Nostalgia & History > SP Oscillating Red Light As Rear Marker

There was mention of this subject associated with my SP Alco posting here the other day.
Attached is a segment of a Tom Hallendorf 8 mm movie I have posted in the past that shows how effective
these lights were even from a distance. 
Early in the segment you will see the red light in operation on a black widow F unit but the most interesting
clip is of GP9 5747 - F7B - GP9 departing Bayshore as lite power move eastbound with the red oscillating light
being used as the rear marker. Quite visible from a distance.
Eastbound lite power moves out of Bayshore were common during this 
time period.
Tom Hallendorf Movie
Regards, Jim Evans
 

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Super cool!
May I ask was the purpose of the structures to the right of the track and engines from about 20 seconds from the end to the end of the film?
Thx! B

Wow! T&NO locos at Bayshore, and footage from the cab of the ML4000.

What was the music?

Arved Grass
Fleming Island, FL

Nice, I do remember one time at Mojave an SP Westbo7nd has his red light flashing and I knew something bad happened!

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doge_of_pocopson Wrote:
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> Super cool!
> May I ask was the purpose of the structures to the
> right of the track and engines from about 20
> seconds from the end to the end of the film?
> Thx! B

Looks like a sand house to me.

doge_of_pocopson Wrote:
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> Super cool!
> May I ask was the purpose of the structures to the
> right of the track and engines from about 20
> seconds from the end to the end of the film?
> Thx! B

That is the old sand house. It was replaced by a simple sanding facility sometime between 1962-1970.

Thanks Tony.

Regards, Jim Evans

Arved Wrote:
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> Wow! T&NO locos at Bayshore, and footage from the
> cab of the ML4000.
>
> What was the music?

Bedrich Smetna:  Ma Vlasta

WP-M2051 Wrote:
> Arved Wrote:

> > What was the music?
>
> Bedrich Smetna:  Ma Vlasta

More specifically, it's Vyšehrad, the first of six "symphonic poems" in a composition called Má vlast ("My Fatherland") by Czech composer Bedrich Smetana.  The second poem in the piece, The Moldau, is the best known.