Nostalgia & History > A Saturday Santa Fe with a sad ending . . .

.   .   .   the first photo I took on a summer '87 vacation, was of eastbound Barstow to TX train 805 shown climbing the west side of Goffs Hill near Fenner, CA, in early morning. Sadly, bringing up the rear were twenty cabooses, nineteen of which were heading for scrap. Even though most THROUGH trains lost their cabooses a couple years prior, many trains that had work enroute, still had the second brakeman as well as a working caboose as this one did.
JB



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/30/20 11:00 by 3rdswitch.

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Wow - two great shots !
What a lineup - yes a sad lineup - of cabooses.
Gary

First-rate photos of a sad event.
Bob

Thanks for sharing.There was a bunch of cabooses stored in the old yard at Barstow .I wonder if this was  part of that group.Bill Webb

Holy smokes JB, nice photos- and what a catch !

Roger Durfee
Akron, OH

That's just wrong!

Stunning shots!

Wow!  A fantastic catch.