A coal load sits in the siding at Ansel, south of Mojave with UP 6729, ex CNW 8827 still in full Operation Lifesaver, waits for a crew to take it north to Searles to be interchanged with the Trona... (more)
With the Tehachapi Mountains behind the last detouring Coast Starlight, for the time being...Train #11 races south along the Mojave Sub just minutes before sunset as it nears Ansel.
A newer (2012 build) Union Pacific SD70ACe (better than the ratty ones I see quite a bit on the Coast Line), numbered 8773, leads the ABESPX-15 past a waiting train in the siding at Ansel on Union... (more)