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DRGW power
Title:  DRGW power
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/30/1988  Upload Date: 5/10/2018 9:02:18 PM
Location:  Sparks, NV
Author:  Bruce Flaws
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DRGW 5398(SD40T-2) DRGW 5355(SD40T-2)
Views:  249   Comments: 0
DRGW 5376
Title:  DRGW 5376
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/21/1985  Upload Date: 5/9/2018 7:23:11 PM
Location:  Sparks, NV
Author:  Bruce Flaws
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DRGW 5376(SD40T-2) SP 9107(SD45)
Views:  263   Comments: 0
DRGW 5376
Title:  DRGW 5376
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/21/1985  Upload Date: 5/9/2018 7:25:54 PM
Location:  Sparks, NV
Author:  Bruce Flaws
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DRGW 5376(SD40T-2)
Views:  281   Comments: 0
WB w/ DRGW leader
Title:  WB w/ DRGW leader
Description:  Engineer studies the WB Wait signal. SP 9186 is on a helper set in the EB siding.
Photo Date:  6/30/1989  Upload Date: 5/5/2018 8:45:48 PM
Location:  Truckee, CA
Author:  Bruce Flaws
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DRGW 5376(SD40T-2) SP 9186(SD45T-2)
Views:  232   Comments: 0
UP 3664
Title:  UP 3664
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/21/1985  Upload Date: 5/9/2018 7:27:42 PM
Location:  Sparks, NV
Author:  Bruce Flaws
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3664(SD40-2) DRGW 5385(SD40T-2)
Views:  292   Comments: 0
DRGW 5385
Title:  DRGW 5385
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/21/1985  Upload Date: 5/9/2018 7:44:30 PM
Location:  Sparks, NV
Author:  Bruce Flaws
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DRGW 5385(SD40T-2)
Views:  181   Comments: 0
DGRW 5385
Title:  DGRW 5385
Description:  EB run through power will turn on the Sparks wye and head back east "on the sand" as the DS/Crews would say.
Photo Date:  6/30/1988  Upload Date: 5/10/2018 8:01:27 PM
Location:  Sparks, NV
Author:  Bruce Flaws
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DRGW 5385(SD40T-2)
Views:  137   Comments: 0
UP 3664
Title:  UP 3664
Description:  EB run through power will turn on the Sparks wye and head back east "on the sand" as the DS/Crews would say.
Photo Date:  6/30/1988  Upload Date: 5/10/2018 8:15:02 PM
Location:  Sparks, NV
Author:  Bruce Flaws
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3664(SD40-2) DRGW 5387(SD40T-2)
Views:  296   Comments: 0
DRGW 5387
Title:  DRGW 5387
Description:  EB run through power will turn on the Sparks wye and head back east "on the sand" as the DS/Crews would say.
Photo Date:  6/30/1988  Upload Date: 5/10/2018 8:18:49 PM
Location:  Sparks, NV
Author:  Bruce Flaws
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DGRW 5387(SD40T-2)
Views:  170   Comments: 0
Dirty DRGW
Title:  Dirty DRGW
Description:  Didn't take the unit number down, but it looks like 5388 to me. The life of a tunnel motor...
Photo Date:  4/15/1985  Upload Date: 5/9/2018 6:36:11 PM
Location:  Sparks, NV
Author:  Bruce Flaws
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DRGW 5388(SD40T-2)
Views:  331   Comments: 0
WB freight
Title:  WB freight
Description:  MOW crew visible inside the shed on the old WB main.
Photo Date:  6/30/1988  Upload Date: 5/5/2018 7:26:06 PM
Location:  Norden, CA
Author:  Bruce Flaws
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 8232(SD40T-2) SP 9249(SD45T-2)
Views:  324   Comments: 0
SP Extra 8240 East at East Truckee
Title:  SP Extra 8240 East at East Truckee
Description:  EB passes under the signal bridge at east Truckee. Round light on bridge is Wait signal ahead lamp.
Photo Date:  2/14/1989  Upload Date: 3/16/2020 10:44:41 PM
Location:  Truckee, CA
Author:  Bruce Flaws
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 8240(SD40T-2)
Views:  131   Comments: 1
Helpers enter Tunnel 13
Title:  Helpers enter Tunnel 13
Description:  At the head of Coldstream Canyon. My good friend, Charlie Tucker watches from above.
Photo Date:  6/17/1989  Upload Date: 5/10/2018 9:45:26 PM
Location:  Truckee, CA
Author:  Bruce Flaws
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 7465(SD45R) SP 8245(SD40T-2)
Views:  192   Comments: 0
SP 8249 at Sparks, NV.
Title:  SP 8249 at Sparks, NV.
