Colton Crossing & West Colton Dec. 19, 1987
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- Опубліковано 28 сер 2017
- Dec. 19, 1987: Same day as the Cajon video. Incl. the Desert Wind, SP, UP, & ATSF freights, second generation diesels, and SPs entire roster of GP40Xs as one consist. Also, rare Oscitrol headlight seen at 2:34.
So that's what trains look like without graffiti. What a world ,what a world we have today.
We have a world with everything expensive bums graffiti criminals and racist cops and heats so high that's fires start every where
These were the good old days. Absolutely fantastic video! The GP40X lash is superb! Thanks for sharing.
Thank You! I saw that you have a model of a GP40X on your channel. I'm not really into model railroading but I was impressed by the detail and weathering.
Great video. I worked for the SP since 1970.. a great railroad. I ran the GP40Xs..what a hunk of junk those engines were. Love the SP 3207..ran it in both freight and passenger service.
Killer stuff sir!What I love most of all is that you filmed the freight cars too. I model 1988 and have a ton of SP stuff so this is a great reminder of what rolling stock looked like back then. My memory is getting fuzzier as the years go by. There's even some graffiti on the SP stuff. About the same ratio as what I have in my fleet. Thanks for posting all this great stuff!
Thanks for capturing some of the greatest moments of railroad history... the gp 9s, the sd’s ... all amazing!!!
@8:30 he caught not only, the only 4 southern pacific gp40x's, which I might add there are only 20 or so in existence (or were), but caught them all together. Now that's awesome!!!!
Thanks for the kind comment. I think this particular consist came into West Colton on the Dolores hauler that day.
Sounds like a 710
Thad ward the numbers on the locos are 7200 7201 & 7230 7231 that seems like more than four to me
@@remylopez2408 I'm pretty sure SP only had 4 . The numbering is a bit weird though
@@easyamp123 i first thought a string of sd45s then i looked at the trucks and thought gp45... those are odd looking trucks. Since reading more on it, i find it odd they dont have the elephant ears that they were delievered with... must have removed them
Thanks for this video. Great variety of power.
I forgot to say what a great video this is.Seeing those GP40Xs was amazing. talk about little monsters. I sure do miss the SP so its always great to view a video like this. Thanks for bring us back to the good old days. Just saw the 3207 go by, I live in San Francisco so I grew up with the commutes when SP was running them. My favorite was 3209. It had the best sounding horn on it. Thanks again. Anthony
I'm glad you liked it. I was lucky to get the entire SP GP40X roster in one lash-up. They were usually used on local haulers. The SDP45's were also used for local service. An SP enthusiast told me that was because of their limited range; part of the fuel tank was dedicated to water for the steam generator. Thanks for the comments.
Not getting tired of these Colton vids. Really loving the shots from the crossing. That first Santa Fe train really pounded the diamonds. I've never seen a train hit the crossing that fast. That's nuts!
Thanks for the comment. The ATSF timetable max speed through there was 30 mph which, I agree, seemed faster. Maybe it was the noise. There also seemed to be frequent temporary speed restrictions in and around the interlocking and I managed to catch a day or two when everything was track speed.
I wish I railfanned that neck of the woods back in the 90s, awesome video
I visited Dolores yard a few times in the summer of 1987, and photographed two of the four GP40Xs. Fond memories of chatting with other railfans as the SP repeatedly blocked the crossing with trains that the ageing tunnel motors would struggle to move, while shooting out clouds of grey/white smoke.
Cadillacs, Kodachrome and road names on railcars you just don't see on a regular basis; and if you do, the car is quite faded and reporting marks patched over. This is the railroading I remember growing up. And what a fortunate thing to get 4 GP40X engines together.
Thank Your, Sir for the historic video.
Fantastic video! At 2:34 you capture something very unique on video: In 1984 SP took delivery of 16 units from GE, these were the B36-7 model and were the first units to have an Oscitrol light in place of the Gyralight - great catch!!!
You know, I often wondered about that headlight; I knew it wasn't a Gyralight. Also, I guess I didn't recognize that they were 3600 HP units. Jeff Wilson's diesel guide said that Cotton Belt got 4 of them. Thank You for the informative and kind comment.
@@vidwilzvids9587 Yes, SSW got 4 of the B36-7's in 1980 (those units had the traditional mechanical oscillating gyralight) and then SP went back for 16 more in 1984 (which received the solid state Oscitrol light that had no moving internal parts).
