Nostalgia & History > SP power on the SOO Line.

Southern Pacific power on a westbound SOO LINE train coming down Rutledge hill and crossing the BN diamonds at Ottumwa, Iowa in October 1987.

Thanks for viewing.

Ron Hirsch
Springfield, Mo.

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And in turn we had SOO power in California, North of Bakersfield to be exact.

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Nice video! It was refreshing to see all the cars without graffiti with a lot of fallen flags!

Larry

Ritzville Wrote:
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> Nice video! It was refreshing to see all the cars
> without graffiti with a lot of fallen flags!
>
> Larry

Indeed.  And look at all those auto racks which appear to have begun life as open racks but were clad with side panels.

Cheers, Jim

SPDRGWfan Wrote:
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> Ritzville Wrote:
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> > Nice video! It was refreshing to see all the
> cars
> > without graffiti with a lot of fallen flags!
> >
> > Larry
>
> Indeed.  And look at all those auto racks which
> appear to have begun life as open racks but were
> clad with side panels.
>
> Cheers, Jim

These auto racks were used to haul pickups and vans, which appears to be the case here.  I was struck by the large number of what appeared to be auto parts cars on the point.  I'm speculating these were mostly from Detroit or that area, civen the large number of GTW cars.  I wonder what train this was?  It was certainly a hot train given the auto parts boxes, auto racks, and double stacks.  Thanks for posting. 

Nick Tharalson,
Marion, IA

Good one Ron!  Pretty impressive tonnage train!