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Nostalgia & History > Strange SoCal consists-SPDate: 10/06/22 11:02 Strange SoCal consists-SP Author: trackplanner SP U25B 6746 leads an SCL slug set testing on SP around the balloon track with an LA hauler at West Colton, CA in January 1978 (M.L. Bosnyak photo, my collection).
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/06/22 16:47 by trackplanner.  Date: 10/06/22 11:32 Re: Strange SoCal consists-SP Author: HotWater Ah yes! The famous GE U36B, with such high horse power they were extremely slippery. The SCL complained to GE, and GE then came up with the "MATE", or Motors for Additional Tractive Effort. Each U36B provided power for one truck on the MATE. All that high HP wasted.
Date: 10/06/22 12:05 Re: Strange SoCal consists-SP Author: swaool The first group of MATEs, SCL 3200-3209 delivered in 1971, were single-ended, having cabling and fuel hose connections at just one end, as seen here with SCL 3206 at Mulberry FL in June, 1975.
mike woodruff spokane  Date: 10/06/22 15:38 Re: Strange SoCal consists-SP Author: PHall They must have made a good impression since SP went on to build the TEBU's with Boise's assistance.
Date: 10/06/22 15:39 Re: Strange SoCal consists-SP Author: E25 Well, even for an LA Hauler, I'll have to admit that you definitely struck paydirt with that consist. Thanks for your post.
Greg Stadter Phoenix, AZ Date: 10/06/22 16:27 Re: Strange SoCal consists-SP Author: WAF The test set is going back to the SCL
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/06/22 16:27 by WAF. Date: 10/06/22 18:17 Re: Strange SoCal consists-SP Author: callum_out Last use off the NWP?
Out Date: 10/06/22 18:31 Re: Strange SoCal consists-SP Author: WAF callum_out Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Last use off the NWP? > > Out Used on the Santa Cruz Branch. Tried to go to Olympia, but a rock slide stopped them. Forwarded to Roseville on the WJRVP and then south to West Colton on the RVWCY. This why you see them at WC Date: 10/06/22 19:24 Re: Strange SoCal consists-SP Author: trackplanner There's a published photo somewhere of them in Tillamook, OR at the end of the branch by the depot.
Date: 10/06/22 19:35 Re: Strange SoCal consists-SP Author: WAF trackplanner Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > There's a published photo somewhere of them in > Tillamook, OR at the end of the branch by the > depot. They were tested on the Coos Bay and Tillamook Branches Date: 10/06/22 19:37 Re: Strange SoCal consists-SP Author: Espee1212 Shot the same consist earlier that day before it departed the yard and headed around the balloon loop
Posted from iPhone Date: 10/06/22 22:01 Re: Strange SoCal consists-SP Author: roustabout WAF Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > trackplanner Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > There's a published photo somewhere of them in > > Tillamook, OR at the end of the branch by the > > depot. > They were tested on the Coos Bay and Tillamook > Branches And the Siskiyou Sub Date: 10/06/22 23:16 Re: Strange SoCal consists-SP Author: pdt AFAIK....the SP DD35's and U50D's were typically used on the LA-WC haulers during their last days...when they were running...and mu'd with GP-35's and U25b's seemed to be typical too. Wish I had gottem mopre pix of them...
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