I brought a lot of trains down the Coast and through Tunnel 26. The shot of the Peddler coming out of the west end of the portal from above is great! It sure makes me miss running - and the big old SD45's were such a great motor to run, that V20 made your bones vibrate in Run 8! Thanks for a blast from my past.
Same here! I've been searching around for footage of the Ojai Branch.. I wish the rails were still there today. It would be awesome to have Ojai connected by rail again.
@@zacharyhale1681 When I was 9 years old, waiting for my brother to pick me up from school, was the only time I ever a saw revenue train on the Ojai branch: a Geep, two PFE cars and a bay window caboose. The next year was The Flood. Then the depot burned, then the packing house. Sad.
Can't get enough of those EMD's, "The Roar of EMD's" was fantastic, I started my career with SD40-2's and you can't get that sound anymore from todays SD70ACE's and GE AC44's.Thank's for the great video's.
I grew up in Newkirk, OK playing on the Santa Fe tracks in the 60's Had a complete collection of numbered nails. Good memories Thanks for all your videos.
Thank you for sharing! Awesome videos. I especially loved the 'roar of the EMDs at 31:00. I lived in California for a few years in the early 2000s. It was nice to see this look at old-school railroading in the Golden State!
Thanks for posting this video of the SP in the good old days. I am thankful that my family moved to Woodland CA in the mid 70s where I got a up close and personal intro to the SP, tunnel motors, geeps, and beet trains.
Like I told the other dude. I live and grew up in upstate NY. But my interest was on the west coast and with the SP. THEY knew railroading! They wrote the book on Mountain Railroading and I was listening ! I was amazed when I first went to Cal. and saw those tunnelmotors working their asses off with multiple unit lash ups fighting the mountain grades like Donner and Shasta. Now THAT was my kinda railroading!! Ans still is. God I miss that era. We didn't know how good we had it back then !! (I'm 53 now)
Classic RR'ing!!! Pentrex got me hooked on SP! Seeing the lumber load on a FLAT car was classic cool. Those brakes were a smokin' at the 32:00 mark! Thanks for uploading these classic scenes!
I understand the desire of better quality. Just glad you have it. I wish the Rock Island had survived into the 80's maybe some stuff would pop up from back then on youtube.
Thank you,thank you. Mid thirties SoCal now in Texas. Miss those days. I have shelves full of HO scale tunnel motors trying to relive those glory years...
Good stuff! I was born and raised in Ventura and we used to watch trains all the time. Mostly along the Rincon, or at the old depot by the Wharf down on Front St. Also watched trains at the old Oxnard depot too. Heck, we may even be in some of this video. Thank you for sharing this!!
The quality is not as important as is having the record in the first place. Thank you for posting this. I grew up near the SP, looking forward to the annual beet train moves, making friends with the crew of the local, especially during the 1970s. The classic mars lights, P3s and bay window caboose brings back many memories. I really love the shot using the car side mirror! I thought the framing was great, the pull back to reveal the mirror was a total surprise.
And don’t forget the P3s as well. The P5s (if I remember correctly) were used on the Cotton Belt (SSW) locomotives which also were on the SP. It’s kinda hard to recognize these horns since they were built by the same manufacturer.
I used to live in the Port Hueneme/Oxnard area 1976-1980.Spent many a time down at the old Oxnard station and following the Ventura County Railway with I think it was GE 45 tonners.Great times.Great video.
For those who never got a chance to grow up in the 1970s/80s, I pity you....This WAS American railroading at its finest...SP,ATSF and others. Mars lights, Throbbing EMDs, Chugging, GEs, and cabooses. Yes, this was REAL RAILROADING!! NOT none of that crap that you see on the tracks today; UP, BNSF, etc., etc..
You got that right brother !!! Though I live in upstate NY, I knew the greatest railroading was going on all over California. Tunnel motors, SD45's you name it. SP ran the best and most powerful! My all time favorite loco is a snoot nosed T-Motor. Made my heart beat outta control to see trains like "The Tank Train" and others!! Always dreamed of working for SP when I retired from my job in corrections in NY state. Would have loved to work Shasta, or Donner !!
