The inbound morning mine train is about to cross the Bell Mountain Wash bridge and is less than a mile from its final destination at the CEMEX plant along Route 66.
The sun has just dropped below Bell Mountain (out of frame) and Oro Grande (in frame) as yet another mine train heads up the hill to Black Mountain Quarry.
After bringing a coal train down from the quarry, CEMEX's ex UP, nee CNW SD60 makes some light engine moves in the yard along Route 66.
An empty coal train heads down the hill and back to the CEMEX plant in Victorville.
A short four-car coal train heads up Quarry Road towards Black Mountain Quarry. While this area is known as Bell Mountain, Bell Mountain is to our left and behind the camera. That is Oro Grande Mo... (more)
Skid marks on the street often tell a story, but I think rarely quite as dramatically as they do here at the grade crossing where a former Union Pacific SD60, now owned by CEMEX and used on their ... (more)
Cemex's EMD SD60 hauls empties upgrade as it heads eastbound towards the Black Mountain Quarry.
CEMEX 416 leads the loaded train from Bell Mountain back to the plant at Victorville. Interesting that this unit has been able to retain its original UP number boards.
CEMEX 416 leads the loaded train from Bell Mountain back to the plant at Victorville.
Mojave Northern rock train returning to the Victorville cement plant in the early evening.
