SP Helper with 8 units at Tehachapi Loop         
A common practice on Southern Pacific-Santa Fe operation of Tehachapi was to have helpers ride downhill on descending freights. It simplified train dispatching on the mountain.
Date: 9/5/1982 Location: Walong, CA   Map Show Walong on a rail map Views: 435 Collection Of:   Randy Curlin
Locomotives: SP 8918(SD45) SP 8313(SD40T-2) SP 8353(SD40T-2)   Rolling Stock: ATSF 999071 (Caboose) Author:  Randy Curlin Collection
SP Helper with 8 units at Tehachapi Loop
Picture Categories: Action This picture is part of album:  So Cal July 1987
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Tim Darnell General Lots of power! Is that a switcher back there too? 7/14/2020 12:25:50 PM
Tim Darnell General Lots of power! Is that a switcher back there too? 7/14/2020 12:25:58 PM
Tim Darnell General Lots of power! Is that a switcher back there too? 7/14/2020 12:25:59 PM

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