Old Trains Investigated on an Unplanned Trip to the Western American Railroad Museum

[@FJDad777]

12/21/24: My friend ‪@SilenceSeven‬ ("S7") and I went out on an extremely last-minute adventure last weekend on Saturday to see if we could find some new and possibly interesting locations that we've never scoped out before. We embarked on a journey that took us about an hour or so north of San Bernardino, CA to the Union Pacific yard in Yermo, CA. As soon as we pulled up to the tracks, you could see Johnny Yard Bull in his big white company truck headed our way. He went from parked to flying low towards us through the desert in a cloud of dust to get his jollies by kick us foamers out! 🤣 It was quite alright because as you can there was not much there at the time. After getting 86'd from Yermo, we made our way back south to scout out the BNSF Classification Yard in Barstow, CA. That video is here: I Flew My Drone Over the BNSF Classification Yard in the Mojave Desert! What Did I See? • I Flew My Drone Over the BNSF Classif... Before we made it to the BNSF yard, we ended up stopping at a few very interesting locations along the way that sparked our interest and curiosity. (Good thing we are not cats). This video is the pretty sweet spots that we found! As promised in the video here is the link to the BEEP: www.desertusa.com/dusablog/th... And a bit of history on the ATSF EMD 95: Santa Fe FP45 95, originally Santa Fe 105, debuted in December 1967 and served as a premier passenger locomotive on Santa Fe’s Los Angeles-Chicago streamliners. Renumbered to 5945 in 1970, it continued pulling transcontinental trains like the San Francisco Chief until Amtrak's creation. By 1971, it transitioned to freight service and was repainted in blue and yellow. In 1978, after a wreck, 5945 underwent significant rebuilding, with modifications including relocating the headlight. In 1981, it was rebuilt again, renumbered to the 5990-series in 1982, and later became a standout unit in the fleet. Notably, it retained unique paint schemes, avoiding the SPSF merger colors and receiving Santa Fe's Super fleet red and silver livery in 1990. It was renumbered multiple times, ultimately becoming ATSF 95. FP45 95 played roles in special trips, including assisting steam locomotive 3751 on a 1991 excursion. It even appeared in the 1993 movie Fatal Instinct. In its later years, it occasionally substituted for Amtrak on passenger trains. Despite retiring in late 1997 due to turbocharger issues, it was briefly repaired before suffering a cracked engine block in 1998. In 1999, FP45 95 was donated to the Western America Railroad Museum in Barstow, CA, where it remains on display alongside other historic locomotives and railcars. 🐶Brutus and I truly hope that you enjoyed this FJDad presentation! If you did: ~please like it 👍 ~Subscribe to the channel ✅ ~Click the bell to be notified of the next video 🔔 ~Share it with another person that loves trains like we do! 💚🚂🤝 🫵Thank you so very much for watching. We are extremely grateful to all that support Brutus the Freight Benching Frug and I on our adventures. ** New Subscribers: Brutus the Freight Benching Frug is my 50/50 Pug/Frenchie Doggo pal that often frequents me on the channel and enjoys fanning freights as much as the rest of us! If you have not seen him yet, you will soon. We just acquired some new gear to keep him a bit safer while he's trackside sniffing out trains. ** We will catch you in the Fake Jeep on the next adventure when the next train comes around the bend! ~FJDad 😎👊 May God bless you in all that you do, and all that you do be for Him. If you are into graffiti on freight trains, go check out ‪@SilenceSeven‬'s KZbin channel and check out his videos. Look for the links there if you really like graff on trains, get one of his books... and if you really really like graff on trains, get ALL of his books. 😉 If you read all of this, you are absolutely legendary! 🤣

[@vincebreen3-55]

She has a sister that operates at the Empire Museum in Lake Paris

[@FJDad777]

@vincebreen3-55 Yes! I think Number 97 if I remember right. 🤔 😁 Thank you for your comment and for watching Vince!🤝😎

[@jakeryan90210]

You’re such a rebel!😮

[@DomAZ]

Cool old pinto. They are Santa Fe's experimental "A stack" containers. That was awesome to see and more please🙂👍

[@FJDad777]

@DomAZ thank you so much Dom! Yes sir more to come. 🤝😁

[@GEVOlutionCPKC]

It's an incredible patio, very good record buddy, what relics🍻🔥

[@FJDad777]

@GEVOlutionCPKC Thank you compa! 🎄🍻🔥

[@Fourwheeljive]

The Pinto and motorcycles are cool! Love train museums! I could never resist, stopping and looking at old steam locomotives that often times or fenced off in usually small towns. I for one really like seeing these train museums. One of my favorites is in Golden Colorado. There they have Galloping Goose, snow, plows ,engines and all kinds of rolling stock. They even have a bicycle converted to four wheels for traveling on the railroad track. Once again, Merry Christmas, Mike and Amy and your family.

[@FJDad777]

@Fourwheeljive 😃 I am the same. Stopping to look at the history from days past is a huge interest of mine, trains and mines, gohst towns and museums etc. Steam power is awesome! I find our American history and heritage to be so fascinating. I sometimes wonder if I was born too late. Just at the end of the good old days, and right before the world went and got into a big hurry. 🤣 Thank you so much my dear friend. It has been a great day with our kids and grandkids. Could not have been better. 😁🤝

[@CalebA-sv2kw]

Those white containers were some experimental stack containers Santa Fe tried out some years ago. They referred to as "A" stack containers

[@FJDad777]

@CalebA-sv2kw Awesome! I think I remember a picture of a train from the 70' or 80's I think that had a line of them coming up the pass. Thank you Caleb! 😎👊

[@CalebA-sv2kw]

I was expecting Furiosa to hop out of that Pinto, but then this would have become "a different " kind of video hahahahaha "Brutus cover your eyes"

[@FJDad777]

@CalebA-sv2kw LOL 🤣🤣😭💀🐶🙈🙉🙊 Thanks Caleb! 🤝😁

[@backalleyrailroading2835]

Found some killer stuff out there and caught some train action too… Nice one bro !!

[@FJDad777]

@backalleyrailroading2835 thank you sir! 😎👊

[@spongatejunction]

We have some SD 40-2 over here this side of the Pond these are known as Class 59s

[@FJDad777]

@spongatejunction awesome thank you for watching and commenting! Welcome to the channel Stuart!

[@UncleFjester]

2:00 the Pinto needs to be on 37's

[@FJDad777]

@@UncleFjester totally! 🔥