Very Cool! I used to hang out there as a kid and on the very spots you took this video.
@JohnRinNoHo
14 жыл бұрын
I used to walk across this bridge to look at the trains when I was a kid probably in the early sixties. I remember seeing an old steam engine parked out in the back tracks.
@ponyhorton4295
9 жыл бұрын
Those two SD9's on the hump are the same type as Units #1409 and #1410. I spent a lot of time as a railfan in the mid-1970's on that hump and the dead locomotive track beyond. Back then, 1975-77, the lead switchman on the hump was named Paul Quillen, a very nice man who was also a higher-up in the union. Back then the SP was willing to look the other way if we were not causing trouble, and as we always had cameras, we were ignored. We often stood right next to the hump as Paul unhooked cars to roll down the hill on warm summer days. I seem to remember a few engineers who were either hump, yard, or road local guys named George Longo, George Otero, and a woman hostler named Bootsey whose last name I forget.
@TrainTrackTrav
12 жыл бұрын
Epic shots! To bad the days of extreem variety in motive power are over. God bless!
@RayDO73
11 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I remember Taylor with Dayton Tower at one end, Main Line Tower in the middle, top end of A Yard and the engine servicing. In some ways it is still hard to believe it is gone.
@coastalfoamer
Жыл бұрын
That looks fabulous
@DASCO2136
17 жыл бұрын
By the looks of the inbound freight i have to say it came off of the Sunset Route because its very rare to see GEs run north of Bakersfield before the SP D&RGW merger
@GlenVerdugoGMRRS
16 жыл бұрын
Fantastic footage - what it must of been like to be standing on that bridge..wow! Probably didn't get hassled by the RR either! You captured a great piece of history.
@sirbustor
16 жыл бұрын
Great video of Taylor - I believe that is all park land and a baseball park now. Even the engine facility is deserted. Very sad. Must of been a great place to hang out on the bridge!
@davidreid3634
4 жыл бұрын
The bridge over Taylor Yard was a great spot to train watch. TNX..........
@Isochest
16 жыл бұрын
What a gorgeous hive of activity! :-) Sad it is no more :-((((
@SpecificationR
17 жыл бұрын
awesome info about taylor yard. i always wondered why it was downsized so quickly.
@SD70MAC
17 жыл бұрын
My favourtie SD40T-2 : ) Great video
@timpriddy73
12 жыл бұрын
TO LIVE AND DIE IN L.A,-------HAS A SCENE ON THIS VERY BRIDGE--------THE MOVIE IS KICKASS TOO
@pwalpar
7 жыл бұрын
Excellent video
@DASCO2136
17 жыл бұрын
it was downgraded substantually after the opening of West Colton Yard. Colton could classify 6 cars a minute where as Taylor could classify 3 cars a minute. So ever since WC opened the yard was downsized and they pulled the plug in the early 90s which lead to the transportation meltdown of SP on the sunset route that UP is dealing with today
@raythedodger
13 жыл бұрын
@btomimatsucunard Yes, its still there. It's a mess too.
@DASCO2136
17 жыл бұрын
Sweet vid CZ. At 2:29 is that the next video?
@mafarnz
17 жыл бұрын
When/why did it become a park?
@raythedodger
13 жыл бұрын
@Xomanowar99 Reservoir Dogs beginning scene was filmed on San Fernando Road and passes by Taylor Yard although it had been downs called quite a bit by then.
@likestallwomen
15 жыл бұрын
Wish my dad had his camera when we went to see it in 85 when it was still goin' strong, we came back in 86 and by then it was shut down, and didn't SP have cops chase guys off becuase of the danger of the overpasses? (yes, there were 2 of them)
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