I AGREE! SO many memories of this.Now that I got my son into railroading, it's a shame he can't ever see what I saw in person. Now, I'm gonna pop a cold beer, pull out my Athearn Tunnelmotors, and maybe even shoot some video...
Brian Carothers Couldn't agree with you more !! I was too young to enjoy railroading before the regime of lawyers and bankers completely took over. I was barely ten years old when they got rid of cabooses, and by then, most station operators were gone as well. By the time I was an adult, railroading had been 'sanitized' into the sterile, Orwellian institution it is today... Everybody in green and orange vests, digital bells, and push button horn valves (barf) !
Love the video, the old SP power, the old H-2 searchlights, and the old code lines. All the elements that make "railroading" complete for me. Just saw a posting of another video last night from Nov.2012, of what they called a "funeral train" Two BNSF units pulling 21 old Santa Fe EMD's away to be scrapped. Sad days for railroading, unless you're into the modern scene. I'm not. That's why I love these videos. Thanks for posting these. Mike in Fresno, Ca.
i was born in 80 but wont forget all the great sp locomotives i got to see as a kid when they would bring them down to my city if i only had a camera back then cause they ran like Gp9 , SD9 , Gp9E , SD40-2 , SD45-2 , SW1500 , Kodachrome and all the locomotives you could think of since they don't run them in my city no more since they wont be forgotten for being the best
I couldn't agree with you more Carothers and Belleville197. I grew up in the late 70's and early 80's and it was absolutely railroading at its finest. You are right Belleville197 that the railroad is absolutely run by Lawyers and Bankers unfortunately. It is very sad but true. This video was back in the day when railroaders took care of business and really got things done in a short amount of time. I wish I could go to sleep and wake up back in the late 70's early 80's era and relive the SP's glory days again. The beautiful sound of the SP's awesome nathan P3 horns as well as the mars lighting which is something that will never be forgotten. You could see a train coming from miles away. Long live the videos and the memories.
But this one however is available: ruclips.net/video/8DIxT5pa8X8/видео.htmlsi=WbcrPjWSvx0DTDCj Well, it’s close to the one heard in the video, same audio, same artist, same rhythm, but it’s digital and there are no crowd noises.
yup the old sp will never be forgotin so meny memorys form los angeles to san antonio tx with granma & grampa seeing the train mars lite form a far away i new a sp train was a comeing
I was fortunate enough to have caught the last remnants of the old seaboard coast line when I hired out on CSX in the 1990s but by then most of the good was gone or going like the old EMDs and the chug of the old GEs. I have never been a fan of wide bodies.
I notice quite a lot of the trains blow the horn really close to the crossing which seems like a few seconds of warning. I just wondered if there were horn signals for railroad crossings back then or even for how long a warning should last? Why didn't they sound it long long short long?
Yes, they have whistle boards, (basically a sign post with "W" on it), that date way back to the steam days. They are positioned at a distance before public crossings to allow enough warning per GCOR rule 5.8.2(7)
@@TheEventRecorder I just noticed they often blew the horn late in this video like the trailer train that was right after the music ended and the Amtrak train blew its horn rather which sounded mainly like a few short blasts a few seconds before it reached the crossing.
That was an absolutely awesome post, Really liked it. Love those SP's. About a year ago I caught an SP #6272 (AC4400CW) still in it's original paint working an ethanol train in New Jersey. I liked this post so much I subbed to your channel, Feel free to sub back. I have a few SP posts. Thanks for sharing this video buddy!
Chris, ...Christopher Zurek Who controls this channel for the most part? If "You" post a video on your channel....Do What You Like. Hence "YOU" Tube. I should "Get Rid" of the crappy comments too. Yes? It's amazing how some try to issue "Grades" on You Tube as if it will change the entertainment value outcome. This might help on your correction. It's a light that goes around and around...and around. Sorry for the sarcasm ...but, p.s. Did you ever think that maybe the original audio does not exist anymore? I'm sorry you do not like the music, not everyone will, maybe that was my fault for not informing everyone on this. Dead Silence would have warranted comments too I suppose. If we all, could only go back in time, we could make everything perfect!
