Nostalgia & History > SP and its PTCIT

This operation was a short one on the SP and even shorter as a UP train. Its the Swift roadrailers on the I-5 route seen here at Tehama, Ca. right at the time of the UP takeover.

Adam

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'Sure that one sounded nice.

Cheers! MARK

Beautiful! Would have loved to have seen that train, but never got lucky.
No doubt all those "low-rider" Swift trailers are all retired by now or at least sold off to lesser companies.

This was a great train to catch out of Bakersfield. It was fast, and the dispatcher usually had greens up for it. The only problem I ever had with the RoadRailer was at Lathrop one day. As we were crossing the diamond (SP/UP) at Lathrop, we went in to emergency. I started walking back doing my inspection and found an air hose with a small defect. small as in a small hole in it. We didn't carry spare 45' hoses (or whatever the length is) so I called the dispatcher and informed him of our problem. Just so happened the R/H forces at UP Stockton were monitoring the radio and came out to fix it. Only took about an hour and a half and we were on our way.


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It was a GREAT train to catch wether on the Highline or Stockton/Bakersfield Sub after BNSF got it; no slack at all, just notch 'er up and GO! ....Those were the days! Cheers, Fergie