Description:  Lead unit of mid-train helper for SP Extra 8257 West.
Photo Date:  4/25/1985  Upload Date: 3/17/2020 7:03:29 PM
Location:  Sparks, NV
Author:  Bruce Flaws
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  SP 8249(SD40T-2)
Views:  89   Comments: 0
WB Freight just west of the EB crossover signal bridge
Title:  WB Freight just west of the EB crossover signal bridge
Description:  A friendly wave from the party wagon.
Photo Date:  6/21/1985  Upload Date: 5/3/2018 11:14:08 PM
Location:  Truckee, CA
Author:  Bruce Flaws
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 8255(SD40T-2)
Views:  268   Comments: 0
Extra 8256 West
Title:  Extra 8256 West
Description:  Under the clear blue of the western skies, Extra 8256 throttles up. Kids, don't try this at home.
Photo Date:  6/30/1988  Upload Date: 5/11/2018 2:55:58 PM
Location:  Truckee, CA
Author:  Bruce Flaws
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 8256(SD40T-2)
Views:  264   Comments: 0
SP 8257
Title:  SP 8257
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/21/1985  Upload Date: 5/9/2018 7:48:43 PM
Location:  Sparks, NV
Author:  Bruce Flaws
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 8257(SD40T-2)
Views:  212   Comments: 0
SP Extra 8257 West at Sparks, NV
Title:  SP Extra 8257 West at Sparks, NV
Description:  WB waits for helpers.
Photo Date:  4/25/1985  Upload Date: 3/17/2020 5:13:08 PM
Location:  Sparks, NV
Author:  Bruce Flaws
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  SP 8257(SD40T-2)
Views:  137   Comments: 0
SP Extra 8257 West at Sparks, NV
Title:  SP Extra 8257 West at Sparks, NV
Description:  Westbound waits for helpers to be cut into consist.
Photo Date:  6/30/1989  Upload Date: 3/17/2020 5:01:47 PM
Location:  Sparks, NV
Author:  Bruce Flaws
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  SP 8257(SD40T-2)
Views:  91   Comments: 1
Fast EB
Title:  Fast EB
Description:  Barely got the camera out before the EB flew past. There's a WB on the main at the WB wait signal seen over the caboose.
Photo Date:  4/30/1988  Upload Date: 5/11/2018 4:37:35 PM
Location:  Truckee, CA
Author:  Bruce Flaws
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 8274(SD40T-2)
Views:  106   Comments: 0
EB waits to leave for Ogden
Title:  EB waits to leave for Ogden
Description:  Two Kodachromes, two DGRWs, and some SP power ready to leave Sparks.
Photo Date:  4/23/1985  Upload Date: 5/9/2018 8:34:31 PM
Location:  Sparks, NV
Author:  Bruce Flaws
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 8286(SD40T-2) DRGW 3127(GP40-2) DRGW 3095(GP40-2) SP 6768(SD45T-2R)
Views:  685   Comments: 0
SP 8286 at Truckee
Title:  SP 8286 at Truckee
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/30/1989  Upload Date: 3/15/2020 7:41:23 PM
Location:  Truckee, CA
Author:  Bruce Flaws
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  SP 8286(SD40T-2)
Views:  317   Comments: 0
SP Extra 9047 West at Truckee
Title:  SP Extra 9047 West at Truckee
Description:  Pulls up to the signal bridge to wait for AMTK No. 6. Work train waits to enter Track 2 toward yard on No.1 Track from the west.
Photo Date:  6/30/1989  Upload Date: 3/15/2020 7:32:55 PM
Location:  Truckee, CA
Author:  Bruce Flaws
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  SP 9338(SD45T-2) SP 8286(SD40T-2)
Views:  304   Comments: 0
SP 8297
Title:  SP 8297
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/15/1985  Upload Date: 5/9/2018 5:33:54 PM
Location:  Sparks, NV
Author:  Bruce Flaws
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 8297(SD40T-2)
Views:  219   Comments: 0
Manned mid-train helpers enter Tunnel 13
Title:  Manned mid-train helpers enter Tunnel 13
Description:  At the head of Coldstream Canyon. Rudimentary graffiti. I guess Noel tried to paint it over...
Photo Date:  6/17/1989  Upload Date: 5/10/2018 9:41:24 PM
Location:  Truckee, CA
Author:  Bruce Flaws
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 7433(SD45R) SP 8298(SD40T-2)
Views:  206   Comments: 0
Late Spring
Title:  Late Spring
Description:  A WB makes a pickup at Truckee. Work train in WB siding. Note track speeder.
