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Nostalgia & History > Colton HelperDate: 06/18/06 21:29 Colton Helper Author: SP2778 Eastbound Passenger trains usually got a helper at Colton. On one occasion they tried a Baldwin. May 10, 1950. I don't think it worked to well as I only it once.
 Date: 06/18/06 22:04 Re: Colton Helper...Part 2 Author: Steamjocky Here's another passenger train at Colton (actually a troop train) with a steam engine for a helper instead of another diesel with the FM H-24-66 #4807 as the road power.
JDE  Date: 06/18/06 23:55 Re: Colton Helper Author: topper SP2778 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Eastbound Passenger trains usually got a helper at > Colton. On one occasion they tried a Baldwin. May > 10, 1950. I don't think it worked to well as I > only it once. Wow! They must've been desperate. Must've been a mighty slow trip! Date: 06/19/06 11:21 Re: Colton Helper Author: mundo Beaumont Hill is not real fast track but the steam helper would have been doing a lot of bouncing.
Date: 06/19/06 14:50 Re: Colton Helper Author: Nitehostler Gee, I think that one could title both of these old photos "The Odd Couple". In both cases, the road engines are fairly fast & the helpers are certainly not...I think that Consolidations were only authorized 45 in the Special Instructions portion of the EMP TT.
Tom Date: 06/19/06 15:10 Re: Colton Helper Author: SP2778 Enjoyed the troop train picture. Troop trains used what ever a RR had handy. One that I rode in Nov. 1943 had an SP AC-9 from Tucumcari to El Paso.
Date: 11/19/12 11:42 Re: Colton Helper Author: the_expediter Both Unique! THX from Grossmont, CA...Steve
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