RETRO TRAINS: Railfanning San Bernardino County 1993

[@markjohnson4924]

At 09:20, you can see a couple foamers. That looks like John Anderson and his son David. John was killed in a head-on collision about a decade later and David now works for BNSF!

[@CAV3MAN227]

yessir thats them! but correction, david has been with UP since joining the railroad.

[@colinmulder6806]

The solid Burlington Northern lash-up at Devore is a solid giveaway that train is the Westbound Q-BHLA(Birmingham, Alabama - Los Angeles, California Guarantee Service) Intermodal. What's rare about this lash-up is the sight of one BN's cabless booster engines in the form of an SD40-2B. Then later the S-LACH(Los Angeles, California - Chicago, Illinois Double Stack Service) passing under the I-15 overpass included a SPSF C30-7 in the lash-up, This diesel is part of 50 C30-7's Santa Fe sent back to General Electric for their lease fleet & to free up space for the GP60M's & B40-8W's. Either ironically or surprisingly some of these along with their Blue & Yellow sisters return to service on the railroad as GE LEASERS during 1993.

[@CAV3MAN227]

Awesome, thanks for the info!

[@colinmulder6806]

@@CAV3MAN227 You're very welcome.

[@thomasdeturk5142]

It’s been 30 years since then.

[@colinmulder6806]

@@thomasdeturk5142 Ergo, this year will mark the 30TH anniversary of when this footage was shot.