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SP Scab Trains of Altamont Pass, 1985

Track Warrants by Steve Sloan

May 19, 2007Games & Hobbies

"Scab Trains" of Altamont Pass In May of 1985 the Southern Pacific Railroad was preparing for a possible union strike. To train its management crews to operate trains in the absence of union crews, the SP conducted manag...

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