Single BNSF GP60?
#1
I did post this question in the West Coast Forum but it this might be a good place too as we have here some LA basin local residents.

Does BNSF use single GP60 to run locals and/or serve industry in SoCal? I can not find photos with single GP60 but sometimes collections of photos do not tell the complete story.

ps. I did read about CSX using GP60 to serve an industry in FL that has been served with a single GP15-1 in the past.
Reinhard
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#2
There are fewer locals these days, and they're harder to see. During late Santa Fe days, it wasn't unusual to see a single CF7, GP20, GP35, U23B, or B23-7 on some Southern California assignments, like the Watson locals on the Harbor Sub. Others got two units. I haven't seen single units on the trains I've been most familiar with, like the Pasadena/Irwindale local or the San Jacinto, but that doesn't mean they aren't used on some other jobs. The Pasadena/Irwindale also always had two units in late Santa Fe days. On the other hand, things always change. I remember Alco S-4s switching the Santa Fe passenger trains at LA Union Station.
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