I brought a lot of trains down the Coast and through Tunnel 26. The shot of the Peddler coming out of the west end of the portal from above is great! It sure makes me miss running - and the big old SD45's were such a great motor to run, that V20 made your bones vibrate in Run 8!
Thanks for a blast from my past.
R.T. McCarthy Very Welcome.
Did you work with Linda Niemann?
@@Belleville197 Yes, both my father and I did.
@@rtm8575 Wow!! Are you familiar with her writings?
@@Belleville197 Yes, I’ve read her book.
Oh wow! Footage of the Ojai Branch, I never thought I'd ever see any. Great upload.
Same here! I've been searching around for footage of the Ojai Branch.. I wish the rails were still there today. It would be awesome to have Ojai connected by rail again.
@@zacharyhale1681 When I was 9 years old, waiting for my brother to pick me up from school, was the only time I ever a saw revenue train on the Ojai branch: a Geep, two PFE cars and a bay window caboose. The next year was The Flood. Then the depot burned, then the packing house. Sad.
@thomashall6013 Wow really? I never knew the depot burned, that's really sad. Where did you see this revenue train?
Can't get enough of those EMD's, "The Roar of EMD's" was fantastic, I started my career with SD40-2's and you can't get that sound anymore from todays SD70ACE's and GE AC44's.Thank's for the great video's.
Being born in 84 makes me feel too young. Almost 30 years ago now......
These videos are such great time capsules. I would do anything to go back in time to see the SP in it's prime.
That is an SD40T-2, Also, It is a gyralight. Their was a Mars light above the noselight but this only came on in emergency brake applications.
THERE not their!
~See lyrics just added under description~
Awesome video man and opening with Neal Young was epic. A grand way to open a video. Also never knew this song either, thank you!
I grew up in Newkirk, OK playing on the Santa Fe tracks in the 60's Had a complete collection of numbered nails. Good memories Thanks for all your videos.
Thank you for sharing! Awesome videos. I especially loved the 'roar of the EMDs at 31:00. I lived in California for a few years in the early 2000s. It was nice to see this look at old-school railroading in the Golden State!
Neil Young - Southern Pacific
Great video. I wish I got to see some of the Southern Pacific.
Thanks for posting this video of the SP in the good old days. I am thankful that my family moved to Woodland CA in the mid 70s where I got a up close and personal intro to the SP, tunnel motors, geeps, and beet trains.
that good to see the sp like it was a classic
Like I told the other dude. I live and grew up in upstate NY. But my interest was on the west coast and with the SP. THEY knew railroading! They wrote the book on Mountain Railroading and I was listening !
I was amazed when I first went to Cal. and saw those tunnelmotors working their asses off with multiple unit lash ups fighting the mountain grades like Donner and Shasta. Now THAT was my kinda railroading!! Ans still is. God I miss that era. We didn't know how good we had it back then !! (I'm 53 now)
Classic RR'ing!!! Pentrex got me hooked on SP! Seeing the lumber load on a FLAT car was classic cool. Those brakes were a smokin' at the 32:00 mark!
Thanks for uploading these classic scenes!
I understand the desire of better quality. Just glad you have it. I wish the Rock Island had survived into the 80's maybe some stuff would pop up from back then on youtube.
Thank you,thank you. Mid thirties SoCal now in Texas. Miss those days. I have shelves full of HO scale tunnel motors trying to relive those glory years...
Good stuff!
I was born and raised in Ventura and we used to watch trains all the time.
Mostly along the Rincon, or at the old depot by the Wharf down on Front St. Also watched trains at the old Oxnard depot too.
Heck, we may even be in some of this video.
Thank you for sharing this!!
