06-01-2012, 02:47 PM
jwb Wrote:Those are definitely Southern California power even now, on trains like the Irwindale and the San Jacinto, along with other B-Bs.
It was a surprise to me when I saw the a GP60M pair running locals and switching industry over in the west coast forum (great photo at MALABAR with the unique shoving platform). There are some GP60M but standard cab GP60 are todays common switchers. BNSF is pushing down everything to locals and industry serving as they get bigger engines for the top road services. Only few Gensets in SoCal. They have more GenSets in Texas.
However, I do not use that long pairs to serve my industry. They feed the yard (2 * 2 GP35u, 2 GP38, 2 GP60M) and a single GP30 is the local switcher serving the industry. It is a system with some similarities to the LAJ.
Reinhard