Southern Pacific & Santa Fe on Tehachapi Sept. & Oct. 1993 

Sounds like good times Hidden Arizona and glad you were able to experience those days back then with your Friends.

Hi Mark, You are so right. Railroads back then had a much different feel to them back then. They were much more personable compared to today’s sterile environment. Thanks for watching Mark!

Sure glad you enjoyed this. Thank You for watching and Happy New Year to You.

Exceptional video, a rail fans delight. Thanks for posting.

Sure glad you enjoyed this CRSR DASH-8 40B. And to think these almost got thrown away.

Thank You for the nice comments and I'm so glad you enjoyed this video.

Hi Alik, So Happy You enjoyed this. Todays Railroads care only about standardization. The less amount of different types of locomotives they have the better as they don't have to stock as many parts for them when making repairs. Unfortunately, the Railfan is not a Railroads concern. Thank You for watching!

Yes, I kind a miss SP's weather beater paint jobs but that was another era.

Hello verastaki, many good points you made about how Railroading use to be. Today I enjoy going out of my way to look for things on todays trains that use to be common practice years ago. No, Railroading isn't what it use to be and then, that's what all the old Steam Heads were saying when the Diesel came on stage. Thank You for your wonderful comments and Thank You for watching!

where was the B unit? i did not see it.

@@MrChickennugget360 Everywhere in this video!

Lots of B units used by the Santa Fe, just watch some videos from 1988 on Cajon and Techachpi

You are right and Thank You for the correction.

Hi Raquel, So glad you enjoyed this. At one point, I threw these tapes away but thought better of it and pulled them out of the trash and had them transferred so I could share this. Sure glad I did. Thank You for watching!

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Hi Danny, Yeah it is a big WHOOOO because as you know, everything in this video is long gone. Can’t believe it’s been almost 30 years. Glad you enjoyed the video and Thank You for watching.

Hi Wayne, sure happy you enjoyed this video. Thank You for watching!

It sure is! Wish they were still today. Thanks for your comment and Thank You for watching

Hi Paul and Thank You for the kind remarks. I’m sure Happy you enjoyed this. Thank You for watching.

Well,, kids were in a world back then that was more relevant and they had been parented, not just raised. Whether you know it or not, civilization has already failed and is running on fumes. If you act quickly you might be able to save it. EDUCATE and don't polarize. Just keep opportunities in existence and damn the torpedoes about who has access to them.

@@peterkordziel7047 In the 80's, kids were throwing cinderblocks and rocks into locomotives and hanging shopping carts off bridges to smash through locomotive windows. They were also shooting at and throwing rocks at cars on autoracks which is why there's no more open air autoracks in the US... You can pretend like the world was better before this but anyone can plainly see that isn't the case.

@@jonathanbaird8109 just so. One time, we had to remove a cinder block that some SOB had placed on the railing of the signal bridge by my house. That's an old type of RR signal that is like an arch that the train drives through , although it is square ,for those who are wondering . Whoever put it there wanted it to fall against the windshield. That required an unrecommended but probably appreciated trip up the ladder before the next train came. We disposed of the cinder block.

Hi JF and Thank You for subscribing to my channel. Yes, I agree as having just arrived home from a road-trip to Kansas City to see the train action there, it’s the same ol thing as out here in the west, ES44’s and SD70ACE’s and not much of anything else. I found myself searching for rare rollingstock which I did find some but it’s not like the good old days :(

I agree but CPKC has nice consists of KCS and CP locomotives now that they merged. And CP and KCS has lots of locomotive varietys so that makes it even better. But it's nothing compared to what we see in this video

They still do

Hi Chris. Yes, these are one of the things I miss the most about this era. Now everything just seems cookie cutter to me anymore. Thanks for watching!

Hi Colby, There are or were plans to do something similar to what you mention. After connecting Walong with Marcel, the next phase was to connect Bealville to Cliff and Caliente to either Illmon or Bealville, I don't remember which. When traffic levels dropped after the 2008 crash, these plans were put on the back burner and they just focused on connecting Walong with Marcel, a wait and see approach. Will they ever start up again is anyone's guess. Personally, I think Union Pacific IMHO doesn't want to give Amtrak any ideas by putting more capacity on the Hill as Amtrak and the State of California have been wanting to extend the San Juaquin's to Los Angeles for years. This way, UP can say the Hill is too congested to be running Passenger Trains. Also, Union Pacific doesn't run nearly as many Trains on the Hill as BNSF so they simply can't justify the cost. Yeah, I know but UP and BNSF have never been the best of buddies. An extension of the SP/Santa Fe Days. Maybe someone else who knows can jump in here and give us the low down. I hope this helps in some way and Thank You for your inquiry, it's a very good question.

@@Mrruneight Jesus. You mean to tell me that it's 2022 and I've never noticed that Amtrak and UP were having a little bit of issues with each other in terms of business?

@@Mrruneight I think Tehachapi Pass will end up having a second track at some point in the future. I think one of the main problems comes from the loop itself. One of my theories is that the loop is one of the things preventing a second track from being made... aside from Amtrak's predatory addiction to acquiring as much track for passenger operations for more money as they can and also aside the beef between BNSF and UP, which I personally don't understand as BN and ATSF were bigger than UP anyway, not to mention more fun to watch and railfan. I can imagine that the loop wasn't easy to create in the first place and constructing a second track is difficult enough, the loop would just make things more complicated. And the rail traffic is also too frequent. Where the hell would construction of a second track even start anyway?

It’s the one that’s on display at the Western America Railroad Museum in Barstow, California and was one of two FP45s on Santa Fe 3751’s first trains after it’s restoration in 1991.

Hi Andrew, I live only about 2 hours from the WARM Museum in Barstow and go there often to watch Trains. I always think of this video when I go there and see number 95. Some years ago number 95 had all it's wiring stolen. BNSF offered to rewire it for a very nominal fee but the Museum decided to not pursue BNSF's offer since number 95 is a static display now and BNSF's hard work would be for not as the new wiring would surly get stolen again. :( Thanks for watching Andrew!

@@Mrruneight I see, and you're welcome.

@@ashleyrodriguwz2554 why would they be throwing train orders at the people filming? This is not a normal location for train orders? Is there a station?

Train Orders or what are also called Flimsies

@@IMRROcom I spoke with a Club Member who use to work the Hill back during this time and said these were either Track Warrants or wheel reports as they stopped using Train Orders or Flimsies in the early 80's.

@@Mrruneight Could have been train line up paper work? When I see my buddies trackside they'll throw those out to me.

@@AdamV1313 Hi Adam, yes that’s a very good possibility. I know the Dispatcher who worked the hill during this time and want to get Her input. Thank You for watching and hope you enjoyed the video.

Hello XDESP80, Yes that is exactly what these were. Several crews threw these out to us and I wish I’d a kept these. Thanks for watching!

@@Mrruneight bugger. That’d be cool to still have. Love the old EMDs. Things sure are mundane now compared to all that noise and smoke 😈

I agree dmaxsba but the Shippers and Wall Street could care less about the Santa Fe or what it meant to History. If you haven't already, read Robert Krebs book "Riding the Rails: Inside the Business of America's Railroads". It's an eye opener!

Hi Ross, not sure but had heard this coal normally traveled on the Union Pacific down the old LA&SL but because of track maintenance or a derailment, this coal was shipped over Donner Pass from Skyline or Savage mines in Utah/ Colorado then over Tehachapi.

@@Mrruneight ahhh gotcha thanks

Hi Chris, I will check this out. Thank You!