Nostalgia & History > My Favorite spot in Mojave

First I must apologize for the lousy quality of these
images but these are the best I could do with them.
These were on negative film and not the best quality.

On my drives from Bakersfield to work in Newhall I
used to stop here at this grade crossing just north of the
58/14 split just to take a break especially if I saw a head
light coming my way. Most of the time the light really was
not the best but here are 3 of my favorites all taken in 1998.

​!.....UP intermodal with C&NW-UP-UP-SP for power
2.....SP manifest with a GP60 leading
3.....Santa Fe (BNSF) with SD75 # 8255 leading 2 SD40-2's
and a GE B unit.

Just a small look back to a spot I like to remember
Thanks for looking

​Jay

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My favorite spot was usually Carl's Jr because I was starved by the time I got there!

Out

I know the spot very well. I used to live in the housing area just west of the tracks. Spent a lot of time there in my younger years.
 

Picture number 3 even got the Swift roadrailers

I still live in that "housing tract" west of the rails on H St. in an old SP house that was originally just north (railroad west) of the Oak Creek Crossing, and used to hang out with SP Herder Al Sliva in his shack watching trains back in the '50s as a teenager.
I also had something to do with getting that overpass built and getting the photo ports installed in the fence.

Bill Deaver
Tehachapi, CA

Hung out many a weekend at the watertank and MP377.

SP4360 Wrote:
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> Hung out many a weekend at the watertank and
> MP377.

I hung out at Mojave yard a lot myself, but on the Lone Pine or Blitz locals. More fun than jut watching.


V

SLOCONDR

Blitz might have been the train with the highest average velocity on the SP, they were hell
between switches.

Out

Used to hang on on the blitz on saturdays between Palmdale and Mojave with Stuart Chenard, Val "That'll Dooo Stu" Faverro? and Rufus Thomas. That was the 3 stooges local for sure lol . Did a few trips out of Palmdale with Jim Mahoney to Bakerfield also> Always a hoot to hear him on the radio, OOOOOOVVVVVVVVVERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SLOCONDR Wrote:
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> SP4360 Wrote:
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> > Hung out many a weekend at the watertank and
> > MP377.
>
> I hung out at Mojave yard a lot myself, but on the
> Lone Pine or Blitz locals. More fun than jut
> watching.
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>
> V
>
> SLOCONDR



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/17/17 19:42 by SP4360.

SP4360 Wrote:
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> Used to hang on on the blitz on saturdays between
> Palmdale and Mojave with Stuart Chenard, Val
> "That'll Dooo Stu" Faverro? and Rufus Thomas. That
> was the 3 stooges local for sure lol . Did a few
> trips out of Palmdale with Jim Mahoney to
> Bakerfield also> Always a hoot to hear him on the
> radio,
> OOOOOOVVVVVVVVVERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!
> !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
> SLOCONDR Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
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> > SP4360 Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > Hung out many a weekend at the watertank and
> > > MP377.
> >
> > I hung out at Mojave yard a lot myself, but on
> the
> > Lone Pine or Blitz locals. More fun than jut
> > watching.
> >
> >
> > V
> >
> > SLOCONDR

I didn't go to Bakersfield until 1985 and by then all of these guys were gone, except for Rufus. WHAT A CHARACTER!!!! kinda like a big ol' mountain man...