Nostalgia & History > Extra large WB lash-up at Ellwood Ca.

Mid 90s WB Manifest at Ellwood, West of Santa Barbara.

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Wow 8 units! Could the last 4 be going to San Luis Obispo for helper duty? Just a thought as SP seemed to swap out the helpers occasionally, and you would see six axle units going EB, and then going WB on different trains. Usually within a day or two of each other and often at the end of the week on Sundays or Mondays. Pure speculation but a cool shot none-the-less.......

pass2000 Wrote:
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> Wow 7 units! Could the last 3 be going to San
> Luis Obispo for helper duty? Just a thought as SP
> seemed to swap out the helpers occasionally, and
> you would see 3 six axle units going EB, and then
> 3 going WB on different trains. Usually within a
> day or two of each other and often at the end of
> the week on Sundays or Mondays. Pure speculation
> but a cool shot none-the-less.......


That would be my guess also.

V

SLOCONDR

Gone are the days of taking one unit off trains and adding it to the helper pool and switching it with units due 92 days checkups

Looks like eight to me, you missed the one behind the signal.
JB