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Nostalgia & History > SP seventies show . . .Date: 04/19/21 18:55 SP seventies show . . . Author: 3rdswitch . . . in MAY '77, a westbound SP "Hauler" was passing through El Monte, CA.
JB  Date: 04/19/21 21:44 Re: SP seventies show . . . Author: PHall Back when that location was a team track and a feed mill. Now it's the Metrolink El Monte Station.
Date: 04/20/21 09:38 Re: SP seventies show . . . Author: Westbound The 2nd unit is quite impressive. In all my years on SP’s Western Div., never saw one.
Date: 04/20/21 17:39 Re: SP seventies show . . . Author: mp51w That second unit looks like a brick!
Date: 04/20/21 19:25 Re: SP seventies show . . . Author: UPNW2-1083 Westbound Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > The 2nd unit is quite impressive. In all my years > on SP’s Western Div., never saw one. GE U-50, SP had 3 of them and they spent their last several years working the L.A. Basin haulers from L.A. to City of Indusrty and West Colton. My shot at City of Industry from January 1978.-BMT  Date: 04/20/21 19:27 Re: SP seventies show . . . Author: SCKP187 Geat photo and power consist--no light rail industry switching for this job unless they hang onto enough cars to keep the power out on the main.
Brian Stevens Date: 04/21/21 20:52 Re: SP seventies show . . . Author: EricSP I don't think the haulers did any switching. They just moved cars between the main yard in the area and the satellite yards.
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