Normally I wouldn't post a roster shot, but after looking closely at the old tunnel I realized how messed up and damaged it is. Besides the missing number plate it obviously was involved in a fron... (more)
New new GEVO heads up main #2 as it comes out of the cut at Stein's Hill. It seemed on this day every train was running up or down the wrong track in the pass.
At Amboy four westbounds are stacked up as the first takes off for Barstow. This first train is hauling frieght from Cadiz to Barstow, five engines all 4 axle power!
A westbound on main #2 makes the sharp turn turning it away from Route 66 back to the east for the long climb through Klondike.
Two westbounds run west between Siberia and Klondike. The closest train is on main #1, usually used for eastbounds, but the shorter route gives this z-train a chance to pass the other westbound in... (more)
Sitting at the famous San Ardo oil fields new power UP 8597 & 8598 await their turn to hook up to the famous California Coast Oilcans for their trip to Los Angeles.
DPU's push all brand new BNSF hoppers westward along Cajon Blvd towards Los Angeles. The lead engine on this train was 4723, the Train Simulator locomotive.
Passing through Sullivan's Curve an eastbound makes it's way up Cajon Pass.
A westbound passes through the big town of Ludlow in the Mojave Desert. Also note, the 4th engine has a Conrail door on the front of the cab.
A northbound manifest travels up the Antelope Valley just before sunrise.
A southbound climbing out of Caliente and approaching Tunnel #2.
The "Centennial" at Roseville Yard where a dashboard camera was installed before it's upcoming trip to the The Western Pacific Railroad Museum for the summer.
A nice morning on the pass to encounter new ES44DC's 7548, 7549 & 7550 running in succession east by Hill 582.
A westbound manifest comes into Emigrant Gap and is about to cross under I-80 via the tunnel to switch 9.
A neat little sign sits above and behind some engines in the Fresno Yard. I wonder if it lights up at night?