Photo Date:  3/13/1985  Upload Date: 5/3/2018 10:49:07 PM
Location:  Truckee, CA
Author:  Bruce Flaws
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  SP 8307(SD40T-2)
Views:  661   Comments: 2
SP Extra 7399 West
Title:  SP Extra 7399 West
Description:  Approaching Boca in the Truckee River Canyon
Photo Date:  4/12/1985  Upload Date: 3/27/2020 4:49:22 PM
Location:  Truckee, CA
Author:  Bruce Flaws
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SP 7314(SD40R) SP 8309(SD40T-2) SP 7399(SD44R)
Views:  407   Comments: 0
SP Extra 8431 East
Title:  SP Extra 8431 East
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/20/1985  Upload Date: 3/26/2020 7:08:49 PM
Location:  Truckee, CA
Author:  Bruce Flaws
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SP 7513(SD45R) SP 8326(SD40T-2)
Views:  174   Comments: 0
SP 9358 & 8328
Title:  SP 9358 & 8328
Description:  Picking up chip cars from L-P Mill for WB freight. Nine total units.
Photo Date:  4/12/1985  Upload Date: 3/27/2020 7:36:44 PM
Location:  Truckee, CA
Author:  Bruce Flaws
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  SP 9358(SD45T-2) SP 8328(SD40T-2) DRGW 3150(GP40) SP 8379(SD40T-2)
Views:  305   Comments: 0
9 units for WB freight.
Title:  9 units for WB freight.
Description:  Picking up chip cars at L-P. 9 head end units. SP 9358 will tack chips cars on, then the rest will grab on and pull.
Photo Date:  4/22/1985  Upload Date: 3/27/2020 7:01:22 PM
Location:  Truckee, CA
Author:  Bruce Flaws
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  SP 8328(SD40T-2) SP 9358(SD45T-2) DRGW 3150(GP40) SP 8379(SD40T-2) SP 9396(SD45T-2) SP 7377(SD40R) SP 8352(SD40T-2) SP 9243(SD45T-2) SP 8524(SD40T-2)
Views:  471   Comments: 0
Truckee local
Title:  Truckee local
Description:  Loaded woodchip cars. Continuous rail, tie plates, ties, and buckets of spikes await installation.
Photo Date:  7/30/1986  Upload Date: 5/11/2018 2:49:07 PM
Location:  Truckee, CA
Author:  Bruce Flaws
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 4362(SD9E) SP 8329(SD40T-2)
Views:  236   Comments: 0
SP 7462 added to the point
Title:  SP 7462 added to the point
Description:  Brakeman signals the joint. Next, he'll hook up the "weenies." Looks like enough power to make the hill today.
Photo Date:  6/30/1987  Upload Date: 5/11/2018 4:05:00 PM
Location:  Truckee, CA
Author:  Bruce Flaws
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 7462(SD45R) SP 8544(SD40T-2) SP 8340(SD40T-2)
Views:  255   Comments: 0
SP Extra 8341 East
Title:  SP Extra 8341 East
Description:  Nearing Norden, CA eastbound.
Photo Date:  4/20/1985  Upload Date: 3/26/2020 7:00:36 PM
Location:  Truckee, CA
Author:  Bruce Flaws
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SP 8341(SD40T-2)
Views:  83   Comments: 0
SP 7472 (Coldstream Canyon)
Title:  SP 7472 (Coldstream Canyon)
Description:  Extra 7472 W. Special Instructions for the Northern Region about Rule 24 (Engine Identifying Numbers) from the 1986 EE Timetable adds: Trains will be identified by engine number.
Photo Date:  6/17/1989  Upload Date: 5/10/2018 9:31:30 PM
Location:  Truckee, CA
Author:  Bruce Flaws
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 7472(SD45R) SP 8341(SD40T-2)
Views:  241   Comments: 0
SP 8350
Title:  SP 8350
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/15/1985  Upload Date: 5/9/2018 6:47:54 PM
Location:  Sparks, NV
Author:  Bruce Flaws
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 8350(SD40T-2)
Views:  401   Comments: 0
SP 8518 West helper set.
Title:  SP 8518 West helper set.
Description:  WB from Norden, CA.
Photo Date:  4/20/1985  Upload Date: 3/26/2020 6:58:45 PM
Location:  Truckee, CA
Author:  Bruce Flaws
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SP 9239(SD45T-2) SP 8351(SD40T-2)
Views:  237   Comments: 0
SP 8352
Title:  SP 8352
Description:  One of 9 units on a WB freight making a pickup at the L-P Mill.
Photo Date:  4/12/1985  Upload Date: 4/16/2020 12:24:43 AM
Location:  Truckee, CA
Author:  Bruce Flaws
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  SP 8352(SD40T-2)
Views:  240   Comments: 0
Head end power enters Tunnel 13
Title:  Head end power enters Tunnel 13
Description:  Above Coldstream Canyon. Beers, sandwiches, lots of film, and locomotives in run 8.
