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Nostalgia & History > SP F's westbound at Cape Horn 1960Date: 08/05/22 14:18 SP F's westbound at Cape Horn 1960 Author: photobob Early morning light finds this westbound passing through Cape Horn in 1960. I used to take the Greyhound up to Colfax from the City. Having no car meant some long walks but when your sixteen and chasing trains so what.
Robert Morris Dunsmuir, CA Robert Morris Photography Date: 08/05/22 15:10 Re: SP F's westbound at Cape Horn 1960 Author: SPDRGWfan Dang nice!
Date: 08/05/22 15:18 Re: SP F's westbound at Cape Horn 1960 Author: timz Think they're pulling against the brakes?
Date: 08/05/22 15:29 Re: SP F's westbound at Cape Horn 1960 Author: PHall timz Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Think they're pulling against the brakes? That's not brake smoke. That's sand being pulverized by the wheels. Date: 08/05/22 16:24 Re: SP F's westbound at Cape Horn 1960 Author: FiveChime Slight westbound upgrade just west of Carpentar Road crossing.
Nice photo from a time long past. Regards, Jim Evans Date: 08/05/22 17:05 Re: SP F's westbound at Cape Horn 1960 Author: WAF Dynamic brake smoke
Date: 08/05/22 19:20 Re: SP F's westbound at Cape Horn 1960 Author: gonx A good 4 mile hike uphill from Colfax to Cape Horn. That eastbound track searchlight was constantly being vandalized by yokels shooting out the glass that Espee gave up and retired it in the 1980s. Today there are gates at the xing as well as signals for both mains.
Date: 08/05/22 19:46 Re: SP F's westbound at Cape Horn 1960 Author: WAF gonx Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > A good 4 mile hike uphill from Colfax to Cape > Horn. That eastbound track searchlight was > constantly being vandalized by yokels shooting out > the glass that Espee gave up and retired it in the > 1980s. Today there are gates at the xing as well > as signals for both mains. Bob was just a youngster then. No sweat Date: 08/05/22 20:50 Re: SP F's westbound at Cape Horn 1960 Author: timz > Slight westbound upgrade just west of Carpentar Road
Most likely that signal is 1460, and the pic is a couple miles above Carpenter Rd. No upgrade there. Date: 08/06/22 12:12 Re: SP F's westbound at Cape Horn 1960 Author: texchief1 Like that shot!
RC Lundgren Date: 08/06/22 15:56 Re: SP F's westbound at Cape Horn 1960 Author: BoostedFridge Great stuff Bob.
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