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The Romance of Run Eight

Added: April 08, 2010

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Locomotive Details	Location/Date of Video
» Southern Pacific Railroad (more..) » EMD SD45T-2 (more..)	» Various (more..) » Various, California, USA (more..) » June, 1990
Locomotive No./Train ID	Videographer
» SP 6815 (more..) » Unknown	» Lowell Amrine (more..) » Contact Lowell Amrine
Remarks: It really didn’t matter what railroad’s adorned them, or what mountains they scaled, just as long as there were plenty of SD’s making full throttle assaults on a ruling grade, then the intoxicating romance would be there. Scene one finds a mixed quartet of SD’s climbing westbound between Lakehead and O’Brien on a part of the Valley Sub relocated around Lake Shasta, California over half a century ago. In scene two, a westbound Utah Railway coal train with four ex-SP SD45’s waits at the top of Soldier Summit, Utah as a rain drenched manifest crawls past eastbound. Scene three looks at a long eastbound Santa Fe piggyback laboring the last mile into the summit of Cajon Pass behind a rebuilt SD45 and a trio of SD40–2’s. Scene four features a pair of home road T’s leading a CSX SD40–2 and a Rio Grande GP30 eastbound between Woodford and Walong while climbing the Tehachapi Mountains. Scene five captures the efforts of two quartets of SD40–2’s, the lead one spliced by an almost inaudible C30–7 and the rear one by a fuel tender as they lift 110 cars of eastbound Powder River Basin coal around aptly named Windy Point on Crawford Hill. Scene six stars a westbound UP off the LA&SL climbing past Martinez Spur on Cajon Pass with a quintet of SD40–2’s arranged elephant fashion, while scene seven shows the SP version, all T’s, passing a UP powered eastbound empty coal train at Colton, Utah on the Rio Grande. In closing, scene eight looks down on an eastbound ascending the Tehachapi Mountains at Bealville behind a mixed trio that includes an 8–40BW in silver & red.

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Posted by Joe Vittitoe on April 8, 2010

Fantastic Video! Love that sound.

Posted by Corey T. Kesler on April 9, 2010

This video is a true salute to EMD! This is a video I have and will play repeatedly! Bring us more EMD! Corey

Posted by Bill Morrison on April 9, 2010

I love it!! "Welcome to the EMD Channel; All EMD's, all the time!"

Posted by Metrovick on April 9, 2010

Wow, super video. When EMD ruled the roost!

Posted by Kent Nelson on April 9, 2010

Another fine video Lowell.

Posted by Tyler Clegg on April 9, 2010

One of the best videos Ive ever seen, you have truly captured some of the best footage of the old spartan cabs as well as others in this amazing era. I'm giving this five stars not just because of one train, but because of an entire era that is lost to history. Thank you for sharing and well done.

Posted by Jim Elbe on April 10, 2010

This is the best video I have seen on Rail-Video's. Great scenery and more importantly, GREAT sound. Thank you Lowell for an excellent contribution.

Posted by santa fe harley on April 13, 2010

Great video and audio! Makes me homesick for Cajon. And I really miss those tunnel swing helpers.

Posted by Matt Guerrant-mbgphoto79 on April 14, 2010

Where's the SC on this!? Great compilation of the last generation.

Posted by Dee Warner on April 15, 2010

This is a work of art for railfans everywere " Great video of EMD an GE at it's best"

Posted by Rob Tuck on April 15, 2010

I could listen to them talk all day.Sweet music those EMD's make.As I have said before,there is nothing like the sound of an EMD in a hard pull.Lowell you know how to make a video.Keep up the good work.

Posted by Jeremy English on April 18, 2010

These scenes make me wish I'd been filming Stateside steam much earlier than 1999 when I started! Thank you Lowell for making it possible via your fabulous shots. And I love your descriptions - pure poetry . . .

Posted by zephyrwind on May 27, 2010

Ah...miss those days. When a train grinding up hill would put a beat into your chest. It really made you feel like you were part of it. Thank you for posting.

Posted by proamtrak on April 8, 2011

Man, I miss those days and that was from growing up in the 80s and my high school years and before the mergers in 96, doesn't get any better than this man!

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