The PSRM : The 70 Tonner's First Train HD
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- Опубликовано: 27 сен 2024
- Watch in High Definition! On October 16th, 2011, the Pacific Southwest Railway Museum's newly acquired GE 70 Tonner pulled one of the museum's trains for the first time. Built in 1955, the locomotive was originally a Southern Pacific locomotive. It was numbered SP 5119 and wore the Southern Pacific Tiger Stripe paint scheme. While it never served the Campo area, it served in the San Diego region of the San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway through downtown San Diego, El Cajon, Lemon Grove, La Mesa and Chula Vista. It was retired from SP in 1967 and resold to GE. It changed hands several times in the years after that. In 2005, it was sold to the Modesto and Empire Traction Railway. There, it was repainted into M&ET colors and renumbered 613. It was retired in 2008 and sold to Sterling Rail Inc. in 2010. In June 2011, the PSRM purchased the locomotive and trucked it into Campo on a lowbed truck in July. The locomotive has a Cooper-Bessemer FWL-6T, 6 cyl. inline, 600 h.p. engine. 70 Tonners are very unique locomotives and can only be MU'd with other 70 Tonner locomotives.
On October 16th, the museum was running one of its popular Pumpkin Express trains. The added passengers for the special event necessitated a 3 car train. The museum's GP9, SP3873, was out of service and could not be used that day. The normal procedure for lighter trains at the museum is to use the museum's GE 80 Tonner, SD&A 7285, to pull them. 3 cars are well within the pulling capacity of 7285, so it was able to pull the morning train. However, the afternoon train had been chartered for 3 additional cars. The now 6 car train would be very heavy and raised concerns about 7285 not being able to pull the train up the hill. The solution was to put SP 5119 into service. While it also couldn't pull the train single handedly, if used with 7285, the two locomotives would have plenty of power to get the 6 car train up the hill. So, 5119 was put on the train as a trailing locomotive, with 7285 as the lead unit. Since 5119 is only MU capable with other GE 70 Tonners, and 7285 isn't MU capable at all, both locomotives would need an engineer.
This video is of a cab ride on 5119 on its first run to Division and back on a museum train. It is very rare for the museum to double head a train, so this was an extra unique opportunity for photos. Enjoy the sounds of the locomotive with its Cooper-Bessemer FWL-6T engine working hard to climb the hill back to Campo.
Visit www.psrm.org for information on SP 5119/M&ET 613 as well as ticket sales and membership information.
Enjoy!
Tha brought back memories! I used to occasionally run a GE 70t back in the 1970's. Very distinctive sound.
It's currently undergoing a major overhaul and repair job. The hope is to return it to service within the next year.
Hi Kevin. I do volunteer at the Pacific Southwest Railway Museum. Please do visit the museum if you are in the area. I'm glad that you enjoy the videos.
-Stephen
@dahlia1925 I'm not sure what you mean by that. Both locomotives are GE locomotives. The one we're riding in the video is a GE 70 Tonner with a 6 Cylinder Cooper-Bessemer FWL-6T engine. The locomotive on the front of the train is a GE 80 Tonner with two Cummins NTA-855-L4 engines.
What a mean sounding engine especially at idle.
First class movie like always-well done
That is a shame, I really liked the Black Widow scheme and the Nathan P3 horn on 1809.
Just the ALCO. The EMD MRS-1s both need new wheels and other mechanical tuneups. Unfortunately, the museum cannot afford to conduct such expensive repairs.
Hello Locomotive 450, just been viewing your Loco museum vids, very informative, especially for us in the UK. I guess this is the museum that you mentioned in your Goat Canyon East and West rides. What a great set up, wonderful, thank you for posting. I feel quite envious. Do you volunteer there yourself? If I ever find myself over there, I shall make a visit. Good movies, thank you so much.
Enjoy your railroading, Kevin Dickinson.
Thank you, Loco, for your information and explanations.
What would happen if only 617 was used. Very slow, or would wheelslip unable to pull the train?
Thank you.
It's a Nathan K3LA.
Well, all they need is money to be thrown at them. The museum is always open to donations for any of its equipment, facilities, displays, etc.
@robertgift It probably wouldn't be able to pull the train up the hill by itself.
same noise caterpillar? or alco
So are these first generation? We have two in Santa Maria, and I was just curious.
+Satchel Hogan No, I'm pretty sure this was a later model. It was built in 1953, which was only two years before production ended.
Okay. Yeah, I think ours might be, we had one built in the late 40s, which is no longer around. The surviving two were built in 1950 and 1953, but have been called first-gen.
i would say the engine noise is similar CAT
What horn does the 7285 have?
WELL THIS VID TELL ME WHICH ENGINE WAS ON THE DIVISION TO CAMPO VID!!
7285!!! DO LIKE THE SOUND OF THE 70 TONNER WITH THE COOPER BESSEMER!
I ALSO A FEW YEARS BACK MET A GUY THAT WAS A FIELD SERVICE GUY FOR COOPER BESSEMER!
HE IS ACTIVE WITH THE MUSEUM IN MT VERNON PA!