Steam & Excursion > Yet more of the ATSF 3751 trip today

Well yet more of the E/B 3751 trip down the 10 freeway with the help of my brother out the back window of my truck and no I was not holding up traffic the line was about 30 ft back.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/12/14 16:58 by tc.

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With a trusty eye down the road the 3751 moves on

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then on to pomonoa where I left the 3751 to race on to parts east.

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Nice pics...who's the engineer?

All great pics,tc... but you outdid yourself with the #9 pic! If you look real close, you won't see the cyclone fence ;) Santa Fe... all the way to San Berdoo!

Don
Santa Monica



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/12/14 19:35 by 2472Don.

The_Chief_Way Wrote:
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> Nice pics...who's the engineer?

Good observation! The Engineer in those photos is Ed Dickens from the Union Pacific, which seems a bit odd that a UP Manager would be the Engineer of the Santa Fe 3751, on an Amtrak move over the BNSF.

HotWater Wrote:
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> The_Chief_Way Wrote:
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> > Nice pics...who's the engineer?
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> Good observation! The Engineer in those photos is
> Ed Dickens from the Union Pacific, which seems a
> bit odd that a UP Manager would be the Engineer of
> the Santa Fe 3751, on an Amtrak move over the
> BNSF.

Wasn't this a Metrolink move over Metrolink (San Gabriel Sub)?

I've seen Ed run the ATSF 3751 on past trips. I still think it is a bit odd for a variety of reasons.

I wish that I had been in Socal to see the 3751 run. It is such a good looking engine.

HotWater Wrote:
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> The_Chief_Way Wrote:
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> > Nice pics...who's the engineer?
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> Good observation! The Engineer in those photos is
> Ed Dickens from the Union Pacific, which seems a
> bit odd that a UP Manager would be the Engineer of
> the Santa Fe 3751, on an Amtrak move over the
> BNSF.

Man in the photo is not Ed, although he was on board. UP has trackage rights on about half the mileage.

Posted from iPhone

Bill Stetler he's a Amtrak engineer and he's runs the 4449

Posted from Android



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/13/14 10:24 by LJohnson.

Ed fired 3751 today

DRGW5502 Wrote:
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> Man in the photo is not Ed, although he was on
> board.

The man in the close-up photo #5 above is indeed Ed Dickens!

HotWater Wrote:
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> > Man in the photo is not Ed, although he was on
> > board.
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> The man in the close-up photo #5 above is indeed
> Ed Dickens!

Ok, you win! What color is the sky?

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/12/14 19:52 by DRGW5502.

Yep. From bumping post to bumping post, this run was 100% on Metrolink tracks.

Let's get one thing straight, Bill Stetler was the Engineer. Ed Dickens was the Fireman.

I too had heard that Bill ran and Ed fired, but looking at that picture it was really hard to tell. If its Bill then he shaved off his goatee.

mt19a Wrote:
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> Let's get one thing straight, Bill Stetler was the
> Engineer. Ed Dickens was the Fireman.

Why then is Ed on the Engineer's side window? I'd know Ed from a mile away. It is him in picture 2,3 & 5.

The engineer was Bill Stetler and the fireman was Ed Dickens. There is no argument or room for interpretation. This is a fact.

Does this photo help

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Great pics, Tim. Not sure about the Ed Dickens controversy, but I agree that Pic 9 at Pomona is awesome and pure Santa Fe!

Rich