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» EMD F40PH (more..)
» Cajon Pass 
» Summit, California, USA (more..)
» December 29, 1979
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» AMTK 290 (more..)
» 35 (more..)
» Craig Walker (more..)
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Cresting the summit of southern California's Cajon Pass is Amtrak train #35, the Desert Wind, heading from Salt Lake City, Utah, to Los Angeles on December 29th, 1979. F40PHRs 290 and 289 (consecutive numbers!) can easily handle their 8 train.
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