Airidzona (Arizona) is where you can find the infamous USAF boneyard of retired aircraft. Tucson was chosen because of the often times single digit humidity. Antique car buyers love Arizona for the same reason. Apparently SP loves it as well. You can find approximately 300 SP locomotives parked end to end on a 4.3 mile stretch of closed rail. This dogleg section of rail is continuous train of locomotives with only one break in the train for a service road crossing. The service road is now used by security guards that keep a watch over the sleeping locomotives. (no trespassing on private property occurred to take these photographs).
Randall
There are lines of stored locomotives on most big railroads. BNSF has a long line stored in Fargo, ND and the 'T' Yard at Northtown(just north of Minneapolis, MN) is full of stored power. Most of it appears to be GE dash 9's and EMD SD75's from what I remember.
Modeling BNSF and Milwaukee Road in SW Wisconsin
Thank you for the additional information. I will have to send my Minnesota brother on a hunting expedition!
Those units seem to getting a lot less "extra" paint applied to them since they moved from the Colton yard.
Kaymann,
These are great pictures. What kind of a camera did you use to take them?
I will be in Tucson in October. I have been travelling to Tucson for 35 years, and I am reasonably familiar with the city. Where are the locomotives parked?
Thanks
Rio Grande Valley, CFI,CFII
Jp,
Thank you - I use a Canon EOS60D with Canon 28-300 US L IS glass.
The track is on the south side of 1-10 from Cienega Wash to Emprita Road.
Security is present and requests no trespassing which is not needed if you stay on I-10 near Emprita Road.
Nice pictures of the stored units.
Interesting that the so called SP locos are all owned by the Union Pacific which purchased the Southern Pacific back in 1996. We have many stored in Roseville also. The Union Pacific is still gettting new locos monthly and storing all of the older units that are less efficient and do not comply with the EPA latest rules on diesel emmisions.
CZ
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