Awesome video! As a 30 year resident of Indio, Ca. and a 3 year resident of Yuma, Az. I was very familiar with the Yuma District and the locations along the subdivision. I got to know many of the conductors and engineers along the route from West Colton to Yuma. I spent many days and nights railfanning along the Yuma sub. Please add more of this and any of the Phoenix subdivision as I used to also railfan at Picacho, Az. Thanks for sharing!
Awesome video, I was a conductor/brakeman mid seventies thru mid nineties. My home terminal was Yuma Arizona. Worked between Tucson and Phoenix.this video really brings back lots of memories.
We called the North end of Taylor Yard “Top End of A Yard.” I was a brakeman for SP but we could also work yard jobs as switchman. I have been Top End of A Yard herder.
I worked this line as an engineer for SP from 1977 through 1980. First solo trip after marking up had an early merchandise trip from Colton to Yuma and the air line broke due to stress going up to Beaumont. Had to stop for repair. The crews were nice about it possibly because I was one of the 6 female engineers that SP hired on in 1977! Many stories to tell about the LA subdivision, Taylor Yard as a hostler, and heavy ore train, C yard in Colton, a local Watts experience, and up through dark territory to Palmdale with train orders! God bless=brought back memories!
1998 I went on a golfing holiday to the States my first time to America & on the second day I saw an American freight train & promptly forgot all about golf & spent my time chasing trains + spending a whole day watching trains @ West Colton Yard from the bridge on Pepper Ave We mat a guy called Steve who for work had spent time in England working in the West Country he told us of another location A Diamond Crossing not to far away which we went to it had a cafeteria & shop so my wife sat in the shade while I spent time @ the Diamond & was invited to sit in a car whose driver was listening to the engineers & dispatchers We also went to San Diego Model Railway Museum in the Zoo & spent a fascinating day there looking & watching the model trains
my great uncle, Joe DeVos worked out of Yuma AZ his whole career on the Espee. he was an engineer. RIP unlce Joe and aunt Bonnie. great viday. thank you.
Just retired from a place on I-8 where this lime passes like 50 yards away. Still running huge numbers of engines with all those helpers. That picture of the SP passenger train set really intrigued me. When was it taken? Thanks for the video, new subscriber.
The temperature in an air conditioned locomotive was not 120 degrees! Once in a while you’d get a unit on the head end with working a/c. A lot times there might be working a/c in the consist, but that isn’t the lead unit.
Hello, when I worked for Southern Pacific. We changed crews at the yard office located at 291 Gila St. Just east of the Colorado river bridge. Now, they change crews just east on the Pacific Ave. over pass. Which used to be called east yard.
It a good video Goatie with some nice history. But i am very disappointed that you chose the low hanging fruit of using AI voiceovers. To a person that dislikes all things AI, it sounds very jarring. I really dont get why you would use AI voice tech when you have such a good broadcasting voice yourself. Just buy a decent gaming headset with a good mic and you can record yourself. It DOESNT have to be prefect, its not a National Geographic doco, people would appreciate much more hearing your kind voice than a stupid fake ass AI voice. PLS pls, for the love of all things natural and good, stop using AI voiceovers! Nothing good can come of it. You have a lovely voice, dont be ashamed of it. You dont have to make your docos sound like they were made by a soulless TV corporation. Just be yourself, my frend. I am so sad right now... :(
Awesome video! As a 30 year resident of Indio, Ca. and a 3 year resident of Yuma, Az. I was very familiar with the Yuma District and the locations along the subdivision. I got to know many of the conductors and engineers along the route from West Colton to Yuma. I spent many days and nights railfanning along the Yuma sub. Please add more of this and any of the Phoenix subdivision as I used to also railfan at Picacho, Az. Thanks for sharing!
Awesome video, I was a conductor/brakeman mid seventies thru mid nineties. My home terminal was Yuma Arizona. Worked between Tucson and Phoenix.this video really brings back lots of memories.
awesome, my dad was working the other end (colton to yuma) in the mid 90s). I worked it briefly on the UP.
