Western Railroad Discussion > Auto Repos down the coast

On the drive home from the gym this morning I noticed a string of auto racks creeping out of the Santa Clara yard. I ran home, grabbed my camera and headed south to Logan. The train made good time out of San Jose and met the Hollister local at Watsonville Junction. I believe that this was an old Beet loader for the SP back in the day. The low winter light made it a neat object to photograpgh with the tired AC4400s moving south at a good clip.

A CHP officer rolled up next to me and informed me that I was on private property. I was polite and asked if I could wait for the train until I left. He chuckeld and let me do my thing.

Fun little chase considering we get little to no through traffic on the coast route.

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Repositioning, not repossession as I originally was thinking... Nice.

James Nelson
Thornton, CO
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Nice work, dude! I love the B+W. Sorry I forgot to text you about this train.

I'm glad the cop didn't give you trouble after you were very respectful towards him--that goes a long way (some TO members still need to learn this behavior).

John

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And yes that was a Beet Loader.

The beet loader at Sargent definitely saw better days!  I have some great memories of watching the wooden racks being loaded.  An interesting operation indeed.  Thanks for sharing.

Kent in CArmel Valley

SCUfoamer Wrote:
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> Fun little chase considering we get little to no
> through traffic on the coast route.

Thanks for the report and love the composition on both! Us foamers in the "South Bay" (of SF Bay Area) have to make every chase count due to the low train count...