SP 8318         
A long SP westbound descends the Tehachapi grade at East Bealville. The rear of the train can be seen at left snaking through West Cliff. SP 8318 was later LTEX 8318. Date of photo approximate.
Date: 6/1/1983 Location: Bealville, CA   Map Show Bealville on a rail map Views: 454 Collection Of:   Mike Woodruff
Locomotives: SP 8318(SD40T-2)    Author:  Mike Woodruff
SP 8318
Picture Categories: This picture is part of album:  Tehachapi Action
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Name Type Comments Date
Bernie Feltman General Mike, did they have a car/length/tonnage limit on this grade? 1/7/2010 7:19:40 AM
William H. Davis Jr. General Great shot 2/9/2010 1:00:12 PM
xyz 123 General Classic Tehachapi, great photo. 4/17/2013 10:40:15 PM
gordon vincent General A good friend and mentor engineer Andy Smihula said he had an Eastbound out of Bakersfield with 196 cars with the remotes.These remote train took 20 engineer turns out of the engineer's pool! 7/14/2013 3:13:47 PM

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