The Norfolk Southern Illinois Terminal heritage SD70ACe made a visit to Southern California this past week. Here it passes under the venerable and iconic SP cantilever signal.
Norfolk Southern's Illinois Terminal heritage unit leads a K train west into the setting sun in California.
Passing through Mecca, NS 1072 finishes off an awesome chase with 4 good friends as it races west into the evening light.
Early morning out on the Union Pacific's Yuma Subdivision east of Indio finds an eastbound manifest passing the Southern Pacific era cantilever signal bridge at the west end of Mecca.
Passing beneath the cantilever signal at Mecca, located just west of Indio on Union Pacific's Yuma Subdivision, the C&NW heritage unit leads an intermodal train on its trip east across the Sunset ... (more)
4 units lead a fast moving eastbound general freight past Mecca in the early morning.
The "Northwestern" heritage unit leads the ZCIG4 under the old SP signal bridge that guards the west end of Mecca as the train races east at near 70mph.
Last stop on our El Centro Hauler chase was Mecca where the train headed under the old cantilever signal bridge while we tried to figure out why the dirt was so spongey.
Passing under one of the last remaining SP cantilever's, UP 9016 west blasts through as it makes a run for the approaching grade ahead.
A few miles east of Indio in southern California's Coachella valley, the distributed power on a westbound UP intermodal train shoots by the very last Southern Pacific era cantilever signal bridge ... (more)
2 brand new UP 2500 series GE's lead train AGBML westbound at Mecca as they pass under one of the few remaining SP signal bridges still standing along this portion of the Sunset Route.
UP 2538 West leads the AGBML between Mecca and Coachella on the Sunset Route.
They only look this good once! Brand new 2538 at Mecca.
East of Mecca, NS 1074 races along, helping keep this hot Z trains speed around 70mph.
Passing the west switch at Mecca, near Thermal. CN 2313 leads it's train under one of the few remaining pieces of the SP left on the Sunset Route.
