Nostalgia & History > few Flares for Friday . . .

.  .  . although this subject started mainly for SD45 "flares" there are many other units with their own individual "flares"
top: UP 6906 heads east on Santa Fe First District via trackage rights through Hodge, CA 3-70.
middle: A Santa Fe "Wilmington Turn" heads east at Lawndale, CA on Santa Fe Harbor District with one of five BiCentennial painted units trailing unfortunately 9-76.
bottom: An SCL train with it's one and only BiCentennial painted unit trailing was not far south of Waycross, GA 7-75.
JB

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3rdswitch Wrote:
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> middle: A Santa Fe "Wilmington Turn" heads east at
> Lawndale, CA on Santa Fe Harbor District with one
> of five BiCentennial painted units trailing
> unfortunately 9-76.

The puddles indicate a recent rain. September of 1976 was the time of hurricane Kathleen, the storm that ended the SD&AE as a through route, and moved the SP to seek abandonment of the center portion.