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Re: GE 70-tonner at work --- San Luis Central RR
Author: What?
Date: 09-17-2017 - 10:48
SP 0-6-0 Wrote:
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> I was searching for videos of GE 70-tonners and
> found this one.
>
> It's a very well-done video. Good sound and
> tripod work.
>
> I bet shortlines of the 1950's were a lot like
> this. (I was born 1969, so I am just imagining.)
>
>
> "Another Day In The Life of SLC, October 3, 2016"
>
> [youtu.be]
>
>
> Wikipedia's entry on the SLC:
>
>
> The San Luis Central Railroad (reporting mark SLC)
> is a railroad company based in the U.S. state of
> Colorado. It was founded in 1913 to haul sugar
> beets from grower to processor. The railroad was
> acquired in 1969 by the Pea Vine Corporation and
> today operates freight traffic through a
> connection with the San Luis and Rio Grande
> Railroad hauling mainly grain, potatoes and
> fertilizer. The SLC is also a railcar owner,
> mostly refrigerator cars and boxcars.
>
> The railroad is 13 miles (21 km) long, located
> between Sugar Junction (east of Monte Vista,
> Colorado) and Center, Colorado. The railroad owns
> two locomotives: Electro Motive Division SW8
> number 70, and General Electric 70 ton locomotive
> number 71. The company is owned by Rail World,
> Inc., which is controlled by Ed Burkhardt.
> Burkhardt is listed as president of SLC.
>
BURHARDT? of Wisconsin Central fame? AndLe Magnatic boom tragedy? No?
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> I was searching for videos of GE 70-tonners and
> found this one.
>
> It's a very well-done video. Good sound and
> tripod work.
>
> I bet shortlines of the 1950's were a lot like
> this. (I was born 1969, so I am just imagining.)
>
>
> "Another Day In The Life of SLC, October 3, 2016"
>
> [youtu.be]
>
>
> Wikipedia's entry on the SLC:
>
>
> The San Luis Central Railroad (reporting mark SLC)
> is a railroad company based in the U.S. state of
> Colorado. It was founded in 1913 to haul sugar
> beets from grower to processor. The railroad was
> acquired in 1969 by the Pea Vine Corporation and
> today operates freight traffic through a
> connection with the San Luis and Rio Grande
> Railroad hauling mainly grain, potatoes and
> fertilizer. The SLC is also a railcar owner,
> mostly refrigerator cars and boxcars.
>
> The railroad is 13 miles (21 km) long, located
> between Sugar Junction (east of Monte Vista,
> Colorado) and Center, Colorado. The railroad owns
> two locomotives: Electro Motive Division SW8
> number 70, and General Electric 70 ton locomotive
> number 71. The company is owned by Rail World,
> Inc., which is controlled by Ed Burkhardt.
> Burkhardt is listed as president of SLC.
>
BURHARDT? of Wisconsin Central fame? AndLe Magnatic boom tragedy? No?
