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On the final lap back to Los Angeles, Santa Fe #3751 and the California Limited highball Victorville
heading for Cajon Pass, San Bernardino and a westbound dash down the Pasadena Subdivision to LAUPT in 1991.
On a hot, sunny, hazy day at the Pasadena Santa Fe Depot, westbound Santa Fe SD45 #5302 and train rumbles by on the main while local power Santa Fe GP7 #2718 idles in the siding in 1984.
The Pasadena Subdivision provided all kinds of places to railfan from. Certainly a favorite for decades was the Arroyo Seco Trestle over the Pasadena Freeway in Highland Park. Here is a westbound TOFC train crossing the trestle with Super Fleet Warbonnets with Dash 8-40BW #527 on the point in 1990.
Westbound Amtrak Pepsi Cans, led by B32-8WH #511, hold the main at the Pasadena Depot with Train #3, the Southwest Chief, with the early morning arrival on December 27, 1991.
Descending the Cajon Subdivision in 1990 through Verdemont, Santa Fe Dash 8-40BW #527 leads this TOFC/Double Stack train down the south main towards San Bernardino and west on the Pasadena Subdivision to Hobart Yard.
Former Santa Fe #3751 and the California Limited excursion train drift past Water Street on the Pasadena Subdivision. Next stop, LAUPT to kick off a four-day round trip run to Bakersfield and return in December 1991.
On the final lap back to Los Angeles, Santa Fe #3751 and the California Limited highball Victorville
heading for Cajon Pass, San Bernardino and a westbound dash down the Pasadena Subdivision to LAUPT in 1991.
As the sun set slowly in the west, Santa Fe #3751 backed onto the Pasadena Subdivision at Fontana for its first short test run west to Upland and return. Here's her long awaited first runby on mainline trackage on December 19, 1991.
Back in 1991, Santa Fe's passenger depot was soaking up the sunshine on a beautiful New Year's Day. On the mainline was the annual Rose Bowl special laying over before returning to Hobart Yard.
Santa Fe "Super Fleet" FP45 #101 west leads the annual Rose Bowl Special along the Pasadena Subdivision at Mission Tower at the throat of LAUPT on the return trip to Hobart Yard on New Year's Day 1990.
In December 1991, Santa Fe #3751 backed out of California Steel Industries after a five year restoration and onto the Pasadena Subdivision mainline at Fontana for its first short test run west to Upland and return. What a sight!
Cab ride from Los Angeles to San Bernardino in GP35u #2905 which was leading a nine unit cabhop via the 2nd District in 1984. This is an image of the Pasadena depot while passing through town.
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