Used to work for renzenberger out of Colton, mid90s when UP took over running crews around the desert. great memories, great job. great experience.

Some really great footage. Awesome lashups. I was always an EMD fan, but really enjoy seeing all of these old work horses.

Nice video, miss all 3 railroads and yes, Amtrak's Desert Wind

Another excellent video from a subscriber of yours I remember those years well you must’ve been recording off Riverside Avenue are used to hang out at Pepper Ave., God I miss those days

Love those Dirty engines and Box cars, real men, real work being done, another great train video.

@vidwilzvids9587

5 жыл бұрын

Dirty, real work. That was certainly one way to describe crew jobs on the railroad. Thanks for the comment.

@scoobycarr5558

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah those boxcars with ZERO graffiti! Great!

Love SP and ATSF

@vidwilzvids9587

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the comment.

@jarrietfair6497

3 жыл бұрын

I love sp and Santa Fe and now BNSF

I remember seeing southern Pacific gp9s more on Anaheim jobs than in Colton

That was nice to see the Missouri pacific blue.

@vidwilzvids9587

4 жыл бұрын

I was lucky to get that. Thanks for the comment.

Very helpful for my layout, around this time and area!

@vidwilzvids9587

3 жыл бұрын

Great! Thanks for the comment.

How times have changed! The diamonds now a days are completely different for the most part, power and scenery wise. You earned a new subscriber, quality stuff here. Keep the oldies coming!

@vidwilzvids9587

6 жыл бұрын

I want to belatedly thank you for your comments and the info about present-day San Diego.

@seanycarr3226

5 жыл бұрын

Also there's not single hint of graffiti on ANY of the freight cars!

I ❤ Southern Pacific! Now part of Union Pacific.

Another great video thanks Wilz

@vidwilzvids9587

5 жыл бұрын

Thank You!. I'm glad you enjoy them.

I ❤ Santa Fe! Now part of BNSF.

@vidwilzvids9587

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks again for your comments.

22:07-22:12 These four flatcars on the rear of the SP train have two axles.

At 10:15, Sounds like a C141 on approach to Norton AFB

@vidwilzvids9587

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah. Colton was definitely in the flightpath of those flying barns.

Was it some club event as many there watching trains. A decade after 9-11 I was asked to leave from the area as still jumpy. Funny, as I have never heard of any event involving railroads and terrorist.

I didn't see any SD7s in the Bay Area. It was always SD9s.

@vidwilzvids9587

4 жыл бұрын

Roseville seemed to have several SD7's.

15:22 Odd. I never seen three rail engineers standing right in front of a nose of a United States freight locomotive. Or, should I say, a Union Pacific SD40-2?

the west colton yard still exists but it has expanded since that time.

@vidwilzvids9587

4 жыл бұрын

I haven't seen it for about 25 yrs.

union pacific trains must have gone a different way to the cajon pass back in those days since the line to west colton was owned by southern pacific at that time.

@vidwilzvids9587

4 жыл бұрын

UP had (and has) trackage rights over ATSF (BNSF) San Bernardino, Cajon, and Needles subdivisions from Riverside Jct. to Daggett.

Amtrak sure had more trains running back then. the desert wind train does not exist anymore.

@vidwilzvids9587

4 жыл бұрын

It used to be great way to go to Vegas. Thanks for the comments.

they didn't use helpers on the back in those days either no mid train DPU's either

@vidwilzvids9587

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment.

@marcelomenendez1971

5 жыл бұрын

yes, but not in this area, sp, used a lot of mid train and rear helpers, in the tehachapis at the time of this video, regards

Hello

@vidwilzvids9587

3 жыл бұрын

Hello.