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Last Days of the 6430

April 17, 1971, was a grubby day to shoot trains on Tehachapi, but it was a great day to be there. Battle-weary SP F7A 6430 is running out its last days in helper service and is in the Bealville siding with a southbound manifest as Santa Fe 5619 scoots by on the main. Regardless of the weather, Techachapi was always the place to be with a camera or just watching trains pass.

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Uploaded on February 17, 2025
Taken on August 26, 2014