West bound "Extra Chats" at Burbank Jct

A west bound 'Extra Chatsworth" train that in reality will not go farther than Gemco is seen in this clip at Burbank Jct. Lead unit is one of the Espee SDP45's that has been displaced from passenger service

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• SDP45
• Southern
• Pacific
• Burbank
• junction
• SD9
• GP40x
• GP9
• Espee

[cchan006]

Great video! When was this video recorded?

[cz17west]

Early 80's from what i can recall

[Rideandlively]

If i saw a train with that power today i would have a heart attack

[nev594]

I miss the good old Southern Pacific.

[jimmyp42002]

@choirboyfromhell1 that's a GP40X, not a GP50/60.

[choirboyfromhell1]

What a whacked loco consist-A SDP-45, SD-9, GP-20, GP-9(R) and either a GP-50 or GP-60...

[RayDO73]

I love it! Classic SP with mars light and miscellaneous power.

I watched the SP growing up and actively train watched in starting in the mid-70s.

There was no such thing as a "typical" SP lash up, but this lash up was typical of the SP.

[wastedapathy22]

@TrainDr101 - 3rd unit is a GP20. You can see the single turbo stack, and it has the "cutout" sill above the air reservoir that later-model GP20s had.

[TrainDr101]

@DASCO2136: I know someone who can confirm/deny either of our claims. I'll ask him what he thinks the 3rd unit is.

[DASCO2136]

@TrainDr101 well i say it was a GP9 because i read in a magazine that some of the last GP9s SP recieved from EMD had chopped noses

[TrainDr101]

@DASCO2136: SP never chopped the noses on any of their high hood units. The single, large radiator fan and immensely sloping nose instantly sets that unit apart as a GP20. The GP9 behind it has the 2 smaller radiator fans on it. The differences would even more clear is the numbers weren't blurry- that's assuming you know the number classes on SP at that time.

[spacetruckerrob]

these were passenger sdp 45 orphaned by Amtrak, they were used on the coast commuter runs during the week and pulle revenue freight on the weekends, before Espee sold the commuter lines to the state of California in the late eighteis!