The quality is not as important as is having the record in the first place. Thank you for posting this. I grew up near the SP, looking forward to the annual beet train moves, making friends with the crew of the local, especially during the 1970s. The classic mars lights, P3s and bay window caboose brings back many memories. I really love the shot using the car side mirror! I thought the framing was great, the pull back to reveal the mirror was a total surprise.
Ah, those "mars" lights. Made those SP trains "visible" from miles away. They, and those P5 horns, are sure missed.
And don’t forget the P3s as well. The P5s (if I remember correctly) were used on the Cotton Belt (SSW) locomotives which also were on the SP. It’s kinda hard to recognize these horns since they were built by the same manufacturer.
I used to live in the Port Hueneme/Oxnard area 1976-1980.Spent many a time down at the old Oxnard station and following the Ventura County Railway with I think it was GE 45 tonners.Great times.Great video.
For those who never got a chance to grow up in the 1970s/80s, I pity you....This WAS American railroading at its finest...SP,ATSF and others. Mars lights, Throbbing EMDs, Chugging, GEs, and cabooses. Yes, this was REAL RAILROADING!! NOT none of that crap that you see on the tracks today; UP, BNSF, etc., etc..
You got that right brother !!!
Though I live in upstate NY, I knew the greatest railroading was going on all over California. Tunnel motors, SD45's you name it. SP ran the best and most powerful! My all time favorite loco is a snoot nosed T-Motor. Made my heart beat outta control to see trains like "The Tank Train" and others!! Always dreamed of working for SP when I retired from my job in corrections in NY state.
Would have loved to work Shasta, or Donner !!
I AGREE! SO many memories of this.Now that I got my son into railroading, it's a shame he can't ever see what I saw in person. Now, I'm gonna pop a cold beer, pull out my Athearn Tunnelmotors, and maybe even shoot some video...
Brian Carothers Couldn't agree with you more !! I was too young to enjoy railroading before the regime of lawyers and bankers completely took over.
I was barely ten years old when they got rid of cabooses, and by then, most station operators were gone as well.
By the time I was an adult, railroading had been 'sanitized' into the sterile, Orwellian institution it is today...
Everybody in green and orange vests, digital bells, and push button horn valves (barf) !
Belleville197 If only time travel was possible...
Love the video, the old SP power, the old H-2 searchlights, and the old code lines. All the elements that make "railroading" complete for me. Just saw a posting of another video last night from Nov.2012, of what they called a "funeral train" Two BNSF units pulling 21 old Santa Fe EMD's away to be scrapped. Sad days for railroading, unless you're into the modern scene. I'm not. That's why I love these videos. Thanks for posting these. Mike in Fresno, Ca.
i was born in 80 but wont forget all the great sp locomotives i got to see as a kid when they would bring them down to my city if i only had a camera back then cause they ran like Gp9 , SD9 , Gp9E , SD40-2 , SD45-2 , SW1500 , Kodachrome and all the locomotives you could think of since they don't run them in my city no more since they wont be forgotten for being the best
Thank you for posting this. SP was the best.
I couldn't agree with you more Carothers and Belleville197. I grew up in the late 70's and early 80's and it was absolutely railroading at its finest. You are right Belleville197 that the railroad is absolutely run by Lawyers and Bankers unfortunately. It is very sad but true. This video was back in the day when railroaders took care of business and really got things done in a short amount of time. I wish I could go to sleep and wake up back in the late 70's early 80's era and relive the SP's glory days again. The beautiful sound of the SP's awesome nathan P3 horns as well as the mars lighting which is something that will never be forgotten. You could see a train coming from miles away. Long live the videos and the memories.
That's some awesome footage! It's amazing to see how things have changed since then.
I remember seeing espee trains back then I missed seeing those gyro lights. Also, no ditch lights and graffiti either. Great memories.
Great coverage . i too like RTM ran the Coast for yeats. ..
