With a brief break in storm systems slamming California, sunshine for a few hours this morning netted several eastbound trains heading up Beaumont Hill, seen here as 8735 leads at Redlands.
First train of the New Year for me. Eastbound MWCTU just east of Cabazon at Mons.
UP 8608 leads 4 other units as they struggle upgrade at Mons, east of Cabazon on a very windy afternoon.
UP 6720 leads a 5 unit lashup on an eastbound manifest at Redlands. This train later broke apart just east of Hinda.
5 units lead this eastbound Z downgrade into Garnet, fast track lays ahead on the run to Yuma.
NS power leads a westbound ISILB3 just west of the W. Palm Springs crossovers in the early afternoon.
NS 4325 leads a San Bernardino bound Z at Pine Lodge.
Fresh painted UP 5251 leads a westbound Ft. Worth to West Colton manifest at El Casco.
Early morning finds a long eastbound manifest working up Beaumont Hill at El Casco.
UP 6600 in new flagless paint heads west on the rear of the ZMQLA at El Casco.
NS 1186 leads a westbound ISILB3 at Banning in the late afternoon.
Due to a huge UP Ore train derailment at Frost on the BNSF Cajon Subdivision, Z's are being detoured on the UP east to Vaughn, NM. Today's ZLACWSP1 passes Banning in the late afternoon.
UP 7189 along with a CN unit bring up the rear of a fast moving westbound Z at El Casco.
NS 3622 leads an Englewood to Roseville manifest at Redlands.
BNSF power leads an eastbound manifest up Beaumont at El Casco.
