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Tehachapi 1980s Part 1 and Part 2 The Santa Fe and The Southern Pacific Alan Jacobson (Phoenix, Arizona) on 2012-04-07 23:44:10.
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I have always liked this presentation and had it in VHS format long before acquiring it in DVD. Both segments take the viewer back to the time when most trains still had a caboose on the tail-end. As a former "hard-core Tehachapi fan", the biggest gripe with the programs is that whoever wrote the s did not know beans about the place-names on the mountain and various other facts. For example: The tunnels just below Cable are numbered in ASCENDING ORDER from lower elevation to higher elevation........i.e. what the narrator states as Tunnel 14 is actually Tunnel 17. Tunnels 12 and 13 were not "day-lighted" as stated in the program but are buried in-place in the mountain. Tehachapi 1980s Part 1 and Part 2 The Santa Fe and The Southern Pacific Steamboy (Revere MA US) on 2019-11-20 20:27:46.
On disc 1, it starts with a 4 unit Santa fe freight twisting through the curves. This train has a trio of SD40-2s in the lead, as well as 2 more units in pusher service. After the title card, the little red caboose brings up the rear. The same train is seen again through the hills. Next, another AT&SF freight crosses the bridge, as it negotiates the horseshoe curve at caliente with an elevation of 1291 feet. This train has a failed southern Pacific Santa fe merger unit in the consist. Afterwards, a different freight goes in the opposite direction with 6 units at the same location. Way in the background is the sheep farm. Moments later, a 3 unit boxcar train exits tunnel 5 as it was taken from highway 58. The tunnel was damaged from the 1952 earthquake. Popping in and out of tunnels 5 4 & 3, an eastbound is waiting on top of tunnel 3 to let the boxcar train to by. At the same spot, the previous train is at caliente. In no time at all, the eastbound with the failed SPSF unit gets the green light. This eastbound has 6 units. 5 yellow and blue units, and one from the failed merger. Plus there are 3 more blue and yellow units in the middle. Next up is a Quartet of units at Woodford. 3 blue and yellow, and one from the failed merger. Plus there are 3 more blue and yellow units in the middle. Note the 2 cabooses on the rear. At tehachapi creek, the piggyback train with 3 more blue and yellow units with a failed southern Pacific Santa Fe merger unit crosses the bridge and passes by the siding. Next, a pair of helpers are crossing the bridge, followed by a Quartet of blue and yellow units on a mixed train. Afterwards, a 6 unit lash up crosses the bridge. At the popular loop, a 4 unit train crosses a bending bridge. Then it goes through a deep cut, as a 5 unit train demonstrates. Next a 3 unit helped set greets the cameraman. Next, another 5 unit lash up is between tunnel 9 and the big cut. After leaving tunnel 10, another 5 unit lash up is entering the big loop. Meanwhile, another 4 unit train passes by the long siding, as it heads for the big loop. Afterwards a different 4 unit train crosses the bridge and enters tunnel 9. Then once it leaves the tunnel, it passes by the long siding at the big loop. Next a dash 8 leads a 4 unit piggyback train as it heads for the top of the loop. During the loop sequence, note the 2 helpers in the middle. The caboose brings up the rear as it too heads for the loop. A close up look at the mid helpers are shown, followed by the caboose. Moments later, there is a meet on the loop in 1984. Note the multiple railfans waiting for something special. The train that leaves the tunnel has 5 units longhood forward, while the one up on the top has 6 units. The 6 unit train got the green signal as it enters the tunnel. With the cabooses meeting, the 5 unit train gets the clear signal. At the east entrance of tunnel 10, the 5 unit lash up heads for Marcel, as it negotiates the many bends along the way, with a siding to pass. This train has 2 helpers in the middle running backwards. On a different day, a 7 unit lash up leaves tunnel 10 on a mixed freight. This is from the same spot from the previous scene. Next up is a downhill run away from marcell siding. This train has 6 units. Moments later, a 2 unit helper set is shown at the same location. Next, a 4 unit trailer train heads for tunnel 20 with a failed southern Pacific Santa Fe unit. Afterwards a 5 unit train leaves the same tunnel. This train has 2 helpers in the middle. In the late sun, a 4 unit trailer train makes a bend. Next, a different 4 unit piggyback train is shown in May of 1984. It's near the Mojave desert. Afterwards a 6 unit lash up is on a mixed train. Moments later, a different train with a failed southern Pacific Santa Fe unit in the lead leaves Mojave about 2 years later. Note the the electric windmills in the background. Afterwards, the same train is passing alongside the highway. Another eastbound freight with 5 units heads for the Mojave desert. Which includes a decent pacing sequence. This final 5 minutes of part 1 includes, the same train smoking up its own generators, with a meet of a westbound southern Pacific freight, more pacing, and a close up shot of one of the electric windmills. Not to mention 8 units gathering one hopper for its train. In the final shot, note the McDonald's and Wendy's signs sign On the right. This concludes part 1. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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