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SOMEHOW THIS DOES NOT LOOK RIGHT
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I have driven by this spot many times, but recently I stopped to take a closer look at this misaligned section of track hoping to find a clue to the reason for the misalignment. No luck in this, instead, I … Continue reading
SANTA’S WORKSHOP AT ORANGE EMPIRE RAILWAY MUSEUM
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- READY TO GO!
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- THIS WAY TO SANTA’S STATION
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- PINCATE ALL LIT UP
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- TRAIN’S-A-COMIN!
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- SANTA’S TRAIN
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- WAITING FOR THE “HIGHBALL” SIGNAL.
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- AWAY WE GO!
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- WE HAVE ARRIVED!
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- ONE OF OUR BETTER LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS.
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- TWO OF THE OERM ELVES
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- SANTA’S PLAYLAND
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- HERE HE IS!!!
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- NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. IT IS SANTA KLAUS!
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- WHERE THE ELVES HANG OUT.
WHOOPS! HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?
EVERY PERSON IS ENTITLED TO A FEW BAD DAYS AT WORK AND THE CAR’S PAINTER HAS ONE LESS IN HIS QUOTA. ONE DOES WONDER HOW THIS WAS RELEASED FROM THE PAINT SHOP THOUGH.
This photo has a little bit of history attached to it. The Santa Fe Railroad Historical & Modeling Society, Western Archive, donated materials related to the Union Pacific Railroad to the Union Pacific Historical Society and these materials came into my hands as I am a member of the UPHS archive Committee. I found this print and the negative as I went through the box. I scanned the print with the idea of sharing it in this Blog and giving the photographer due credit for the photo. On the back of the print is written “by Wm B Garner” and the print is dated Jan. 1963. If anyone has knowledge of Mr. Garner, and is willing share same with the UPHS, please include in a comment to this Post. Also, if any UPRR painters are out there, please give us some insight how this error might have occurred.
BIG CHANGE IN CAJON PASS
THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD EXERCISED THEIR RIGHT TO A ROUTE THROUGH THE CAJON PASS BY CONSTRUCTING A NEW LINE FROM COLTON TO PALMDALE. THE NEW LINE SAW ITS FIRST REVENUE FREIGHT TRAIN IN 1967. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, I MADE TRIPS TO THE CONSTRUCTION SITE TO PHOTOGRAPH THE RARE EVENT OF CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW RAILROAD LINE. THE PHOTOGRAPHS PRESENTED HERE ARE THE FRUIT OF THOSE LONG AGO EXCURSIONS. THIS IS NOT THE LAST OF THE CHANGES AT CAJON PASS AS YOU WILL SEE IN A FUTURE POST. BY GOLLY, I REALLY HAD A GOOD TIME IN 1967!
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- 1964 VIEW OF THE DEPOT AT SUMMIT STATION
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- CAJON SUMMIT DEPOT
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- CAJON SUMMIT
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- OBSERVATION POST OF PACIFIC RAIL SOCIETY
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- A BUSY PLACE AT TIMES
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- WHAT’S UP DOC?
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- WE WILL NOT SEE THIS AGAIN
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- BIG POWER – THEN
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- 3% GRADE IS USED AS THE DOWN TRACK FOR WESTBOUND TRAINS – I WONDER WHY.
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- A HINT OF BIG CHANGES TO COME IN CAJON PASS
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- “CUT AND FILL” OPERATION
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- A VERY BIG CUT ON THE NEW LINE
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- WELDED RAIL TRAIN
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- TIES ARE READY TO LAY
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- CAJON ACTION WITH NEW S.P. LINE IN THE BACK GROUND
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- DON’T WORRY, THE ALIGNMENT WILL GET BETTER
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- A BIG CUT ON THE NEW LINE
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- S.P. WORK TRAIN IN THE BACKGROUND
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- CAJON SUMMIT WITH S.P. LINE
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- CAJON SUMMIT AFTER CONSTRUCTION OF S.P.R.R. LINE
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- ONE OF MY FAVORITE PLACES
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- S.P. FREIGHT ON THE NEW S.P. LINE
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- IT REALLY WAS A BIG PROJECT
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- WOULD HERB SULLIVAN APPROVE?
