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Switch Job on LAJ Connector |
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BNSF's fleet of rebuilt GP35us (and GP30us) are all in their mid to late 40s now. #2509 is on the garbarge strewn Citcom Spur in Commerce. There is often a set of Blue Bonnet GEEPS here. The track actually connects to a number of Los Angeles Junction lines, including their yard off of Bandini, but I have personally never seen it used for anything rather than locomotive storage. This was taken from 26th Street, and moment before I took it #2509 had roared to life. She was origianlly deliverd to the ATSF in March of 1964 as #1309. She was rebuilt February 1984, and wore Kodachrome SPSF paint in 1985. Shot on Fujichrome Provia 100F. |
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7/19/2008 Upload Date: 8/11/2008 11:27:50 PM |
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Commerce, CA |
| Author: |
Charles Freericks |
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BNSF 2509(GP35u) |
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BNSF string of stacks |
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Westbound stacks climb the grade at Vail, and begin to slow for Hobart Yard. Too bad that SD60M wasn't elephant style too. For anyone who's not been to Commerce, it's quite an experience watching these come in. The platform is actually between the main line and a yard track, so you can often be trapped here. And these big stackers come in from the east, often at pretty high rates of speed, while the eastbounds come in fairly slow, building speed as they go. This was shot on Fujichrome Provia 100F. |
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7/19/2008 Upload Date: 8/11/2008 11:38:07 PM |
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Commerce, CA |
| Author: |
Charles Freericks |
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BNSF 4043(C44-9W) |
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Drag Racing stackers |
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These two westbound stackers are racing at track speed in this image. Really wish I'd had a video camera at this moment. The location is West Colton on the BNSF San Bernardino Sub (as opposed to the more famous West Colton on the UP Alhambra Sub), and the two trains are both about to cross over Fogg Street. The GEVO is moving ever so slightly faster, but not enough that I'll ever find out what is behind that Oakway SD60. Meanwhile, the Warbonnet Dash 9, Goatboat and two H2s are leading a train that I had just seen pass through A Yard and the platforms of the San Bernardino Harvey House Depot. Dash 9 #668 was delivered to the Santa Fe in September of 1994, while "Power Bar" ES44DC #7584 was delivered to the BNSF in June 2007. |
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8/24/2008 Upload Date: 9/1/2008 12:08:38 PM |
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Colton, CA |
| Author: |
Charles Freericks |
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ATSF 668(C44-9W) BNSF 7584(ES44DC) |
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Bunkhouse along SP "Alla Branch" |
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This historic building at 796 Main Street in Venice, is reported to have once been a railroad bunkhouse, when the modern white building behind it was actually the Los Angeles Pacific Inglewood Branch. More recently that railroad had been the Pacific Electric Inglewood Branch, and then the SP Alla Branch. It was built by the California Southern (later AT&SF) as their Santa Monica Branch. The "bunkhouse" is also kitty corner of the old Los Angeles Pacific (later Pacific Electric) Ocean Park Car House on the Venice Short Line (which could be seen from its front windows). The home was built in 1908 and modified in 1935. Based on the architecture, it was possibly a private home that was then rented out to railroad employees as a boarding house, but the full history is not clear. |
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12/27/2008 Upload Date: 1/11/2009 11:40:55 PM |
| Location: |
Venice, CA |
| Author: |
Charles Freericks |
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