I'm a retired SP hoghead. I hired out on the Sacramento Division in Roseville in 1972 and transferred to the Oregon Division in 1983, working out of Dunsmuir. And I do miss it. This video brings back many mempries although I never worked over the Tehachapi range. Sigh....................
I went to old Sacramento about twenty years ago with my nefew. It must have been something to work there back then. I was born in Montana bellow in 1968 .I miss what California was then.
Charles, thank you for posting this video. I have to agree with the narrator about the loss of a great era and railroads. My Dad worked for SP starting in the late 60's up until the SP merger in 1996. I lived in Dunsmuir, CA and we lived next to the northern side of the rail yard. Dunsmuir was very unique but as a kid, I just had fun catching a free ride to the center of downtown Dunsmuir. I'd hide in a the bushes (mostly blackberry bushes that were next to the main.). Dunsmuir had a hump yard so when a batch of cars came down, id wait for the brakeman to pass on the lead boxcar then jump on the boxcar and stand on one of the platforms. Back then (1973-77) I would wander around the rail yard where me and my friends would ride our bicycles and jump off the piles of red ballast. Not sure if Dunsmuir had its roundhouse while I lived there. I remember the Freedom Train when it stopped in Dunsmuir, as a 9 year old kid it was amazing! That was the first time I saw an operating steam locomotive (SP 4449) and I'll never forget that memory.
Hunter D it’s rare seeing other railroads at other tracks. For example, UP on Florida tracks, CSX on Chicago, Canadian Pacific or national on the Donner pass. Sadly many railroads have merged with other railroads like Conrail, Pennsylvania Railroad, Santa Fe, etc. technically Burlington northern is still running but under BNSF care. You can still see BN or Santa Fe locos but some are “patched locos” meaning that the new loco company logos are patched by the current one, Southern Pacific for example merged with the Union Pacific railroad.
My aunt and uncle used to live across the street from Taylor yard, when visiting, I would cross the bridge over the yard and wander around the yard looking at the trains and activity when I was around 12 years old, can't do that now anywhere. This was in the early 60's.
I t s always nice to preserve memories like these I wonder if you have old films like this of Union Pacific streamline trains Good job Charles continue to preserve memories like this
I have my photo albums. Santa Fe, So. Pacific. Mid70's. First F-45s. Tons of U boat units. Trips to the loop, Barstow and Cajon pass. Great area to railfan. Thanks for the presentation.
In late 2019 I asked the crew of Big Boy 4014 about possible locations for future heritage operations, and they said bringing 4014 over Tehachapi would be interesting to do.
I worked signal for sp in the mid 1980s here. Loved it. Most awesome place on earth. I could tell you stories of signal case blueprints, giant relays from 1920 still in the signal houses and track wires from 1895 that were still relevant and still working in 1985...or how sp equipment was junk, and at the Barstow cutoff in South Mojave, all Santa fe, equipment brand new, shiny ribbon rail, tamped beautifully. pole line straight as an arrow, new clean engines and cars. Then would come a sp junk train down the hill, towards rosamond, locos filthy, full of graffiti, flat spots all over the car wheels..... Ah the good old days
This brought back some memories . I can remember standing at the overlook looking down into the valley seeing nothing but a headlight and smoke above the rails coming up and the ground trembling beneath my feet as the trains made their way up the 11 mile grade out of the San Joaquin Valley .
Well technically Santa Fe is still living, just like the Burlington Northern. Like you know about dragon ball z when goku and vegeta merges into vegito . Well what I’m trying to say is merges or fusions don’t stay forever 😊
When we went on line with our generation facility in 1979, the engines on our coal trains carried the D&RGW livery. A few year later, the engines were SPRR. And when I retired the engines were UPRR. Things change. Now I here those generation units will be completely off line in about ten years.
Great video this is my favorite locomotives n railroad all of them Santa fe n Rio grande and SP. Like classic railroads. I want A Copy this video. U have any two hours video
"Remember when the SP washed their locomotives?" I lived in Antelope Valley during the 80's. The SP line ran along Sierra Highway across from my house. Memories
Good graphic of the altitudes. I have driven this area and rode the SF Chief but did not realize the elevations; I would have guessed perhaps 1500 ft. but not 4000 ft. Thanks. Great video. It appeared that the east bound freight was hauling coal and I wonder where the coal originated.
Even during an earlier era Santa Fe had the lion's share of the traffic through Tehachapi over Southern Pacific, like BNSF is over Union Pacific today.
