Southern Pacific Oil Train on Tehachapi Loop

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Uploaded by on Apr 18, 2008

SP oil train makes its way up the loop, with midtrain helpers. February 1993.

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  • Very cool, thanks for posting! This is the SP I love and miss! BTW, any idea of the lead unit #? I can tell it's an 82xx-series unit (exhaust silencer), but it's too dirty to read the cab or number boards! Curious because it still has the full light package, like the SD40R 7373 trailing it.

  • Glad you enjoyed it. I went and looked at my original footage, and best as I can tell it's #8274.

  • Another great video. Nice power with the Chessie System unit. Pretty odd site with that engine in the consist too. Looked like a Rio Grande engine helping at 1:04 too.

  • Thanks. That was a Rio Grande unit. They threw a little of everything into this one.

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  • Nice video! I miss the SP trains they had the most coolest lash ups and power units to moves those big trains. Thats the railroad i miss.

  • there is over 17,000 horsepower on it's knees - awesome video

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  • I need some help.

  • I love that chessie thrown in there. Good ol SP days. Man, they are not coming back....  Fabulous video.

  • This was uploaded in 2008 - and is still among my favorite shots on youtube - so awesome

  • I'm a trucker, and I love to be on the docks at the potato sheds in Edison when the trains thunder off the hill enroute to Bakersfield. Great video!

  • Thank you very much!!!!!!!

  • @alexvanloon111081

    The oil can train usually ran with 78 tanker cars with the helper locomotives cut in behind 52nd car.

  • Question how many cars and how many cars until cut-in with the 6 helper units??

    please sub back!!!!

  • crap! also note that chessie unit

  • WOW B&O Chessie unit, NICE CATCH

  • @bradhig Because UP sucks!!! lol!

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