Steam to Los Angeles

Producer: Pentrex

Locations: Cheyenne, Green River, LA, Cajon Pass

Timeframe: 1989

Length: 75 minutes

Two famous US Steam Locomotives converge on LAUPT for a major celebration. The Southern Pacific Daylight 4449 and Union Pacific Greyhound 8444. They both exit via Cajon Pass.

The event is, 50th Anniversary of Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal.

A single DVD. These are factory pressed discs from Pentrex. Main Chapter Menu with routes.

Aspect ratio is 4×3. Live environmental audio. Narrated by David Drui.

Cheyenne to Green River

UP 8444 departs Cheyenne, Wyoming.  E9A 951 is behind the Steam Engine. Greyhound paint at this time. Routed to Green River, via Laramie.

Green River to Salt Lake City

Following day begins at Green River. Great stack talk, as 8444 departs the Green River station.

The 8444 at Salt Lake City.

Salt Lake City to Milford

Mitford to Las Vegas

SD60M 6085 is added behind the E9.

Las Vegas to Yermo

The SD60 is 2nd in today’s lash-up.

Yermo to Los Angeles

Crossover to Santa Fe for travel over Cajon Pass into Los Angeles today. 45 minutes into this program.

LAUPT Arrival

Finally. The SP 4449 joins as the 2 locomotives are side by side into the Terminal. They’ll be here for a couple of days.

Museum has setup some vintage equipment.  Three bulldog nose EMD units pose. Santa Fe F7. SP and UP with E9 units.

Cajon Pass

Monday and time to leave. Onto the Climax. Both Steamers cross Cajon Pass on parallel trackage.

The main concern of this footage, is a helicopter intruding on scenes. One can hear it (loudly), even if out of sight.

The Southern Pacific 4449 stops with a mechanical problem. It gets going again. However, the UP train is gone. The Daylight train is chased a little bit.

Steam to Los Angeles

Predominantly a Union Pacific 8444 show. The majority of time is spent on this locomotive. Journey from Cheyenne to Los Angeles is well documented. Southern Pacific enters at the LAUPT.

It was an excellent event at the LAUPT. The Climax as the 2 Steam Engines traverse Cajon Pass is memorable.

Steam locomotive fans and even families should find this an enjoyable program.

Rating: 5 Stars