Eruption!
Somebody queue Eddie Van Halen! WP 2261 is leading the SN Detour, which is detouring from it's normal Santa Fe detour between Stockton and Pittsburg, and is running the SP Mococo Sub due to bridge issues on the Santa Fe. The 2261 is obviously having mechanical issues, most likely with a faulty turbo or stuck injector, because every time the engineer widens the through the GE 23B erupted in a cloud of smoke and fire, and because of the detour and the number of railfans out photographing the rare mileage event, the engineer was more than happy to put on a show each and every time he spotted photographers track side!
Here the 2261 is Stockton bound on the Mococo approaching the Grandt Line Road grade crossing at MP 73.5 way back in October 1980!
Eruption!
Somebody queue Eddie Van Halen! WP 2261 is leading the SN Detour, which is detouring from it's normal Santa Fe detour between Stockton and Pittsburg, and is running the SP Mococo Sub due to bridge issues on the Santa Fe. The 2261 is obviously having mechanical issues, most likely with a faulty turbo or stuck injector, because every time the engineer widens the through the GE 23B erupted in a cloud of smoke and fire, and because of the detour and the number of railfans out photographing the rare mileage event, the engineer was more than happy to put on a show each and every time he spotted photographers track side!
Here the 2261 is Stockton bound on the Mococo approaching the Grandt Line Road grade crossing at MP 73.5 way back in October 1980!