THE MIGHTY SOUTHERN PACIFIC

[@toolsteel8482]

All those boxcars & not a lick of graffiti. I enjoy these vintage railroad videos, thanks for sharing.

[@mikes7639]

They didnt sell spray paint at 7=11like now

[@brentmiller3951]

I love your SP videos. My father worked for SP and they had a huge presence in the small Oregon coastal town I grew up in .my father never mentioned any of the struggles SP went through in the 80" s he was a good man.

[@louradman7166]

My father, grandfather, uncle and aunt all worked for the SP, that was also my dream to become a locomotive engineer, did not quite work out that way. But I did get to ride the city of San Francisco, San Joaquin, daylight and sunset limited in the 60s.. those were great days. Yes they never complained about their job. They were also very good people. God Bless.

[@chuckhalen9543]

I seriously love all these SP videos. Such a unique RR and they just seem to have a style all their own. I could watch this type of railroading for hours. The railroads that I loved from my youth were obviously the SP, KCS, ICG and MoPac. Those were my lines.

[@choo-choosam]

Santa Fe all the way

[@mikes7639]

While the airlines and the interstates were subsidized the railroads were subject to rules that kept the rails from being efficient and the trucks took off on the freeways

[@charleswoods9938]

Hey My Favorite Western Railroad has all ways been the Southern Pacific and along with the Cotton Belt and a long with the DRGW Railroad this was a great video back in the 1970 s and the 1980 s

[@echohunter4199]

Thank you very much for sharing with us some of the fine work everyone involved produced in your company. I ordered this DVD for my dad who retired from SP/UP in 2005 I order one DVD a month for him as a gift.

[@ShlomoZOGelstein]

I miss watching those southern pacific locos roaring by the campsite of the beaches of carpinteria. That was many years ago as a kid. These are great videos. Reminds me of better times and when southern pacific ruled the rails in southern california.

[@steverudder3321]

Charles Smiley Videos are always the Best! Educational and understandable and high on the "WOW" factor rating! 🇺🇸👏👏👏👏👏

[@J3scribe]

I have this DVD. I never get tired of seeing its content.

[@sirblack1619]

I really miss seeing SP and Rio Grande when they were separate railroads. They both has a certain character about them.

[@mec253]

Wicked nice !! Thank you. I spied an old Maine Central car on one of those trains.

[@1978garfield]

Amazing footage. That was proper railroading back then.

[@charleswoods9938]

Hey back here in Kentucky which is in Louisville Ky in this was Louisville and Nashville and Illinois Central Gulf and Southern Railway Territory area I seen Quite a bit of Southern Pacific and Cotton Belt Locomotives here a lot mostly on our L and N and the ICG Rail lines here in Louisville but not so much on our Southern Railway but I seen SP and SSW units only a few times on the Southern Railway but on the Southern I have seen Santa Fe and Burlington Northern many times here in Louisville but one Railroad we have never seen here in Louisville was Union Pacific and DRGW locomotives Well I mean more then one Railroad but that was back in the 1970 s and the 1980 s

[@toolsteel8482]

Oh those classic pickup trucks at around 14:40.

[@danielhoward755]

And car carriers were not totally enclosed.

[@ronaldvrooman9695]

Those look like Chevys.

[@UhOK327]

@@ronaldvrooman9695Squarebodies…so good!

[@averageguy7136]

I really enjoyed this video

[@sebastianbarthel2393]

0:55 A Krauss Maffei!

[@brett2618]

I miss the power of the 50s 60s 70s

[@toolsteel8482]

Impressive commodity statistics by SP.

[@toolsteel8482]

Ferrum , Latin for iron. I did not know Kaiser steel had road units.

[@EllieMaes-Grandad]

No comment on the twin caboose set-up on so many trains. Much of interest is missed . . .

[@kennyirish5021]

I sure do miss the scarlet and gray, Wish the people at SP could've been better at keeping it alive. What a shame

[@remylopez4821]

That would make a great heritage unit

[@1978garfield]

@@remylopez4821 UP needs to do another round of Heritage Units but this time copy NS an use actual vintage paint jobs. I would love to see scarlet and grey, black widow and daylight units. Would also love to see a Cotton Belt unit or 2. Out of the original Heritage Units I only really liked how the MOPAC unit came out. It was a nice mix of the passenger Eagle paint scheme and the Turbo Eagle freight paint. I would love to see a proper Jenks blue Turbo Eagle again.

[@ronaldvrooman9695]

​@@1978garfieldI wouldn't expect that from today's Union Pacific. I'd be happy if they proved me wrong.

[@1romcat]

Anyone know the unit number of the F unit at the beginning? 64xx? An FP7? Thanks.

[@mikehawk2003]

6455, one of 16 FP7s.

[@johncamp2567]

Very interesting early film of the Palmdale Cut-off construction! 🛤️