SF X3664 11 LOCAL OLIVE SUB MEATS AVE ORANGE CA 8-2-79 STR
Santa Fe local with GP39-2 for power is sitting near Meat Avenue, the street in the background with the Exxon gas station, in Orange, CA on the Olive Subdivision on August 2, 1979. During this time period 1979 it was very unusual to find a GP39-2 on a local in Orange County. The reason this GP39-2 is working the local is that this engine had just been in for major maintenance at the Santa Fe shops in San Bernardino, CA and working the local for breaking in period before going back east to its normal assigned location.
SF X3664 11 LOCAL OLIVE SUB MEATS AVE ORANGE CA 8-2-79 STR
Santa Fe local with GP39-2 for power is sitting near Meat Avenue, the street in the background with the Exxon gas station, in Orange, CA on the Olive Subdivision on August 2, 1979. During this time period 1979 it was very unusual to find a GP39-2 on a local in Orange County. The reason this GP39-2 is working the local is that this engine had just been in for major maintenance at the Santa Fe shops in San Bernardino, CA and working the local for breaking in period before going back east to its normal assigned location.