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- SULLIVAN’S CURVE WITH A NEW LOOK
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- WELDED RAIL TRAIN
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- RAIL LAYING MACHINE
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- END OF TRACK FOR TODAY
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- WELDED RAIL RACKS
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- TUNNELS ARE OLD FASHIONED NOW
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- EASTBOUND ON THE S.P. LINE
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- I BELIEVE THIS IS THE FIRST S.P. FREIGHT ON THE NEW LINE
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- I DON’T KNOW WHO HE IS, BUT HE SEEMS HAPPY WITH THE NEW LINE
A STEAM LOCOMOTIVE IS MORE THEN THE SUM OF ITS PARTS
THE TITLE BEGS THE QUESTION: WHAT ARE THE PARTS THE STEAM LOCOMOTIVE IS GREATER THEN THE SUM OF?
ON A RECENT FRIDAY MORNING, THE MUSEUM’S ACTIVE STEAM LOCOMOTIVE, THE VC-2, WAS BEING PREPARED FOR THE WEEKEND PASSENGER TRAINS TO PERRIS. THE OLD MACHINIST WAS PLAYING HOOKY FROM THE MACHINE SHOP TO INDULGE HIMSELF IN PHOTOGRAPHY AND OBSERVED SMOKE RISING ABOVE BARN FOUR. TWO THINGS CAME TO MIND. SMOKE MEANS FIRE AND EITHER BARN FOUR WAS ABLAZE OR THE VC-2 WAS STEAMING UP. EITHER WAY, THE PHOTOGRAPHIC OPPORTUNITIES WOULD BE GREAT. IT TURNED OUT THE VC-2 CREW HAD JUST BEGUN THE LONG PROCESS OF RAISING STEAM. SLOWLY, THUS MINIMIZING THE THERMAL GRADIENT STRESS ON THE BOILER. THE PHOTOGRAPHS INCLUDED HEREIN ARE THE PRODUCT OF THE MODEST PHOTOGRAPHY SKILLS OF THE OLD MACHINIST AND HIS SINCERE DESIRE TO DO AS LITTLE REAL WORK AS POSSIBLE.
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- THE VC-2
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- VITAL DETAILS
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- CROSS COMPOUND AIR PUMPS
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- COUPLER, TRAINLINE, AND DRAFT BOX
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- WALSCHAERTS VALVE GEAR
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- ECCENTRIC FOR VALVE GEAR
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- POLING POCKET ON BUMPER BEAM
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- CROSSHEAD, PISTON ROD, AND VALVE GEAR LINKS
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- ROD AND ROD BRASS
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- CHIME WHISTLE
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- A REAL BRASS BELL
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- HEADLIGHT, GENERATOR, AND SMOKE STACK
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- BUILDERS PLATE
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- TRUCK, WHEEL, AND AXLE BEARING BOX
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- TANK CAR, COUPLER, AIR LINE, AND DRAFT GEAR
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- WAITING FOR THE NEXT TRAIN
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- THE TIES THAT BIND
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- ALSO WAITING FOR THE NEXT TRAIN
SPEEDER TURN-AROUND
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My wife and I visited Silverton, Colorado on our trip home after attending the 2012 Union Pacific Historical Society convention held at North Platte, Nebraska. While at the Silverton Depot of the Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad we watched … Continue reading
THE OLD MACHINIST’S FAVORITE PHOTOGRAPHS FOR NOW
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THESE PHOTOGRAPHS ARE FROM MY COLLECTION OF COLOR SLIDES. THE SELECTION WAS BASED ON NOTHING MORE THAN I LIKE THEM. I SCANNED THE SLIDES USING A plustek 7600i SCANNER WITH VueScan SOFTWARE. THE ONLY IMAGE CORRECTION DURING SCANNING WAS WHITE … Continue reading
ADDED ATTRACTION IN STOCKTON – UPRR DERAILMENT!
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The Union Pacific Railroad Historical Society held the 1993 annual Convention in Stockton, California. The attendees were looking forward to learning more about the recently absorbed Western Pacific Railroad and the interesting history of its construction and operation. One of … Continue reading
SOMETHING DOES NOT LOOK RIGHT; BETTER CHECK IT OUT.
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It was 1968 and my Wife’s brother was home on leave. We had decided to show Joe a little bit of the high desert in the Antelope Valley area and we were headed home in the late afternoon when I … Continue reading
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