That last one with the 5 units was really great
True.. Back in 80's to early 90's from Los angeles to El paso TX. awsom Loco's
Thanks for posting! and reposting some of your other stuff! @30:19/33:28 is definitely my favorite part of this video! :-)
Sorry....The original audio is not available.
But this one however is available: ruclips.net/video/8DIxT5pa8X8/видео.htmlsi=WbcrPjWSvx0DTDCj
Well, it’s close to the one heard in the video, same audio, same artist, same rhythm, but it’s digital and there are no crowd noises.
yup the old sp will never be forgotin so meny memorys form los angeles to san antonio tx with granma & grampa seeing the train mars lite form a far away i new a sp train was a comeing
Classic thanks for sharing!
Love it! And Love the Neil Young!
I wonder why the SP unit was leading the F40's at 8:00 ?
nice I did don't know they sp usd mars lights
Sensational.
I was fortunate enough to have caught the last remnants of the old seaboard coast line when I hired out on CSX in the 1990s but by then most of the good was gone or going like the old EMDs and the chug of the old GEs. I have never been a fan of wide bodies.
I love your videos! Can you please tell me to name of the haunting music used at the end?
I notice quite a lot of the trains blow the horn really close to the crossing which seems like a few seconds of warning. I just wondered if there were horn signals for railroad crossings back then or even for how long a warning should last? Why didn't they sound it long long short long?
Yes, they have whistle boards, (basically a sign post with "W" on it), that date way back to the steam days. They are positioned at a distance before public crossings to allow enough warning per GCOR rule 5.8.2(7)
@@TheEventRecorder I just noticed they often blew the horn late in this video like the trailer train that was right after the music ended and the Amtrak train blew its horn rather which sounded mainly like a few short blasts a few seconds before it reached the crossing.
sweet video
hola.. la musica, al comienzo .. quien es? gracias
whats with the music going on during the video? i would just want to hear the train audio.
what loco is with mars lights gp60 or gp35 cant seeit
What was that siding off of the ventura station? never seen that before
At which minute marker in the video?
@@TheEventRecorder 18:33
That was the Ojai branch, does not exist anymore :( @@TrainFanFromCA
Last week where I live, I saw BN running a couple SD-40,s~THERE NOT DEAD YET !!!!!
Nice.
i miss the clickety clack.
Wow. WAY COOL! Neil Young too!
That was an absolutely awesome post, Really liked it. Love those SP's. About a year ago I caught an SP #6272 (AC4400CW) still in it's original paint working an ethanol train in New Jersey. I liked this post so much I subbed to your channel, Feel free to sub back. I have a few SP posts. Thanks for sharing this video buddy!
관제지시를 위반한 정기관사 정씨에게 금고형이 확정되었다.
One of F40's died & the train needed help.
Espee for the win
Great footage / Railroading / Location, lousy sound track.
Is high speed
P.S. and Cabooses.
Beets like you eat are spelled "beets"
Back before California got all messed up.
Get rid of the crappy music so one can here the trains.Also, they are Gyralites. SP hadn't locomotive with MARS Lights since the Alco C-628s.
Chris, ...Christopher Zurek
Who controls this channel for the most part?
If "You" post a video on your channel....Do What You Like. Hence "YOU" Tube. I should "Get Rid" of the crappy comments too. Yes?
It's amazing how some try to issue "Grades" on You Tube as if it will change the entertainment value outcome. This might help on your correction. It's a light that goes around and around...and around. Sorry for the sarcasm ...but,
p.s.
Did you ever think that maybe the original audio does not exist anymore? I'm sorry you do not like the music, not everyone will, maybe that was my fault for not informing everyone on this. Dead Silence would have warranted comments too I suppose.
If we all, could only go back in time, we could make everything perfect!
+TheEventRecorder
There's always some knucklehead RUclips Nazi lurking somewhere, eh Jim? (chuckle)
+Mike Shearman Absolutely Mike... ;)
@@TheEventRecorder I actually like this music. This song matches perfectly with your video collection.
i'd rather hear the trains...