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Date: 01/23/19 07:15
Santa Fe in the Tehachapis mid 1980's
Author: photobob

On one of my few trips south I got this shot using my 4x5 field camera using color negative film. The late afternoon shadows were just creeping in.

Robert Morris
Dunsmuir, CA
Robert Morris Photography

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Date: 01/23/19 07:28
Re: Santa Fe in the Tehachapis mid 1980's
Author: SP4360

Nice one Mr. Bob.

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Date: 01/23/19 08:43
Re: Santa Fe in the Tehachapis mid 1980's
Author: wingomann

Look at how many Santa Fe boxcars is on that train.  It looks like a company picture.  Nicely done.

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Date: 01/23/19 09:02
Re: Santa Fe in the Tehachapis mid 1980's
Author: railstiesballast

My guess is that those ATSF boxes have mostly wine from the San Joaquin Valley going to Kansas City and beyond.  To this day that is a big market for the BNSF.
Thanks, Bob

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Date: 01/23/19 09:16
Re: Santa Fe in the Tehachapis mid 1980's
Author: SPDRGWfan

railstiesballast Wrote:
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> My guess is that those ATSF boxes have mostly wine
> from the San Joaquin Valley going to Kansas City
> and beyond.  To this day that is a big market for
> the BNSF.
> Thanks, Bob

Might have been those Bx-166 or Bx-177 box cars which were offered in Ho model form by BLMA/Atlas

Great photo.

Cheers, Jim

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Date: 01/23/19 10:30
Re: Santa Fe in the Tehachapis mid 1980's
Author: santafe199

Nice shot! Looking through my Santa Fe timebooks ('78 ~ '87) I caught a "963" train out of Wellington on a number of occasions. As a boxcar-heavy manifest, it always had good power on it. So I'm thinking Bob's shot captured some version of my 963...

Lance/199

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Date: 01/23/19 10:39
Re: Santa Fe in the Tehachapis mid 1980's
Author: icancmp193

Very nice Bob!

TJY

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Date: 01/23/19 21:53
Re: Santa Fe in the Tehachapis mid 1980's
Author: spdaylight

Gotta be automatic IOTD for sure !!

Craig
mcmrailvideos.com

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Date: 01/23/19 22:45
Re: Santa Fe in the Tehachapis mid 1980's
Author: Midnight_Goat

Excellent!

Ryan

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Date: 01/24/19 10:27
Re: Santa Fe in the Tehachapis mid 1980's
Author: Roadjob

That 4x5 makes them jump off the page. The area you took that was one of my absolute favorite spots on Tehachapi! Beautiful image!!

Bill Rettberg
Bel Air, MD

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