From LA to Chicago, Santa Fe Railroad was first to have diesel engines pull passenger cars – San Bernardino Sun
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The diesel units arrived in San Bernardino on Sept. 14, 1935, and were immediately put to the test hauling a set of Pullman cars and a dynamometer car over the Cajon Pass.
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Redlands, San Bernardino rail line preparing for train testing