I Remember the modules and the bars and a army surplus store. I was a brakeman on Colton to Yuma runs off the extra board.
We called the North end of Taylor Yard “Top End of A Yard.” I was a brakeman for SP but we could also work yard jobs as switchman. I have been Top End of A Yard herder.
I worked this line as an engineer for SP from 1977 through 1980. First solo trip after marking up had an early merchandise trip from Colton to Yuma and the air line broke due to stress going up to Beaumont. Had to stop for repair. The crews were nice about it possibly because I was one of the 6 female engineers that SP hired on in 1977! Many stories to tell about the LA subdivision, Taylor Yard as a hostler, and heavy ore train, C yard in Colton, a local Watts experience, and up through dark territory to Palmdale with train orders! God bless=brought back memories!
@@dianethompson9749 awesome! great story. Thanks for sharing!
1998 I went on a golfing holiday to the States my first time to America & on the second day I saw an American freight train & promptly forgot all about golf & spent my time chasing trains + spending a whole day watching trains @ West Colton Yard from the bridge on Pepper Ave
We mat a guy called Steve who for work had spent time in England working in the West Country he told us of another location A Diamond Crossing not to far away which we went to it had a cafeteria & shop so my wife sat in the shade while I spent time @ the Diamond & was invited to sit in a car whose driver was listening to the engineers & dispatchers
We also went to San Diego Model Railway Museum in the Zoo & spent a fascinating day there looking & watching the model trains
You might have guessed we forgot all about the golf
awesome story thanks for sharing!@@johnboughton7451
my great uncle, Joe DeVos worked out of Yuma AZ his whole career on the Espee. he was an engineer. RIP unlce Joe and aunt Bonnie. great viday. thank you.
Just retired from a place on I-8 where this lime passes like 50 yards away. Still running huge numbers of engines with all those helpers. That picture of the SP passenger train set really intrigued me. When was it taken? Thanks for the video, new subscriber.
Maybe the ADBF - Adrian & Blissfield Railroad
The temperature in an air conditioned locomotive was not 120 degrees! Once in a while you’d get a unit on the head end with working a/c. A lot times there might be working a/c in the consist, but that isn’t the lead unit.
@@Herlongian the good ole days lol 🥵
What Rail Lines would you like to see featured?
maybe something on the sp's siskiyou line
Sunset Route between LA (Louisiana) and L.A. (California)
BNSF kootenai river subdivision
Original Wabash from Detroit to Hannibal MO.
And original NKP from Bellevue OH to Frankfort Ind
Yuma was also the eastern terminal of the San Diego and Arizona Eastern.
Oddly enough that line only made it to El Centro where one could connect to SP.
You said crew changes use to happen at Yuma. Where do crew changes happen now?
@@tomharris8263 they used to happen at Yuma yard, now it’s a little east if there, still Yuma.
@@AllThingsRailroad Sounds good. Thanks for the reply.
@@tomharris8263 no problem👍🏻
Hello, when I worked for Southern Pacific. We changed crews at the yard office located at 291 Gila St. Just east of the Colorado river bridge. Now, they change crews just east on the Pacific Ave. over pass. Which used to be called east yard.
@@warrenbogle907 A company called Halacon shuttles crews out somewhere West of Yuma for crew changes.
The Ruo Grande pre SP buyout
It a good video Goatie with some nice history. But i am very disappointed that you chose the low hanging fruit of using AI voiceovers. To a person that dislikes all things AI, it sounds very jarring. I really dont get why you would use AI voice tech when you have such a good broadcasting voice yourself. Just buy a decent gaming headset with a good mic and you can record yourself. It DOESNT have to be prefect, its not a National Geographic doco, people would appreciate much more hearing your kind voice than a stupid fake ass AI voice.
PLS pls, for the love of all things natural and good, stop using AI voiceovers! Nothing good can come of it.
You have a lovely voice, dont be ashamed of it. You dont have to make your docos sound like they were made by a soulless TV corporation. Just be yourself, my frend.
I am so sad right now... :(