So much wrong with today's railroading....so many great companies gone and which is dearly missed....makes me wonder, does people take the same pride in their work today, like in the days of Milwaukee Road, Southern Pacific, Santa Fe, Great Northern, Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Lehigh Valley, Delaware & Hudson etc., etc...? Looks like a great video, even though I'm a Swede who's obsessed with the Milwaukee Road, I might have to get it! 😉😄👍👌👏
I believe that railroads are a for profit business, owned by stock holders, and expected to make a profit. They do not exist for our enjoyment. As a modern day transportation worker I have the same pride and dedication as my predecessors. It is just a more efficient world with much more regulation.
The reason why these railroads merged was because they were starting to do financially bad and were starting to lose business. If it wasn't for these mergers, railroads like Santa Fe and Southern Pacific would have gone bankrupt and closed.
I am french and don't catch everything . Can somebody tell me if the Tehachapi loop is between Mojave and Barstow or between Mojave and Palmade.? I would lke to have the configuration of the line 4 miles before and 4 miles after the Tehachapi loop in order to reproduce this segment of the line in HO scale . Thank you in advance.
Michel, The loop is between the major points of Bakersfield, to the North, and Mojave, to the South of the loop. The highest elevation of the climb is just a little east of the smaller town of Tehachapi, California. The tracks run through the middle of the town of Tehacahpi. You can go there on Google Earth and follow the tracks all the way to either Bakersfield via the loop, or to Mojave. From Mojave the old Santa Fe line ran to Barstow. And from Mojave, the old Southern Pacific line ran to Palmdale.
Today, you can see BNSF running where Southern and Seaboard Coast Line/L&N (Seaboard System) use to run right though the middle GA area. There is just something about it that just strikes me wrong
It's not the BNSF running there, though. It's NS and CSX crews using run-through BNSF power. Saves a lot of time to keep the power on when interchanged.
@@dukctape Really? Are corporations ran by robots? NO! They are ran by people. People with kids, pets, homes and the desire to succeed. So to claim corporations are not people is simply false!
I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE RIDDEN SANTA FE TRAIN #1, THE SAN FRANCISCO CHEIF THROUGH TEHATCHAPE PASS! IN MAY OF 1970! BETTER YET I WAS RIDING FOR FREE ON MY RR EMPLOYEE PASS!! RODE IT FROM KANSAS CITY TO SAN FRANCISCO CAL!
I don't think it's technically correct to say that SP merged with UP. Southern Pacific absorbed the assets of Union Pacific, at which point UP ceased to exist. Then SP renamed itself Union Pacific. Not quite the same as a straight forward merger between two companies.
The Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe had and still does lots of DOUBLE high speed rail class #1grade from Chicago across the Great Plains,,, and lots across Texas to the Gulf,,, so BNSF,,, JUST sounded better,,, but by no means meant that the Burlington Northern was stronger and had more capital and Rollin Stock,,, could have also been called the SF/BN MERGER,,, Southern Pacific has tons of double main track's also,,, which meant the merger of those two giants would monopolized the southern rail traffic,,, as the ICC and Dot,,, ruled out the merger
I'm a retired SP hoghead. I hired out on the Sacramento Division in Roseville in 1972 and transferred to the Oregon Division in 1983, working out of Dunsmuir. And I do miss it. This video brings back many mempries although I never worked over the Tehachapi range.
Sigh....................
I went to old Sacramento about twenty years ago with my nefew. It must have been something to work there back then. I was born in Montana bellow in 1968 .I miss what California was then.
Please respect My Grandma She held me When I was a baby.
Charles, thank you for posting this video. I have to agree with the narrator about the loss of a great era and railroads. My Dad worked for SP starting in the late 60's up until the SP merger in 1996. I lived in Dunsmuir, CA and we lived next to the northern side of the rail yard. Dunsmuir was very unique but as a kid, I just had fun catching a free ride to the center of downtown Dunsmuir. I'd hide in a the bushes (mostly blackberry bushes that were next to the main.). Dunsmuir had a hump yard so when a batch of cars came down, id wait for the brakeman to pass on the lead boxcar then jump on the boxcar and stand on one of the platforms. Back then (1973-77) I would wander around the rail yard where me and my friends would ride our bicycles and jump off the piles of red ballast. Not sure if Dunsmuir had its roundhouse while I lived there. I remember the Freedom Train when it stopped in Dunsmuir, as a 9 year old kid it was amazing! That was the first time I saw an operating steam locomotive (SP 4449) and I'll never forget that memory.
1:55 is the best part 😊
Love these old Vintage Railroad Videios
Charles : thank you very much for these informations . I can see that you know these lines in detail . Great video and fantastic music !
That Conrail engine was long way from home...
