This is one chapter of our great DVD tilted “Diesel Power on the SP”. Everything in this video has vanished from the scene or is in a museum. See the way railroading was long ago when things were far more interesting, and a variety of equipment was in everyday use.
For the entire 1-hour and 30-minute video production visit our website www.cspmovies.com or your favorite hobby dealer.
To quote Railfan & Railroad magazine, “….the quality and depth of the information in the narration is so great. A must for SP fans I would think, as well as students of motive power evolution, use and disposition.”
To quote a review in Model Railroad News, “Smiley, as usual, pulls from unfathomable depths of footage to locate and select delightful pearls of 8 and 16mm footage.”
Some Locations:
Oakland and San Jose
San Joaquin Line
Cajon Pass 1967
Tehachapi 1955-1971
Los Angeles area
Taylor Yard 1965
Colton Crossing
Kaiser ore at Ferrum
Santa Paula Branch
Burbank Branch
Cascade and Shasta
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Thanks for sharing
Way cool! 👍
Southern pacific 🎉
5:44 You're right, SP goes thru North Hollywood for a whole mile!
SP Lives ! 😎
14:30 it saddens me to say that even the Fillmore & Western Railroad has also faded into history has recently the Railroad went out of business
This full 2 Hr movie "Diesel Power on the SP: Fifty Years is available at our website http://www.cspmovies.com
beautiful footage, great narration
That building at the beginning of the video that those PA’s were passing is still here!
At time 15:53, that engineer shown climbing aboard his engines was Sam Zachery, #1 on the San Joaquin Div. engineers roster. He had a 1925 seniority date!
The business was stolen, by the "rubber tire mafia" and the "public works" con job. Back then, we had next day mail delivery anywhere alongside the SP main line. The top man at the Post Office got stupid and got rid of the mail contracts, stating he felt he shouldn't subsidize the passenger trains, so he help subsidize the highways instead. How's that for having your head up your ass??
Wonderful diesels to love!
Here's what i remember. The EP20's and 22's were called covered cows. It took 3 to pull like a single GG1. Wheel slip constantly. But they sounded like music and were beautiful.