Two big EMD motors lead a up manifest southbound along the snowy bluffs of the Mississippi River valley.
UP 8194 charges upgrade at Tunnel 2 with an empty "Rock" train in tow.
UP 8194 leads a very late MFRWC 5 past Ansel siding and towards West Colton. Soon 8194 will lead it's train off of Ansel hill and into the AV, Ansel is a few miles north of Rosamond, CA. UP 1995 i... (more)
Everything is thawed-out (temporarily) as this UP "Kincaid" coal train rumbles overhead.