May 4, 1986: Some scenes in Cajon between Devore & Blue Cut, incl. EB freight w/ business car ATSF 58. Plus some SP and UP action at Colton Crossing on the same day.
I live in Redlands Ca. which is just a half hour drive from that diamond crossing in Colton. This is my favorite railfanning location in the Inland Empire, and this brings back fond memories of watching trains there in the mid eighties. I'll miss this location when I move to Salt Lake City in a few months, but I'll get some really cool new locations to watch trains up there. I picture spending quite a few weekend days, when the weather is warmer, in the neighboring city of Ogden as my new railfanning area.
Great footage! Love seeing those Geeps and tunnel motors again. Not sure why, but always thought that SP Golden Pig Service logo was cool. Amazing seeing trains with no graffiti. Seems like overnight at some point it was everywhere. Now its rare to see a single freight car not tagged.
What's nice about this is that Santa Fe and Southern Pacific had their boxcars having "Hydra Cushion" and "Super Shock Control" to advertise their freight services.
This seems like only last week I was seeing so much of this equipment, yet this is over 30 years ago. So much of it is gone now, and that pretty lady engineer is now a granny in her 60's or 70's. Can you just imagine the treat for her grandkids to hear her tell stories of when she used to drive trains?
I really miss The southern Pacific the Santa Fe and the Union Pacific have a separate entities in LA. It was in 197 7 I started watching trains at Fullerton Depot I was mesmerized with the speed they went through there. Introduced to cajon pass shortly afterward s plenty of viewing up there for years on end. I was much much younger than I'm sure glad I was there to witness it. One more thing all those engines sound a lot louder than anything I see nowadays gosh I love that.
Great vid I would later get SSW 8373 as UP 2907 repainted and ironically I got it about 20 feet to the right of where you stood as it was on the Colton Wye when I got it there.
If I told you back then the Union Pacific would be operating a Big Boy locomotive up, and down Cajon Pass, under it's own power in the year 2019, you'd be thinking, and telling me what mental institution did I escape from. Lol.
That was a transient that appeared to be not knowing where he was going. Not too far ahead is West Colton yard where he almost certainly would have been spotted by SPRR police. The train was pulling through the yard to be shoved up the hump by the hump power. Thanks for commenting.
If the open door was spotted by a crew rolling the train by the train would have to be stopped and a crew member would have to walk back and close it. Vandalized trailers and containers were a frequent occurrence in Cajon Pass.
@@vidwilzvids9587 one time in 2005, a friend and I were following the santa fe line north of wasco on 43, when we see a parked train with TOFC/COFC, and a black car parked along the shoulder. From between two cars of the train we see a kid climb out with two car starters/ alternators in each arm. By the time we thought to call the BNSF police, the train had moved on.
@@vidwilzvids9587 I wonder if this vandalism still happens today? That's why BNSF wants the public to get involved in a program that allows people to work with railroad police to apprehend vandals and trespassers. Same here for Union Pacific.
@@EllieMaes-Grandad That you don't create $#!+ and are here trolling those that do! Haha. RU-vid is for amateurs. Us SP fans love anything we can get and this man delivers.