Hunter D it’s rare seeing other railroads at other tracks. For example, UP on Florida tracks, CSX on Chicago, Canadian Pacific or national on the Donner pass. Sadly many railroads have merged with other railroads like Conrail, Pennsylvania Railroad, Santa Fe, etc. technically Burlington northern is still running but under BNSF care. You can still see BN or Santa Fe locos but some are “patched locos” meaning that the new loco company logos are patched by the current one, Southern Pacific for example merged with the Union Pacific railroad.
@@EZ-cz5en Seeing KCS and NS in Los Angeles
My aunt and uncle used to live across the street from Taylor yard, when visiting, I would cross the bridge over the yard and wander around the yard looking at the trains and activity when I was around 12 years old, can't do that now anywhere. This was in the early 60's.
Splendid memories here!
God, how I want this DVD!!! This is how I want to remember the Espee and the Santa Fe.
Great work....Thanks for sharing❤☝️🚂
Great video and footage. I also love the music
I t s always nice to preserve memories like these I wonder if you have old films like this of Union Pacific streamline trains Good job Charles continue to preserve memories like this
I have my photo albums. Santa Fe, So. Pacific. Mid70's. First F-45s. Tons of U boat units. Trips to the loop, Barstow and Cajon pass. Great area to railfan. Thanks for the presentation.
In late 2019 I asked the crew of Big Boy 4014 about possible locations for future heritage operations, and they said bringing 4014 over Tehachapi would be interesting to do.
CLAS VIDEO !. THANKS YOU for your JOB !..sal.des.new yorkc.
I worked signal for sp in the mid 1980s here. Loved it. Most awesome place on earth. I could tell you stories of signal case blueprints, giant relays from 1920 still in the signal houses and track wires from 1895 that were still relevant and still working in 1985...or how sp equipment was junk, and at the Barstow cutoff in South Mojave, all Santa fe, equipment brand new, shiny ribbon rail, tamped beautifully. pole line straight as an arrow, new clean engines and cars. Then would come a sp junk train down the hill, towards rosamond, locos filthy, full of graffiti, flat spots all over the car wheels..... Ah the good old days
Cool beans!
Very nice video👍
Those red , yellow and silver Santa Fe livery were stunning and F7s pulling freight , a bygone era 😍
This brought back some memories . I can remember standing at the overlook looking down into the valley seeing nothing but a headlight and smoke above the rails coming up and the ground trembling beneath my feet as the trains made their way up the 11 mile grade out of the San Joaquin Valley .
By smoke, are we talking SD40T-2 smoke, or AC-12 smoke? because it could honestly be either.
R.I.P Southern Pacific and Santa Fe
Yep.
Well technically Santa Fe is still living, just like the Burlington Northern. Like you know about dragon ball z when goku and vegeta merges into vegito . Well what I’m trying to say is merges or fusions don’t stay forever 😊
AT&SF 4LIFE Burlington northern and Santa Fe merged to form BNSF, which is the largest freight company in North America.
Denmark Countryball I know
When we went on line with our generation facility in 1979, the engines on our coal trains carried the D&RGW livery. A few year later, the engines were SPRR. And when I retired the engines were UPRR. Things change. Now I here those generation units will be completely off line in about ten years.
Great junkyard at 2:13!
Great video this is my favorite locomotives n railroad all of them Santa fe n Rio grande and SP. Like classic railroads. I want A Copy this video. U have any two hours video
"Remember when the SP washed their locomotives?" I lived in Antelope Valley during the 80's. The SP line ran along Sierra Highway across from my house. Memories
The might and magic of American railroading.
My favorite locomotive... Santa Fe F series 💕🇺🇸💯
Good graphic of the altitudes. I have driven this area and rode the SF Chief but did not realize the elevations; I would have guessed perhaps 1500 ft. but not 4000 ft. Thanks. Great video. It appeared that the east bound freight was hauling coal and I wonder where the coal originated.
3:54..... good god!!
Wow. Conrail. Very cool.
Even they didn't want that GE garbage and sent it as far away as possible.
😂
I LIKE TRAINS.
Even during an earlier era Santa Fe had the lion's share of the traffic through Tehachapi over Southern Pacific, like BNSF is over Union Pacific today.
So much wrong with today's railroading....so many great companies gone and which is dearly missed....makes me wonder, does people take the same pride in their work today, like in the days of Milwaukee Road, Southern Pacific, Santa Fe, Great Northern, Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Lehigh Valley, Delaware & Hudson etc., etc...?
