Nostalgia & History > Matched set Saturday, Santa Fe . . .

.   .   .   in MAR '81, a trio of B36-7's were leading a westbound Santa Fe "Extra Harbor" export coal train climbing "Monoco Hill" in Lawndale, CA, on Santa Fe's Harbor District.
JB



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/18/20 11:47 by 3rdswitch.

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Nice shot JB.

Cool shot! It reminds me of a trip home from Wellington one afternoon. We had a hot-shot (981?) with 5 of those B-36s, which were still fairly new at the time. For some reason the lead unit had gone belly-up somewhere west of Wellington. I'm sure the inbound engineer told our engineer what was what, but all I knew was the engine was completely shut down. No matter, the other 4 units easily handled the train. It was very weird, almost spooky to be riding in a totally quiet cab @ 70 MPH. I'll never forget it...

Lance

Another quality shot, JB!

Randy Lundgren
Elgin, TX

This is really a nice one !
I'm amazed at all the "matched set" consists you have photographed.
Gary

santafe199 Wrote:
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> Cool shot! It reminds me of a trip home from
> Wellington one afternoon. We had a hot-shot (981?)
> with 5 of those B-36s, which were still fairly new
> at the time. For some reason the lead unit had
> gone belly-up somewhere west of Wellington. I'm
> sure the inbound engineer told our engineer what
> was what, but all I knew was the engine was
> completely shut down. No matter, the other 4
> units easily handled the train. It was very weird,
> almost spooky to be riding in a totally quiet cab
> @ 70 MPH. I'll never forget it...
>
> Lance

Prototype for the Amtrak Cabbages.