Thanks again for the great info. I subbed your channel; looking forward to exploring it.
@@vidwilzvids9587 You are very welcome! I love your channel, I model SP and Santa Fe in HO scale set in 1984, so I really go to your channel a lot to see what things were like on the SP and Santa Fe in the 80s!!! Your videos are awesome!
What’s cool is I still see those Staley tank cars to this day on CSX.
Whoo hop... SP GP40X climax!!!!
10:55, a CNW locomotive in a UP consist. Foreshadowing that UP acquisition that would happen in 8 years. As far as SP is concerned, those 4 GP40X's that they had, they must have kept them in West Colton for switching as I am not sure if they distributed them elsewhere. BTW, Sp REALLY loved them old high-hooded GP's and SD's. they used them up until the UP acquisition in 1996, not bad for locomotives built in the 50's
In this territory CNW units were pool power I believe. At least one of the SP GP40X's went north to Roseville to be used in rotary snowplow service, as it had a circular spinning windshield installed. The high hood GP's and SD's had superchargers which were considerably less maintenance intensive than turbochargers. 567 power assemblies were still readily available back then. Thanks for the comment.
Nice catch on the GP40Xs, I got pictures of those units in Rock Island after they left the roster they were on their way to NRE in Silvis, Il. Those were sharp looking units.
The last time that I saw one of these units (before the UP merge) it was one of the "slaves" (7230 or 7231). It had one of those spinning windshields and was apparently used in rotary snow plow service. At the time of this video they seemed to be used exclusively on haulers out of Colton. Thumbs up on your Galesburg and DOD move videos.
I just remembered three of these were given new life on CP as GP38-2 and they still have the flared car bodies. As far as I know they are still active, I think I have pictures of all of them.
7:25 Wow, helium tank cars!
At the time I didn't know what those were. Thanks for the comment.
@@vidwilzvids9587 Have to be honest, until this video I have NEVER seen any actually in motion. The only place I had ever seen one until this video was on the eSPee Modelers home page. There is a pair in that photo (1978) . Had no idea they were still in use during the 1980s. This mean I can actually model them on my railroad. Off to eBay to see what I can find. THANK YOU so much for posting this video and all the others I have been watching lately.
Google shows a lot of modern day uses for helium; maybe railroad cars are still the most efficient way to ship it over long distances at least. I'm really glad this video helps with your modeling. Thanks for your comments.
I have also seen an article or two about modeling them; I think I just assumed that they had been retired long before the time of this video.
In addition to everything else, there's a pair of Helium cars at the 7:24 mark. Great Vid!
Must have been for the Goodyear blimp. Thanks for the kind comment.
look at those HTC trucks on the GP40X's!!!
By 1987 SP was essentially in receivership, having been cast off by Santa Fe due to the ICC ruling a year before. Philip Anschutz bought the beleaguered road without a penny of his own cash. He built up the SP to a point where it was attractive to a suitor -- in this case Uncle Pete.
SDP 45? A long way from the peninsula commute !!!!!
OMG you got a shot of an SDP45! That is so awesome!
Thanks for the comment. Stay tuned... there will be more of those in starring & supporting roles.
That's nothing, he caught not only the only 4 southern pacific gp40x's, which I might add there are only 20 or so in existence (or were), but caught them all together. Now that's awesome!!!!
……...and they had awesome horns ,....I got my two kids Nathan and Leslie to come look,...{ and listen }...thanks so much !!!
I was literally about to ask what kind of locomotive that was!
Why do they leave empty boxcars open? is that like a confirmation signifying its empty and ready to use, or like a mark for a clean out?
SD 39;s! Originally purchased for helper services over the Tehatchapis
Really? That’s an interesting fact!
@@DFWRailVideos SD 39's for the SP were a non asperated V16 prime mover. They were ballasted for traction and braking effort. SP owned 26 of the 2300hp units.
Pennzy unit......something for everyone here
On that day it was Helms Leasing 3074. Thanks for the comments.
Isnt be winter there? is december
Winter at about 1000 ft. elevation in southern California.
Winter is the nice time of year in Colton California. In the summer it's over 100 every day. Sometimes it gets up to 115 or more.
isn't you got no eenglish book ??