SP Helper riding on the rear of a ATSF hotshot         
A common practice on Southern Pacific-Santa Fe operation of Tehachapi was to have helpers ride downhill on descending freights. It simplified train dispatching on the mountain.
Date: 9/5/1982 Location: Walong, CA   Map Show Walong on a rail map Views: 179 Collection Of:   Randy Curlin
Locomotives: SP 8353(SD40T-2)   Rolling Stock: ATSF 999071 (Caboose) Author:  Randy Curlin Collection
SP Helper riding on the rear of a ATSF hotshot
Picture Categories: Action This picture is part of album:  So Cal July 1987
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Mike Berka General Good job on the photo. 8/12/2020 4:06:41 AM

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