SP Heading Downhill Tehachapi

Southern Pacific freight train dynamics whine as it heads downhill at the world famous Tehachapi Loop. Just another incredible vista from the HO Glendale Model Railroad Club. Here in friendly Glendale California

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• southern
• pacific
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• tehachapi
• loop
• ho
• scale
• trains
• glendale
• club

[JIMBOSKI58]

Nice realistic scenery. No excess structural clutter. The slant or angle of the turn makes it look real. Most turns on layouts are not slanted. However, why the tanker between the two lead units???

[GlenVerdugo]

Southern Pacific experimented briefly with a fuel tender to save on fuel costs and expand their range. I believe they only had one.

Thanks for the views and comments

[est86leo]

WTH!?! lol I thought that was real damn manifest. Very Nice!

[GlenVerdugo]

Hey - thanks! Amazing what a little sound can do.

[TheBerkeleyGang]

@GlenVerdugo Yes, they only had one, and it lacked MU cables, so it was always located at the end of the locomotive consist. BN operated theirs mid-consist, as they had MU connections. Otherwise, nicely done - subscribed!

[MPetrishen]

@sirbustor espee.railfan.net has all the info you could possiblly want to know about Southern Pacific equipment (locomotive pictures, details, frieght cars, etc. just search sp 700

[sirbustor]

@MPetrishen Yes you are right - found that fact out some time after I published the video. Still thinks it makes for a visually nice consist. If you have any leads on photos or data on how they ran SP 700 I'd be interested in seeing it.

Thanks for visitng our webpage!

[MPetrishen]

@GlenVerdugo Yes, sp 700 but it was placed at the rear of the consist to prevent damage to the car by buckling from the locomotives. SP modefied 5 GP40's to pull it (4 Cotton Belt's and one Southern Pacific)

[paullubliner]

Boy from this video I now realize that those Athearn people make a GREAT sound system!

[web123456788]

good job