Western Railroad Discussion > Pinkbonnet at Dusk (Stockton, CA)

Jmf1910 and I ended up in Stockton last Thursday while trying to catch the UP 1983 heading to West Colton. Unfortunately, the WP Heritage Unit ended up buried as a nose-coupled front DPU on a 3x2 manifest, but we stuck around and got a little gem at the Stockton Diamonds later in the day, a solo Pinkbonnet B40-8W switching a long cut of cars out of Mormon Yard.

A westbound 4x0 BNSF manifest (BARRIC?) then runs in front of it, with a pool power CSX GEVO second in consist. The third unit (BNSF 653) might have been a Warbonnet at one time? Entire train is shown. The video ends with the Pinkbonnet shoving the cars back into Mormon Yard.

I found a certain dignity in seeing this Dash 8 working regardless of the faded paint job. Long live the Santa Fe and the Leslie S3 horn!

- Salvaged a shot of the UP 1983.
- Video of the Pinkbonnet Dash 8 and the Pumpkin/CSX/Pumpkin/Pumpkin manifest.

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Cool video. Diamonds and speed are music to these ears.

Great video! I also enjoy the sounds of diamonds. Thanks for sharing

PQM

Excellent timing. That dash 8 is a real old unit.

Jim

stevelv Wrote:
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> Cool video. Diamonds and speed are music to these
> ears.


BNSF-6432 Wrote:
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> Great video! I also enjoy the sounds of diamonds.
> Thanks for sharing
>
> PQM

as much as i like the sound of wheels through a diamond i have to say the louder the sound the more worn the diamonds are

Before the BNSF merger, the warbonnet GE's (500's, 600's, 800's, 900's) showed up with S-3L's and the EMD's (100's, 200's) with K5LA's. After the merger, the 700-series GE's showed up with K3LA's, and it just didn't feel right to hear that "EMD sound" coming from a GE.

The K5HL on the GEVO is a worthy successor, projecting the same kind of "comin' through, outta my way" attitude as the S-3L.

Evan_Werkema Wrote:
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> Before the BNSF merger, the warbonnet

> EMD's (100's, 200's) came with K5LA's.


The EMD GP60s had K3LA's - didn't they?

:-)

love that classic Leslie!

Gary



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/16/14 05:48 by P5r24.

I agree with the nice sounding horn!

Regards, Jim Evans

Yes, the 600 in the westbound was delivered as a "Warbonnet."

Nice video.

Nick Tharalson,
Marion,IA

Those GE six-axle trucks really do a good dance over those diamonds! GRET SHOW, even if I have a headache now. =)

P5r24 Wrote:
> Evan_Werkema Wrote:

> > EMD's (100's, 200's) came with K5LA's.
>
>
> The EMD GP60s had K3LA's - didn't they?
>
> :-)

Oops - my brain said K3LA but my fingers typed K5LA. Thanks for catching that. The 100's and 200's came with K3LA's, and Santa Fe never purchased a new locomotive with a K5LA.