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Date: 11/03/25 14:52
Gildersleeve copy slide classics (vol 79): RSDs at Summit
Author: santafe199

Set 216, caption #26 reads: “ALCO power at Summit, Dec. 17, 1967.” That seems to work, maybe?

1. AT&SF 2158 at Summit, CA on December 17, 1967.
Photo by Tom Gildersleeve. Commercial Ektachrome copy slide from set #216.
Scanned from the late James W. Watson collection.

Thanks for looking back!
Lance Garrels
santafe199

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Date: 11/04/25 00:35
Re: Gildersleeve copy slide classics (vol 79): RSDs at Summit
Author: Evan_Werkema

Santa Fe RSD-5’s worked the majority of their careers in the middle of the system, but some did serve in California briefly when they were new, and the last survivors returned to work their final years on the LA Division.

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Date: 11/04/25 13:04
Re: Gildersleeve copy slide classics (vol 79): RSDs at Summit
Author: SGillings

At least two worked the San Jacinto branch local in the 1967/1968 timeframe.  I once saw three.

Steve  

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Date: 11/04/25 15:05
Re: Gildersleeve copy slide classics (vol 79): RSDs at Summit
Author: train1275

That image really rocks !!

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Date: 11/04/25 22:16
Re: Gildersleeve copy slide classics (vol 79): RSDs at Summit
Author: Evan_Werkema

...and both of those units had dynamic brakes in the short hood.

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