Nostalgia & History > few mixed "flares" . . .

. . these two have been posted at one time or other, however, for the purpose of Flare Friday in the good old days of Cajon Pass the joint DRGW UP ATSF Utah to Kaiser Steel unit coal train was climbing west on the east side of Cajon Pass at Hesperia with five flares, plus an unusual interloper in the form of a very recent rebuild GP20, in four paint schemes (five if we include the GP20) 10-78.
JB



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Excellent! makes me want a time machine set to the 70s.

Steve Zahn
Glenview, IL

Great shots from back in the day. I was going to ask if Santa Fe SD45s were ever used for power on those trains. May not have been on the head end but nice to see an ATSF 'flare' on there, even if it was in helper service.

From what I've seen on here in the photos, looks like none of the UP SD45s ever got snowplows, which seems odd.



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Thanks, I have only seen one shot of this train with a unit from each road on the head end.
JB