Burlington Northern SD40-2 6801 and Southern Pacific GP40X 7201 hustle a westbound freight through Monolith, California, just east of the town of Tehachapi. At this time in the late 1970s, the SP... (more)
Burlington Northern SD40-2 6801, one of a handful of BN SD40-2s on loan to the Southern Pacific for Locotrol testing, hustles through the town of Tehachapi on March 19, 1978.
A Southern Pacific freight, with Burlington Northern SD40-2 6801 in the lead (testing the Locotrol system for the SP), heads west over the famed Tehachapi Loop on March 19, 1978. In moments, the ... (more)