#AT&SF

[collinthenychudson]

"Abo Canyon Odyssey"

ATSF ALCO PAs No. 63, 51, 59, and 64 lead train No. 1, the Westbound San Francisco Chief, through the scenic Abo Canyon. Prior to Amtrak's formation, the train made its last run on April 30th 1971 and Abo Canyon hasn't seen any passenger train since then.

Models and Route by: Trainz-Forge, The Terminal Trainz, Auran, and Download Station

[eltristanexplicitcontent]

ATSF 3751 Blowdown @ Amtrak Redondo, LA, CA 09.22.2024 (6/7)

Your State and Federal tax dollars at work!

(preserving a working Amtrak roundhouse and turntable at Redondo Junction alongside the cinema-famous concrete-lined LA River. Way back in 1914, the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe built a 25-track roundhouse here to service trains. The railway turntable is their 120-foot through plate girder design. Although there have been many changes over the 110 years, the Santa Fe legacy remains in daily use thanks to Amtrak! It is of course the home of ATSF 3751 4-8-4 Baldwin Heavy Mountain.)

[bryanthebobcat]

Santa Fe RSD-15 #7550 having some fun with a good sized local freight train. Need to get it a Santa Fe caboose with good couples cause it’s kinda weird that I don’t have one for it. Also I just wanted to point out that yes, these videos I’ve been posting are all on a club owned layout which is why it looks so much better than the video I posted with Philip. Hope you’ve been enjoying the spam!

[fallen-jpg]

it's december so time to stare at my art output for the year!!!

picked out some stuff that i'm ok with. wish i had more art to show but im trying to let it go since i was gone for 4 months this year. here's hoping for more drawing time next year

[morninglewds]

[anniflamma]

Persephone with cuteness agression.

[maeamian]

If you saw me agreeing with being annoyed about wasted helium in a fictional context and were like "I bet she has some more helium based anger in her life" good news LAPD fucked up a raid on a medical facility they thought was a pot farm and flat out ruined thousands of gallons of the stuff.

[twunkstwinksandsuperfreaks]

[elianzis]

There is no name for a mother losing her child

[amvipod]

he'll just to stick to contacts

one of my favorite gags is how all their stupid designs flatten from the front/side

[meowshroom1230]

[collinthenychudson]

It had been five years since the Cajon Pass Runaway of May 12th, 1989. Many people have feared if another train would spiral out of control again while descending down the steep grade. Unfortunately, their fears would end up becoming a reality.

In the early morning hours of December 14th 1994, Union Pacific coal train CUWLA-10 had descended Cajon Pass and was tied down at Milepost 61.55 at a red signal while waiting for another train to clear the line. Three locomotives were pulling the train while two additional locomotives were at the end as helpers. The lead locomotive was C41-8W No. 9450 while the two helper locomotives were SD40-2s No. 3341 and 3354.

Meanwhile, Santa Fe intermodal train PBHLA1-10 was proceeding onward through Cajon Pass on the same line. The train was being pulled by B40-8W No. 576, FP45 No. 96, F45 No. 5976, and GP60M No. 144. Things seemed as if they would carry on as usual, but that wouldn't be the case however.

As the UP coal train sat idling at MP 61.55, the crew recieves a message on the radio from the Santa Fe crew that makes their blood run cold.

ATSF PBHLA1-10: "Come in UP helpers, come in UP helpers!"

Cajon Dispatcher: "Santa Fe Cajon Dispater to Santa Fe 576, over."

ATSF PBHLA1-10: "UP helpers, get off your train! Helpers, get off your train, you got a train coming your way!"

Cajon Dispatcher: "Santa Fe Cajon Dispater to Santa Fe 576, over!"

ATSF PBHLA1-10: "576 west!"

Cajon Dispatcher: "Are you the one that is in emergency? Over."

ATSF PBHLA1-10: "Yes, we are!"

Cajon Dispatcher: "What is your speed now? Over."

ATSF PBHLA1-10: "40, 40, 50!"

The brakes of the Santa Fe train were malfunctioning as it goes through the pass, not even its emergency brakes are being of much use either. The Santa Fe engineer contacts the dispatcher to order the UP train to go past the red signal and get out of the way of the speeding ATSF train.

UP CUWLA-10: "We're coming on out. Let us get some speed! Let's go!"

The Union Pacific engineer on the head end radios the crew of the helpers about the Santa Fe Train barreling towards them.

UP CUWLA-10: "Coal train helpers, get off the power! GET OFF THE POWER! Coal train is in emergency at Cajon!"

The helper crew got off and got away from the helper locomotives, there was no time to avoid the runaway Santa Fe Intermodal. The crew of the Santa Fe train jumped off the locomotives about 1500ft from the UP coal train, and then it happened.

UP CUWLA-10: "EMERGENCY, THERE'S A BIG BALL OF FIRE!"

Cajon Dispatcher: "Go ahead, over."

UP CUWLA-10: "GET AN EMERGENCY PERSON, AS SOON AS YOU CAN! THEY JUST HIT THE REAR END OF THIS TRAIN!"

Cajon Dispatcher: "Is this the head end of 9450?"

UP CUWLA-10: "IT'S THE HEAD END OF '50, AND WE SEE A BALL OF FIRE! GET SOME EMERGENCY PERSONEL OUT HERE!"

Cajon Dispatcher: "Ok, we have emergency on the way now."

The Santa Fe intermodal train slammed into the back of the Union Pacific coal train at 5:12 AM. The two UP helpers were buried in the dirt while fuel from the Santa Fe locomotives burned into a huge raging fire, both the wreckage and the flames were seen from a portion of I-15 about 18 miles North of San Bernardino.

The UP helper crew were uninjured while the Santa Fe crew recieved minor injuries from jumping off their train but had otherwise survived. At 5:56 AM, emergency crews arrived in five fire trucks at the scene after recieving word from the dispatcher. The fire would eventually be brought into control several hours later.

After investigating, the NTSB (NTSB = National Transpotation Safety Board) concluded that the train spiraled out of control due to blockage in the air hose used for triggering the brakes. Cars 4-8, 10, and 11 had their brakes functioning properly, but cars 5-7 had soft application while car 9 had defective brake shoes. Cars 12-14 had limited brakes and one leaking hose with cars 16-22 having limited braking power with some of the wheelsets not responding.

Cars 23-29 didn't respond at all due to their failure to keep air pressure, there fore the blockage was occuring somewhere in the middle of the train. The dynamic and emergency brakes were functioning on the Santa Fe locomotives, but without enough air for the entire train, it wouldn't be enough to slow the train down, let alone from preventing the wreck from happening.

All the Santa Fe Locomotives, the two UP helper locomotives, and three articulated five-pack double-stack container cars were scrapped due to irreparable damage. As for the head end locomotives of the UP coal train, including No. 9450, they were left undamaged. No. 9450 would continue to serve Union Pacific until it was eventually sold to GECX in the late 2010s.

It has been 30 years since this incident took place but one more runaway train incident would take place in Cajon Pass on February 1st, 1996.

Models and Route by: Jointed Rail, Auran and Download Station

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[jettpack]

San Francisco paintings from a 2021 trip. I used to live in SF, first 6 years out of school. Gorgeous City. Can anybody guess these locations ?

[emirrart]

07,01,2025