Thank you for the comment! Check out my other SP videos on my channel, including cab rides already posted - plus I will be uploading more as time allows me to convert them from my old video tape.
We were all a little blindsided as railfans when the devil (UP) took over. All that history gone forever, absorbed into the big yellow bird. Loved hanging out on the hill. Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment.
I live in the east and the closest thing we have to this is horseshoe curve and Gallitzin tunnels near Altoona PA. YT has been sending vids from all the different passes out west, and I really enjoy every one of them! Especially these huge lashups. Love that diesel whine - better than most restaurant house wines lol. Great stuff - thanks for posting!
I really miss that deep bass undulating throb of those EMD's like can be heard in the beginning of the video. Not that there aren't still big 2-stroke EMD's out there today, but they are rare in pure EMD lashups anymore. And as the headend of the train is just about to start moving again, we can hear the couplers clanging together as the mid-train helpers have begun pushing the train into motion. If you look closely we see the very beginnings of 2 new eras in railroading too....at the end of the stack train we see some of the earliest 48-foot well cars that were just being built for the then newly legalized 48' domestic containers. They were obsolete within 10-yrs and either modified down to 40-wells or lengthened into the new 53-foot wells or just retired and scrapped. The other era we wish would have also become obsolete but instead has grown exponentially is the graffiti tagged train car era. On the manifest train we see some of the early tagging of freight cars.
Thank you for your comment, and for taking the time to watch. Totally agree with what you said. It was an era that will never be seen again - the sound of the big EMD motors was awesome and quite distinctive. I also appreciated the mostly graffiti-free freight cars, although there was always some it was usually the result of the cars sitting for too long in a sketchy area. Now, everything is literally covered with it, oftentimes even the road power, particularly on the locals.
It was truly an experience, something I will never forget. Happy to have shared these memories of the SP with you. Thank you for watching my video and for taking the time to comment
Thank you for your comment and for taking the time to watch my videos. I too miss the SP, my favorite railroad. Sad to see that both the SP/Cotton Belt and the Santa Fe are both gone
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Gawd I miss the SP!!!! great vid! hope you have more!!!
Thank you for the comment! Check out my other SP videos on my channel, including cab rides already posted - plus I will be uploading more as time allows me to convert them from my old video tape.
We camped out there later that year. That's the SP I remember. Great time to be a railfan, never knew what was coming around the curve....
We were all a little blindsided as railfans when the devil (UP) took over. All that history gone forever, absorbed into the big yellow bird. Loved hanging out on the hill. Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment.
I live in the east and the closest thing we have to this is horseshoe curve and Gallitzin tunnels near Altoona PA. YT has been sending vids from all the different passes out west, and I really enjoy every one of them! Especially these huge lashups.
Love that diesel whine - better than most restaurant house wines lol.
Great stuff - thanks for posting!
Thank you for your comment. I'm happy you found my channel and for taking the time to watch!
Really love the SP really miss them, looking forward to seeing more video's
Thank you for your comment, and for taking the time to watch. I still have a few more videos "in the can" that I will be posting shortly.
MOST WONDERFUL VIDEO I HAVE EVER SEEN IN YEARS.I GIVE YOU 12 GOLD STARS.AND A GRADE OF A.
Thank you for watching and for taking the time to comment!
I really miss that deep bass undulating throb of those EMD's like can be heard in the beginning of the video. Not that there aren't still big 2-stroke EMD's out there today, but they are rare in pure EMD lashups anymore. And as the headend of the train is just about to start moving again, we can hear the couplers clanging together as the mid-train helpers have begun pushing the train into motion. If you look closely we see the very beginnings of 2 new eras in railroading too....at the end of the stack train we see some of the earliest 48-foot well cars that were just being built for the then newly legalized 48' domestic containers. They were obsolete within 10-yrs and either modified down to 40-wells or lengthened into the new 53-foot wells or just retired and scrapped. The other era we wish would have also become obsolete but instead has grown exponentially is the graffiti tagged train car era. On the manifest train we see some of the early tagging of freight cars.
Thank you for your comment, and for taking the time to watch. Totally agree with what you said. It was an era that will never be seen again - the sound of the big EMD motors was awesome and quite distinctive. I also appreciated the mostly graffiti-free freight cars, although there was always some it was usually the result of the cars sitting for too long in a sketchy area. Now, everything is literally covered with it, oftentimes even the road power, particularly on the locals.
Yes, aggravating and disgusting how so many people have such little respect for the property of others.
eleven engines, such a great lash up,starting in the middle of the loop
Yes this was an awesome spectacle, imagine the power, and the sound of these EMDs throttling up as they passed by!
First time there in April of 90, those trains entering the loop from tunnel 10 just came up from "no where" and scared the life from you..
It was truly an experience, something I will never forget. Happy to have shared these memories of the SP with you. Thank you for watching my video and for taking the time to comment
6:10 SP 8276 spotted with full light package
Thank you for your comment and for watching. I also loved the full light packages which even at that time were becoming scarce
That's a lot of horse power!
Yes sir, the daily drama over the hill. Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment!
Man I just miss the Southern Pacific. 😢
Thank you for your comment and for taking the time to watch my videos. I too miss the SP, my favorite railroad. Sad to see that both the SP/Cotton Belt and the Santa Fe are both gone