RailPictures.Net Photo: SP 7943 Southern Pacific Railroad EMD GP40-2 at Heather, Oregon by Wendel Moran

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» Southern Pacific Railroad (more..)
» EMD GP40-2 (more..)

» Heather siding
» Heather, Oregon, USA (more..)
» October 23, 1987

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» SP 7943 (more..)
» Unknown

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In October 1987, a pair of slug sets normally found on Southern Pacific's Toledo Hauler are working as helpers in the Cascades. They display the result of ongoing operation in this service as they roll past an eastman at Heather siding on SP's Cascade Subdivision.

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