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Re: 12,000 Ft. Trains from PierT - Long Beach
Author: Vern Moore
Date: 01-12-2015 - 18:39

Interesting that they call this a new innovation. Back in 1992 I watched UP run trains from Long Beach to Salt Lake City that were as large as the trains in this video. On one occasion UP ran a, APL train with 6 of their new C40-8s on the point, 250 platforms all loaded and a set of SD-40s as manned helpers all the way from Long Beach to Caliente, NV before the cut off the helpers.

When the head end crew changed out, they put a new crew on the helpers. As I recall those trains set a record for the longest manned helper operation.

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  12,000 Ft. Trains from PierT - Long Beach Pdxrailtransit 01-12-2015 - 10:59
  Re: 12,000 Ft. Trains from PierT - Long Beach SLOCONDR 01-12-2015 - 12:25
  Re: 12,000 Ft. Trains from PierT - Long Beach Bruce Holleran 01-12-2015 - 14:04
  Re: 12,000 Ft. Trains from PierT - Long Beach ex-BN 01-12-2015 - 14:43
  Re: 12,000 Ft. Trains from PierT - Long Beach pdxrailtransit 01-12-2015 - 14:54
  Re: 12,000 Ft. Trains from PierT - Long Beach Joe Magruder 01-12-2015 - 15:42
  Re: 12,000 Ft. Trains from PierT - Long Beach ex-BN 01-12-2015 - 16:37
  Re: 12,000 Ft. Trains from PierT - Long Beach pdxrailtransit 01-12-2015 - 16:42
  Re: 12,000 Ft. Trains from PierT - Long Beach HollySugarSW1 01-13-2015 - 10:29
  Re: 12,000 Ft. Trains from PierT - Long Beach Vern Moore 01-12-2015 - 18:39
  Re: 12,000 Ft. Trains from PierT - Long Beach M. Smith 01-12-2015 - 19:27
  Re: 12,000 Ft. Trains from PierT - Long Beach trainjunkie 01-13-2015 - 06:58
  Re: 12,000 Ft. Trains from PierT - Long Beach pdxrailtransit 01-13-2015 - 14:48
  Re: 12,000 Ft. Trains from PierT - Long Beach Chas 01-12-2015 - 23:01


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