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Western Railroad Discussion > Victorville, California ~ not so long ago...Date: 11/17/12 14:51 Victorville, California ~ not so long ago... Author: MrMRL BNSF's Victorville Local tied down for the weekend. BNSF Cajon Sub, Victorville, CA (November 26, 2005).
The locals today utilize a pair of graffiti-laced ES44DCs. Makes me really nostalgic for all the Blue & Yellow that one could photograph throughout Southern California just a few years back. Mr. MRL  Date: 11/17/12 15:14 Re: Victorville, California ~ not so long ago... Author: MrMRL A couple closeups...
(GP39-2 BNSF 2836, GP35U BNSF 2613, GP30U BNSF 2471)   Date: 11/17/12 15:33 Re: Victorville, California ~ not so long ago... Author: RplusLJetService Gives new meaning to the phrase..."Its all crap now".
Date: 11/17/12 16:00 Re: Victorville, California ~ not so long ago... Author: rehunn And you're getting old when you can remember that as front line power.
Date: 11/17/12 16:07 Re: Victorville, California ~ not so long ago... Author: hiline rehunn Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > And you're getting old when you can remember that > as front line power. Thank's for confirming my feeling. Nice pic's! Thank's for posting. Date: 11/17/12 17:18 Re: Victorville, California ~ not so long ago... Author: pdt rehunn Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > And you're getting old when you can remember that > as front line power. Amen. Date: 11/17/12 18:41 Re: Victorville, California ~ not so long ago... Author: erielackawanna Great stuff, Mr. Mr. L....
Date: 11/17/12 22:31 Re: Victorville, California ~ not so long ago... Author: miralomarail The old Bell Ringers as Many a Engineer called them
Date: 11/17/12 23:44 Re: Victorville, California ~ not so long ago... Author: coach A GP-39--interesting little engine. Add a turbo, get 300 more HP, and now you've got 2300 HP total. Now what? Helper service? Mainline leader?? With this little thing?
Date: 11/18/12 10:38 Re: Victorville, California ~ not so long ago... Author: TCnR BN GP39's earned the name F-unit killers as they allowed replacing the older first generation power with newer less maintainance required GP's. The BN Oregon Trunk/Inside Gateway didn't warrant SD-anythings, so the route became a favored GP-anything application.
They still needed to double the hill out of the Deschutes Canyon though, even with SD40-2's in the later era. A long way off topic from Victorville. |