Re: SP SD45R #7537 at Santa Margarita May 1989
Author: WAF
Date: 05-19-2010 - 05:54
OPRRMS Wrote:
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> > Virlon Wrote:
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> > > I am a little confused (as usual). The photo
> is
> > > that of an east bound and he is not in the
> > siding,
> > > but on the main line.
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> > Westbound in the siding. (Take a close look at
> > the number plate on the signal.)
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> Jeez, put your glasses on, Rich!
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> It's signal 2341, so the train's eastbound on the
> main.
Which leads us to the question, was this really 1989? Again, SP cut through freights from 1987 to 1990 except for an occasional detour of the LABAF when something happened in the Tehachapis. Virlon, being one that was cutoff by this action of One Market St, should know the answer.