Looks like a great video, even though I'm a Swede who's obsessed with the Milwaukee Road, I might have to get it! 😉😄👍👌👏
I believe that railroads are a for profit business, owned by stock holders, and expected to make a profit. They do not exist for our enjoyment. As a modern day transportation worker I have the same pride and dedication as my predecessors. It is just a more efficient world with much more regulation.
i wish i could have seen this my self!
The reason why these railroads merged was because they were starting to do financially bad and were starting to lose business. If it wasn't for these mergers, railroads like Santa Fe and Southern Pacific would have gone bankrupt and closed.
I am french and don't catch everything . Can somebody tell me if the Tehachapi loop is between Mojave and Barstow or between Mojave and Palmade.? I would lke to have the configuration of the line 4 miles before and 4 miles after the Tehachapi loop in order to reproduce this segment of the line in HO scale . Thank you in advance.
Michel,
The loop is between the major points of Bakersfield, to the North, and Mojave, to the South of the loop. The highest elevation of the climb is just a little east of the smaller town of Tehachapi, California.
The tracks run through the middle of the town of Tehacahpi. You can go there on Google Earth and follow the tracks all the way to either Bakersfield via the loop, or to Mojave.
From Mojave the old Santa Fe line ran to Barstow. And from Mojave, the old Southern Pacific line ran to Palmdale.
Charles Never too late to say "thank you" , right ?. This is what I am doing now after few months far from the computer.
It's the same style . It's licensed "production music" I have a large library of for video production.
Can I ask you a question?
i have a HO scale model of Santa Fe Warbonnet 601
The music on this sounds exactly like that from "Pirates of the Caribbean".
+Liam Hand Now That I was just thinking of The Same Thing.
Today, you can see BNSF running where Southern and Seaboard Coast Line/L&N (Seaboard System) use to run right though the middle GA area. There is just something about it that just strikes me wrong
It's not the BNSF running there, though. It's NS and CSX crews using run-through BNSF power. Saves a lot of time to keep the power on when interchanged.
You must be talking about the 730 coal trains. Yeah, that's just run-through power.
No graffiti, how lovely.
Back in those days people had respect for other peoples property. Bring those times back.
@@jackiebennett616 corporations aren't people.
@@dukctape Really? Are corporations ran by robots? NO! They are ran by people. People with kids, pets, homes and the desire to succeed. So to claim corporations are not people is simply false!
"Remember when SP used to wash their locomotives?" Nope. SP units always looked drab, even when ocassionally clean, compared to SF.
I remember there being some graffiti and most of the graffiti at the time were monikers done by engineers and conductors.
I remember my father telling me in the 40's., ATSF meant "All tramps sent free".
Like in Canada, the T.H.B was tramps,hobos and bums.
I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE RIDDEN SANTA FE TRAIN #1, THE SAN FRANCISCO CHEIF THROUGH TEHATCHAPE PASS! IN MAY OF 1970! BETTER YET I WAS RIDING FOR FREE ON MY RR EMPLOYEE PASS!! RODE IT FROM KANSAS CITY TO SAN FRANCISCO CAL!
I don't think it's technically correct to say that SP merged with UP. Southern Pacific absorbed the assets of Union Pacific, at which point UP ceased to exist. Then SP renamed itself Union Pacific. Not quite the same as a straight forward merger between two companies.
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2016 WILL BE A GREAT YEAR!!!!!!
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I miss the variety of having more railways instead of monopolizing big lines. I also miss having no graffiti. Sanitized in size but not clean.
The smoke was than steam train I think
I thought the UP-SP merger took place in the early 2000's. I know that somewhere around 1995-96 is when Chicago Northwestern merged with the UP.
Union Pacific bought out the CNW in April 1995. Then UP merged with Southern Pacific in September 1996.
Warbonnet is
I WOULD LOVE TO GET THIS ,WITHOUT THE MUSIC.
It's just a short preview. It has hardly any music in the 2 hour and 38 minute video production.
The Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe had and still does lots of DOUBLE high speed rail class #1grade from Chicago across the Great Plains,,, and lots across Texas to the Gulf,,, so BNSF,,, JUST sounded better,,, but by no means meant that the Burlington Northern was stronger and had more capital and Rollin Stock,,, could have also been called the SF/BN MERGER,,, Southern Pacific has tons of double main track's also,,, which meant the merger of those two giants would monopolized the southern rail traffic,,, as the ICC and Dot,,, ruled out the merger
Grit, sweat and, smoke. All that is present now is crying, whining and bewilderment.
Far out.
back when railroads were interesting....not like the "kill me now" sameness crap today
Amen! Someone that has said what I've been wanting to be said about today's railroads!
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