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Nostalgia & History > Cajon Pass, Overtake + Desert Wind, Early 1980sDate: 02/15/21 15:37 Cajon Pass, Overtake + Desert Wind, Early 1980s Author: FiveChime Interesting lighting on the first two. Rarely recall seeing older and newer Amtrak units together
like pictured here on the Desert Wind. Regards, Jim Evans    Date: 02/15/21 17:45 Re: Cajon Pass, Overtake + Desert Wind, Early 1980s Author: Evan_Werkema F40PH's and SDP40F's did mix and mingle on a few western long distance trains in 1980-81. Can you read the road number on the rear of the SDP40F?
Date: 02/15/21 17:46 Re: Cajon Pass, Overtake + Desert Wind, Early 1980s Author: RodneyZona Old Santa Fe Railroad LA Based passenger train and engine crews worked to and from Barstow. Bottom Photo.
Date: 02/15/21 17:53 Re: Cajon Pass, Overtake + Desert Wind, Early 1980s Author: RailThunder Very interesting consist for the Desert Wind. I'm sure the train had ample power for the road.
Date: 02/15/21 18:15 Re: Cajon Pass, Overtake + Desert Wind, Early 1980s Author: SPDRGWfan Evan_Werkema Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > F40PH's and SDP40F's did mix and mingle on a few > western long distance trains in 1980-81. Can you > read the road number on the rear of the SDP40F? Fuzzy. Either 571 or 511. Posted from Android Date: 02/15/21 23:25 Re: Cajon Pass, Overtake + Desert Wind, Early 1980s Author: 3rdswitch Interesting as they were normally the other way around since it took a while to equip the F40's with ATS, the 500's usually led?
JB Date: 02/15/21 23:43 Re: Cajon Pass, Overtake + Desert Wind, Early 1980s Author: Evan_Werkema SPDRGWfan Wrote:
> Fuzzy. Either 571 or 511. I was hoping Jim would look at the original photo and tell us. I can "blow up" the posted image too, but 1000 pixels is 1000 pixels and there's no "hidden resolution" to be revealed that way. The reason I'm curious is I'm not aware of any SDP40F's in the 500's that got heavier pass-through HEP cabling to enable them to trail an F40, but that third car is clearly an Amfleet. Date: 02/16/21 06:44 Re: Cajon Pass, Overtake + Desert Wind, Early 1980s Author: SP8595 Nice series! Pretty neat seeing those Upper Merion & Plymouth hoppers with the Fast Forties!
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/16/21 06:45 by SP8595. Date: 02/16/21 07:16 Re: Cajon Pass, Overtake + Desert Wind, Early 1980s Author: eljay RodneyZona Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Old Santa Fe Railroad LA Based passenger train and > engine crews worked to and from Barstow. Bottom > Photo. > Train crews went to Needles. |