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In the picture above we see the sunset west of Gila Bend that gave this Southern Pacific Route it's name. Let's take a brief tour of the line from West Colton to Bowie, Arizona with no Union Pacific units on any of the trains.
The official start of our journey will start at the West Colton Yard where we see a Los Angeles bound train rolling around the balloon track with U-30-C 7927 leading C-415 2401, GP-20E 4105 and U-25-B 6710. 9/76
A little east on July 4th, 1977 we see a far away visitor in the Seaboard Coast Line U-36-B 1816.
Passing the famous Colton Tower on 4/21/79 was the SP 8507 West.
At Loma Linda, the SSW 7770 East passes through town. 11/82
SP 7403 East near Redlands. 2/87
The Indio Date Limited coming and going at El Casco 2/87
SP 8354 drifts west down San Timoteo Canyon at El Casco. 9/88
SP 7403 East nearing Ordway. 2/87
SP 8035 East storms the grade near Beaumont. 7/87.
SP 7106 drifts east through Fugal on July 6,1993.
SP 6270 West works the grade into West Palm Springs. 2/93
SSW 9642 East speeds through Ferrum on December 31st, 1989.
SP 6866 East stops to cools it's wheels in Niland. 12/31/89
SP 8002 East heads east up the grade at Iris on November 14th, 1987.
SP 8091 East sitting at Regina. 12/31/89
SP 9105 East speeds through Acolita. 11/14/87
At Clyde, we see the SSW 8063 East. 12/26/89
Now in Arizona, at sunrise we see the SP 8001 East leaving the fertile Yuma Valley. 12/27/89
We see the SP 8058 West at Kinter on 12/27/89.
Speeding east through Mohawk, we see the SP 8095. 12/27/89
Just east of Gila Bend at Bosquez, the SP 9616 heads west. 12/27/89
SP 9342 West at the curves west of Shawmut on 12/30/89.
Later SP 8357 West heads by us near Shawmut. 12/30/89
East of Casa Grande at Toltec came the SP 7644 West right after sunset. 12/27/89
The old coaling tower at Mescal. 12/28/89
SP 7461 West heads over the summit at Mescal. 12/28/89
Amtrak's Sunset Limited speeds east on time through Mescal. 12/28/89
SP 6313 East at Chamiso near Benson. 12/29/89
SP 8069 West at Fenner east of Benson. 12/29/89
SP 6361 in the ill fated SPSF merger paint leds an eastbound through Sibly 12/29/89.
SP 9631 West near Tully. 12/29/89
SP 8351 blasting through Tully.
At Cochise, the SP 8319 West speeds off the Wilcox Playa
Sp 6773 West heads through Cochise on December 28th, 1989
A westbound passes by the coaling tower in Bowie bringing us to our eastern end of this story. 12/29/89
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