west’s toughest ‘mountain-man’, James Beckworth. See how the Western Pacific under the leadership of Jay Gould’s son, George, carved out a niche right under Southern Pacific’s nose! It also took the vision and persistence of Arthur W. Keddie to make things unfold. History and great trains are in this all-vintage video.
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I used to fuel the BNSF and UP locomotives. Up until about four years ago, that FT unit was still at the Stockton UP yard.
There's absolutely no way. Maybe you're thinking of an EMD F7? The FT is nearly extinct. Only 2 A units and a few B units remain.
Aren’t those the Iowa Pacific F units that once operated from Watsonville to Santa Cruz?
All I know is, it was an old streamlined diesel. It was dilapidated and worn out. It had graffiti painted all over it, too. No surprise, there. One day I showed up to work and, it was gone.
Those F7s were Iowa Pacific locomotives that operated over the Santa Cruz line for a few years. After Iowa Pacific went bankrupt they sat in the Stockton Yard waiting to be sold along with their coaches. They’ve been sold since but I have no idea who owns them now.
So what were some of those early problems and how were they overcome, please?
Poor electrical transitioning and ineffective dynamic braking. Improved by feedback to the design engineers.
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