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Sep 1977 "North Hollywood Sabatoge" vicitm in the Bone Yard |
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The Bull Ring's sad lines of locos sit ready for the torch. While most are Alcos, early U-Boats and a DD35, there is also a wrecked Crud, #2463, the victim of foul play by two teenage boys a year earlier, who had sabatoged the unit, purposely derailing it and two cars on the Burbank Branch on September 19, 1977. Four trainmen were injured in the incident, two seriously. The SW1500 did not run again. In fact, as far as I know, no engine in this image ever did run again after I took this shot. |
| Photo Date: |
8/6/1978 Upload Date: 4/16/2009 10:57:21 PM |
| Location: |
Los Angeles, CA |
| Author: |
Charles Freericks |
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SP 2463(SW1500) SP 2402(C415) SP 1207(S6) SP 3140(C630) SP 9902(DD35) |
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5934 Comments: 2 |
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An Alco Escher |
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This is the view on August 6, 1978 from the extremely rickety and ancient steel footbridge over the Southern Pacific's small Bull Ring Yard in downtown Los Angeles, a second-generation diesel lover's dream. In this shot there are a U50, eight U25Bs, a C628, two C630s, two S6s, an RSD12 and a C415. Although the majority of these engines were sent to the torch, two of these units still survive today, RSD12 #2954 is at the Orange Empire Railroad Museum after a stint with Metropolitan Stevedore and S6 #1272 runs in Quebec for the Asbestos & Danville as their #57. |
| Photo Date: |
8/6/1978 Upload Date: 4/16/2009 10:56:43 PM |
| Location: |
Los Angeles, CA |
| Author: |
Charles Freericks |
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SP 3145(C630) SP 2954(RSD12) SP 1272(S6) SP 3144(C630) SP 9951(U50) SP 6762(U25B) SP 6763(U25B) |
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2903 Comments: 2 |
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A C630's last days in the Bull Ring |
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This unit was originally delivered to the Southern Pacific as #7812 on April of 1966, making it only 12-years old when it found its way to the Bone Yard here in August of 1978. Initially assigned to the Roseville freight pool, the disliked units were then leased out to a number of other railroads. It was rebuilt as a heavy switcher by Hardy Street in Houston in 1973. |
| Photo Date: |
8/6/1978 Upload Date: 4/16/2009 10:57:08 PM |
| Location: |
Los Angeles, CA |
| Author: |
Charles Freericks |
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| Locomotives: |
SP 3152(C630) |
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1273 Comments: 0 |
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CR ENPI6b |
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Conrail 23B drops down the lead to Rockville Bridge over Conrail ENPI6b, which has an EMD, a GE and an ALCO in the consist. The Enola to Pittsburgh train had a fairly short run to complete. At this point in time Conrail was three years old, but Penn Central's deferred maintenance was still evident in the physical plant of what had once been the pride of the Pennsylvania Railroad. PC 6239 was one of only six SD45s delivered new to Penn Central (the rest of the fleet came from PRR). |
| Photo Date: |
4/16/1979 Upload Date: 8/11/2007 1:50:54 AM |
| Location: |
Marysville, PA |
| Author: |
Charles Freericks |
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PC 6239(SD45) CR 6583(U30C) CR 6769(C630) |
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1870 Comments: 1 |
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