Nostalgia & History > SP at Keenbrook with the New Look

Caught this westbound at old Keenbrook with the SP,DRGW and UP power in 1997 on the old SP Mojave Subdivision.Bill Webb

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Great shot.

~Ryan

What a Great shot of a very interesting consist! Thanks:)

Fantastic work, Bill!

Great photo, and I heard that SP crews, and later UP management, loved these SD-70M's for their reliability.

And I love the background--the Cajon wash, silently waiting for the next DELUGE that will once again cover it's surface area with sudden flash floods and mudflows. Then, silence returns, maybe for decades...

Nice catch, thanks for sharing.

Kent in CArmel Valley

Wonderfully clear sky too.

Great shot and location.
JB

Fantastic photo of a great locomotive lineup. Always loved it when our family trips took us over Cajon Pass. Still get to drive it now, but my wife gets a little nervous and asks if she should drive while I watch trains. :)

Nathan

If I remember, the Keenbrook crossover from the ATSF to the SP was almost where the rear of that train is?


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Virlon, you are correct. The new crossover is just east of the rear end of the train pictured.We watched it being built in anticipation of the merger between SP and ATSF.No merger and it was seldom used until UP and SP merged.We never used the crossover on the BARWCL/WCLBAR which I worked a lot.Even when we used the Mojave Sub to get into and out of West Colton we never used the Keenbrook crossover. Bill Webb

spider1319 Wrote:
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> Virlon, you are correct. The new crossover is just
> east of the rear end of the train pictured.We
> watched it being built in anticipation of the
> merger between SP and ATSF.No merger and it was
> seldom used until UP and SP merged.We never used
> the crossover on the BARWCL/WCLBAR which I worked
> a lot.Even when we used the Mojave Sub to get into
> and out of West Colton we never used the Keenbrook
> crossover. Bill Webb


Neither did I, Bill. When I worked out of Bakersfield they were putting that XO in, but I've never seen it used.


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