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SOUTHERN PACFIC BAKERSFIELD YARD SUNRISE

Posted on October 28, 2015 by Thomas Bethune

This photograph won the best of color photo category at the SPH&T convention.

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Locomotives

Posted on October 10, 2015 by Thomas Bethune
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CHASING TRAINS

Posted on August 10, 2015 by Thomas Bethune

I had a paragraph all written out, and somehow lost it with this funky interface. I took this in 2006.

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DEAD DIESELS

Posted on February 7, 2015 by Thomas Bethune

When I was about twelve years old I frequented the area where the outdated steam locomotives were in storage. That place was in the Southern Pacific’s Bakersfield Yard. The locomotives were replaced with “modern” locomotives like this one. The new … Continue reading →

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SOUTHERN PACIFIC ENGINE 4449

Posted on January 12, 2015 by Thomas Bethune

SOUTHERN PACIFIC ENGINE NUMBER 4449 AT SACRAMENTO 1991

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DEAD LOCOMOTIVES

Posted on January 10, 2015 by Thomas Bethune

Silent and transient these renumbered locomotives are on their way to an uncertain future.

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THE SLIM PRINCESS

Posted on December 28, 2014 by Thomas Bethune
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SOUTHERN PACIFIC TRANSPORTAION COMAPANY’S BAKERSFIELD YARD AND ROUNDHOUSE

Posted on December 18, 2014 by Thomas Bethune
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RAILROAD DAYS

Posted on November 30, 2014 by Thomas Bethune
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SOUTHERN PACIFIC TRAIN NUMBER 52 AT PALMDALE ON ITS LAST RUN

Posted on August 29, 2014 by Thomas Bethune

I took this photograph in Palmdale California sometime in 1973. This was the last SP San Joaquin Daylight to run east. On this day I had worked a freight from Bakersfield to Palmdale and waited for the very late running … Continue reading →

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