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Date: 04/16/14 07:17
SP Oil Cans - 1990
Author: Governor_Oyle

Trying again with this vid. It wouldn't encode yesterday.

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Date: 04/16/14 11:08
Re: SP Oil Cans - 1990
Author: tsmith5414

What is the pipe for that connects the tank cars?

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Date: 04/16/14 11:26
Re: SP Oil Cans - 1990
Author: iaisfan

Wonderful video! That's an awful lot of EMD muscle at work. Great sights and sounds. Thank you for sharing.

Joe Atkinson
Council Bluffs, IA
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Date: 04/16/14 14:42
Re: SP Oil Cans - 1990
Author: ButteStBrakeman

Mmmm, I very well could have been the lookout on the helpers......


V

SLOCONDR

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Date: 04/16/14 17:17
Re: SP Oil Cans - 1990
Author: Governor_Oyle

tsmith5414 Wrote:
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> What is the pipe for that connects the tank cars?

That flexible pipe allows a group of these so-called "Tank-Train" cars to be loaded/unloaded as a unit.

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Date: 04/16/14 17:29
Re: SP Oil Cans - 1990
Author: run8diesel

...a wonderful slice of EMD 645 Heaven!

Steve Zahn
Glenview, IL

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Date: 04/16/14 18:58
Re: SP Oil Cans - 1990
Author: dcmkris

Great video and with a appearance from the Milwaukee Road doesn't get much better than that.

Kris

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Date: 04/16/14 21:28
Re: SP Oil Cans - 1990
Author: GP30Frank

Twice during the later 90's, my wife and drove to California, with the primary purpose of going to Tehachapi. That was when you could drive up to that searchlight, where the 2 tracks came back to one, and sit on that hill, and video as much as you wanted. It was great both times, and I haven't been back to California since. It ain't the same now, obviously.

Frank, in Tennessee

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Date: 04/16/14 21:55
Re: SP Oil Cans - 1990
Author: ProAmtrak

Sure isn't, but I'd be happy if someone actually caught that thing from tunnel 10! Miss those days though, SP and Santa Fe sure did put on one hell of a show!

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Date: 04/17/14 00:33
Re: SP Oil Cans - 1990
Author: Fizzboy7

In my opinion, one of the best railfanning experiences in all the U.S.- cans over Tehachapi.

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Date: 04/17/14 20:44
Re: SP Oil Cans - 1990
Author: unit

Fizzboy7 Wrote:
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> In my opinion, one of the best railfanning
> experiences in all the U.S.- cans over Tehachapi.

Agreed! There just isn't anything comparable to standing trackside at the loop when the cans came up the hill. The deafening sound of SD's in run 8, the ear piercing squealing sound the wheels made, the sight of those tired rusted old locomotives somehow pulling the train up the hill. I miss those days.

Thanks for posting this video - it brought back a ton of great memories!

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