I have read often that British Columbia RR used remote helpers. But this post shows "Pemberton pushers" manned. I wonder what the preference was and why. Was this route the one with electric locomo
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Keith Ode Wrote:
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Mistertower Wrote:
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> It was on this date in 1996, that SP was merged
> into the UP (September 11, 1996). Hard to believe
> it has been 24 y
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I believe this is Clear Creek viaduct just north of Keddie. I don't have access to my notes at the moment. I haven't had a chance to traverse the canyon in about ten years, so I was wondering if thi
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A few of these photos have been posted before but that shouldn't matter on a day like this:
Three weeks before CN took over BC Rail in 2004, a friend and I headed north to
British Columbia to sh
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Thanks a bunch, WebDigger.
I'm glad Mike keeps bayarearails.net up. There are a wealth of high-quality photos there from five Bay Area photographers who grew up together.
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BNSF 2267 crosses the Crooked River Bridge on its way back to Bend, OR. June 20, 2003.
http://bayarearails.net/juppo/bnsf2267_sunset.jpg
UP 3680 and a pair of GP38-2s head north up the Oregon
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Port of Tillamook Bay Railroad. June 17, 2003.
http://bayarearails.net/juppo/potb6114.jpg
http://bayarearails.net/juppo/potb6114a.jpg
http://bayarearails.net/juppo/potb6114b.jpg
http://b
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The following photos were taken aboard the Pemberton Pushers on June 21, 2004 between 1am and 5am.
The consist was BCOL 4650, 743 and 4603. My friend and I asked the crew at Pemberton if we could ri
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Since we're all a bunch of losers with nothing better to do, why not enjoy some scarlet and gray?
http://bayarearails.net/juppo/sp7119.jpg
Power for the Santa Cruz local rests at Watsonville JCT,
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http://bayarearails.net/juppo/prt1268.jpg
Parr Terminal 1268 shortly before the Parr Terminal became the Richmond Pacific. Richmond, CA. December 27, 2001.
http://bayarearails.net/juppo/sp920
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http://bayarearails.net/juppo/bcol4607a.jpg
BCOL 4607 PGSQ-19 southbound on the decent to Lillooet. June 19, 2004.
http://bayarearails.net/juppo/bcol4607.jpg
One of the rare hot days in Brit
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I can't believe there's such a thing as classic BNSF, but they sure don't look like this as much as they used to.
http://bayarearails.net/juppo/bnsf1025.jpg
The MRICBAR-27 at Pinole, CA. Decembe
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http://bayarearails.net/juppo/sp185.jpg
SP 185 leads Amtrak 6 through Bahia, CA. on the morning of March 13, 2003.
http://bayarearails.net/juppo/amtk507b.jpg
Amtk 507 handles San Joaquin 713
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http://bayarearails.net/juppo/up1196a.jpg
Switching at Ozol, CA. June 16, 2001.
http://bayarearails.net/juppo/up1196.jpg
UP 1196 on its way to pick up some cars of coiled steel at Point Pino
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http://bayarearails.net/juppo/bcol4603_engine_room.jpg
Interior of BCOL 4603 the lead C40-8M on the Pemberton Pushers, June 21, 2004. It was hot in there.
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http://bayarearails.net/juppo/bcol4613b.jpg
BCOL 4613 with the southbound NVPGis about 20 minutes away from Lillooet, BC on June 19, 2004.
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http://bayarearails.net/juppo/bcol4651_twilight.jpg
The northbound NVPG pauses for a crew change at the Lillooet, BC depot at dusk on June 19, 2004.
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http://bayarearails.net/juppo/sp9806c.jpg
SP 9806 with the QRVDO-27 passes the turnout for the short branch to the Moss Landing power plant on January 27, 2002.
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