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Re: Memorable Locomotive Rides
Author: hepkema
Date: 02-22-2010 - 13:51

April, 1979--Altamont. SP late-running RVSJA with a torpedo-boat commute geep and an SD9 were all the power given to the crew to take 100 cars over Altamont Pass. I was just there to shoot the train cresting the hill. The crew put the head 50 cars in the siding and came back east. They stopped and waved me up for a ride down to the base of the hill west of Tracy and back up with the second half of the train. I missed a couple of WP trains that afternoon, but guessed right that I'd never get that cab ride chance again.

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  Memorable Locomotive Rides Tom Moungovan 02-20-2010 - 06:37
  Re: Memorable Locomotive Rides Steve Eshom 02-20-2010 - 07:03
  Re: Memorable Locomotive Rides Rick Zampa 02-20-2010 - 16:41
  Re: Memorable Locomotive Rides ff 02-21-2010 - 11:55
  Re: Memorable Locomotive Rides Randy 02-22-2010 - 07:41
  Re: Memorable Locomotive Rides Bill Kohler 02-20-2010 - 07:36
  Re: Memorable Locomotive Rides Bob Jennings 02-20-2010 - 07:57
  Re: Memorable Locomotive Rides Carol L. Voss 02-20-2010 - 08:58
  Re: Memorable Locomotive Rides Bill K. 02-21-2010 - 06:20
  Re: Memorable Locomotive Rides Carol L. Voss 02-21-2010 - 09:20
  Re: Memorable Locomotive Rides Paul Bliss 02-22-2010 - 10:53
  Re: Memorable Locomotive Rides Juppo 02-20-2010 - 14:27
  Re: Memorable Locomotive Rides Steven D. Johnson 02-20-2010 - 11:49
  Re: Memorable Locomotive Rides Virlon 02-20-2010 - 09:07
  Re: Memorable Locomotive Rides Tony Johnson 02-20-2010 - 09:19
  Re: Memorable Locomotive Rides WAF 02-20-2010 - 10:03
  Re: Memorable Locomotive Rides TomL 02-20-2010 - 10:14
  Re: Memorable Locomotive Rides BOB2 02-20-2010 - 10:49
  Re: Memorable Locomotive Rides Mongo 02-20-2010 - 10:52
  Re: Memorable Locomotive Rides almo 02-21-2010 - 01:07
  Re: Memorable Locomotive Rides Tunnel Motor Dave 02-21-2010 - 08:15
  Re: Memorable Locomotive Rides Steven D. Johnson 02-20-2010 - 11:28
  Re: Memorable Locomotive Rides Martin Burwash 02-20-2010 - 12:14
  Re: Memorable Locomotive Rides-2 Tom Moungovan 02-20-2010 - 13:09
  Re: Memorable Locomotive Rides-Best Thread in Months BOB2 02-20-2010 - 13:46
  Re: Memorable Locomotive Rides Jim Wickham 02-20-2010 - 13:23
  Re: Memorable Locomotive Rides Robert LANGEVIN 02-20-2010 - 15:52
  Re: Memorable Locomotive Rides, Cal-Western Tom Moungovan 02-20-2010 - 19:09
  Re: Memorable Locomotive Rides ExEspee 02-20-2010 - 16:27
  Re: Memorable Locomotive Rides Bill 02-20-2010 - 18:46
  Re: Memorable Locomotive Rides Dan 02-20-2010 - 18:58
  Re: Memorable Locomotive Rides Sunset Express 02-20-2010 - 19:06
  Re: Memorable Locomotive Rides Tom 02-20-2010 - 20:07
  Re: Memorable Locomotive Rides Ernest H. Robl 02-20-2010 - 19:45
  Re: Memorable Locomotive Rides JHS 02-20-2010 - 19:47
  Re: Memorable Locomotive Rides Ken Shattock (aka 'KRK') 02-21-2010 - 00:06
  Re: Memorable Locomotive Rides Miles Post 02-21-2010 - 09:50
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  Re: Memorable Rides -- does a speeding Pendolino count? Dragoman 02-21-2010 - 14:34
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  Re: Memorable Locomotive Rides gbrewer 02-22-2010 - 08:05
  Re: Memorable Locomotive Rides Paul Bliss 02-22-2010 - 11:34
  Re: Memorable Locomotive Rides hepkema 02-22-2010 - 13:51
  Re: Memorable Locomotive Rides Peter D. 02-23-2010 - 16:35
  Re: Memorable Locomotive Rides Allan MacLaren 02-23-2010 - 17:39


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