Nostalgia & History > few SP "Haulers" in LA Basin . . .

.  .  .  SP used to run, and today UP still does, run "haulers" from main yards to various outlying points and branches in Southern CA. Back in the day, they ran alot of haulers to just about every branch. In the eighties they often ran with matched sets of power. Here are just a few;
top: Import hauler eastbound on SP San Pedro Branch along Alameda Street in Compton, CA 5-86.
middle: Dolores hauler coming off Firestone Blvd overpass on exPE Wilmington branch in Watts, CA 3-86. It was rare to see newer power on the haulers.
bottom: Anaheim hauler coming off double track on Puente branch in Santa Fe Springs, CA 7-86.
JB



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 08/04/15 09:23 by 3rdswitch.

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Awesome!

~RGDave

Great stuff.

Nice trio.  Bet that shot No. 1 sounded good!!

Bob H.
PRose

Thanks for a great glimpse into how things used to be around SoCal, which doesn't seem all that long ago.  Thanks for posting.
GK

Any "classic" SP in California of the 70's and 80's is all gravy to me!  Keep'em coming!

Jim in Virginia (grew up in northern California)

Great catches. I ,too, chased them and thanks for the memories.Bill Webb

atsffan Wrote:
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> 3rdswitch Wrote:
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> > bottom: Anaheim hauler coming off double track
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> > Puente branch in Santa Fe Springs, CA 7-86.
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> Were the SDP-45s being used in L.A. if they
> weren't needed for business train use?
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> Richard

Yes, in the late 1980's it was common to see them on the Anaheim Hauler and the GP40X's on the Buena Park hauler.  But it was always possible to any power on any hauler out of West Colton. 

Allen

Great memories!!

Great classic power on all of them, but I especially like the GE's in the second shot.  I guess I'd forgotten how well standard cab GE's look!

Great shots, JB.

~Ryan