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BNSF 3111 |
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A Radio Control driller pulls up to the abandoned Hobart Tower at San Pedro Junction. Sadly, the Burlington Northern GP50 is wearing a "Welcome to LA" paint scheme. This GP50 was delivered new to BN in July 1985. It was later derated to 2500 hp and reclassified GP25 in late 2006. The tower, built in 1926, was closed permenantly on April 15, 2002. It protected the crossing of the Union Pacific San Pedro Sub and the ATSF First District. |
| Photo Date: |
2/11/2007 Upload Date: 12/14/2007 12:17:47 AM |
| Location: |
Vernon, CA |
| Author: |
Charles Freericks |
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| Locomotives: |
BNSF 3111(GP50) |
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1443 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Malabar Switcher Y-LAC0112 |
| Description: |
A pair of derated GP50s (with the embarassing moniker of GP25) begin their day at Malabar. One of them was spewing some kind of white smoke, indicating that something else was burning besides diesel fuel. This job work Malabar Yard on the north end of the former ATSF Redondo Branch, later the 4th District, and then the Harbor Sub. Today, the middle of this line is a rusted parallelgram, but Malabar still sees work every weekday morning. |
| Photo Date: |
2/7/2011 Upload Date: 2/17/2011 11:12:01 PM |
| Location: |
Vernon, CA |
| Author: |
Charles Freericks |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 3151(GP50) |
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1334 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Malabar Switcher at the 49th St Wigwag |
| Description: |
The 49th Street Wigwag is probably the wigwag protecting the most track today (nine tracks) of Malabar Yard. The local works the yard and the area to the north and east. At one time, stacks and manifests came through here on the way to the Harbor, but today, the furtherst anything goes is about another 100 yards south. The train is about to stop to let the brakie off, before proceeding across the crossing. |
| Photo Date: |
2/7/2011 Upload Date: 2/18/2011 12:24:01 AM |
| Location: |
Vernon, CA |
| Author: |
Charles Freericks |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 3170(GP50) |
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1967 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Old Faithful or the Malabar Switcher? |
| Description: |
There was some weird plume of white smoke (maybe unburned fuel) errupting out of one the Malabar Switchers GP25s this day. Very sad that nothing goes any further south than those engines are in this shot. |
| Photo Date: |
2/7/2011 Upload Date: 2/17/2011 11:53:06 PM |
| Location: |
Vernon, CA |
| Author: |
Charles Freericks |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 3170(GP50) |
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1656 Comments: 0 |
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