Photo Date:  6/17/1989  Upload Date: 5/10/2018 10:00:11 PM
Location:  Truckee, CA
Author:  Bruce Flaws
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 8358(SD40T-2)
Views:  186   Comments: 0
Springtime
Title:  Springtime
Description:  WB makes a pickup at Truckee
Photo Date:  3/13/1985  Upload Date: 5/3/2018 10:46:58 PM
Location:  Truckee, CA
Author:  Bruce Flaws
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 8367(SD40T-2)
Views:  367   Comments: 0
SP 8368
Title:  SP 8368
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/15/1985  Upload Date: 5/9/2018 5:15:14 PM
Location:  Sparks, NV
Author:  Bruce Flaws
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 8368(SD40T-2)
Views:  270   Comments: 0
SP 8379
Title:  SP 8379
Description:  In with the rest of 9 on a WB freight making a chip car pickup at the L-P Mill. A Los Angeles unit with A/C.
Photo Date:  4/12/1985  Upload Date: 4/1/2020 6:34:17 PM
Location:  Truckee, CA
Author:  Bruce Flaws
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  SP 8379(SD40T-2)
Views:  153   Comments: 0
Helper set faces west
Title:  Helper set faces west
Description:  John Ascuaga's Nugget. The Oyster Bar was my favorite place to eat in Sparks. A short walk to the yard, free parking, and a few lucky bets on baseball games in season would pay for film and fuel.
Photo Date:  4/15/1985  Upload Date: 5/9/2018 6:42:03 PM
Location:  Sparks, NV
Author:  Bruce Flaws
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 7342(SD40R) SP 8499(SD40T-2)
Views:  424   Comments: 0
The sunny side of SP 7342
Title:  The sunny side of SP 7342
Description:  The crew walks toward their quarters in Sparks to sign out after a run from Roseville. Always friendly in my experiences there.
Photo Date:  4/15/1985  Upload Date: 5/9/2018 6:50:01 PM
Location:  Sparks, NV
Author:  Bruce Flaws
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 7342(SD40R) SP 8499(SD40T-2)
Views:  646   Comments: 0
SP 8516
Title:  SP 8516
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/15/1985  Upload Date: 5/9/2018 7:12:26 PM
Location:  Sparks, NV
Author:  Bruce Flaws
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 8516(SD40T-2)
Views:  224   Comments: 0
SP Extra 8518 West
Title:  SP Extra 8518 West
Description:  Westbound from Norden, CA.
Photo Date:  4/20/1985  Upload Date: 3/26/2020 6:56:15 PM
Location:  Truckee, CA
Author:  Bruce Flaws
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SP 8518(SD40T-2)
Views:  107   Comments: 0
SP 8521 at Truckee
Title:  SP 8521 at Truckee
Description:  The Sierra sky is so clear you can almost see the white of outer space.
Photo Date:  6/30/1989  Upload Date: 3/15/2020 7:54:10 PM
Location:  Truckee, CA
Author:  Bruce Flaws
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  SP 8521(SD40T-2)
Views:  109   Comments: 0
SP 8524
Title:  SP 8524
Description:  One of 9 units at Truckee Yard making a pickup of chip cars at the L-P Mill.
Photo Date:  4/12/1985  Upload Date: 5/6/2020 4:52:49 PM
Location:  Truckee, CA
Author:  Bruce Flaws
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  SP 8524(SD40T-2)
Views:  106   Comments: 0
SP 8524
Title:  SP 8524
Description:  SP 8524 and 8 other units on a WB freight making a pickup at the L-P Mill. EB siding closed for MOW work east of the Balloon Track switch (ties on track and sign in ballast).
Photo Date:  4/12/1985  Upload Date: 5/6/2020 5:10:33 PM
Location:  Truckee, CA
Author:  Bruce Flaws
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  SP 8524(SD40T-2)
Views:  98   Comments: 0
Kodachrome 8526 enters Tunnel 13
Title:  Kodachrome 8526 enters Tunnel 13
Description:  Note the tunnel construction dates. Tunnel 42 on right.
Photo Date:  6/17/1989  Upload Date: 5/10/2018 9:49:05 PM
Location:  Truckee, CA
Author:  Bruce Flaws
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 8526(SD40T-2)
Views:  153   Comments: 0
SP 8526 enter Tunnel 13
Title:  SP 8526 enter Tunnel 13
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/17/1989  Upload Date: 5/10/2018 10:04:53 PM
Location:  Truckee, CA
Author:  Bruce Flaws
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 8526(SD40T-2)
Views:  247   Comments: 0


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