An uncommon site almost anywhere. Two Cotton Belt engine, one unpatched followed by a unpatched SP unit in the W.C. Yard.
West Colton Yard at 11:26pm, still going strong.
Two unpatched SP units get ready to head to Mojave.
The "Rock Train" makes it's way from Cabazon to Long Beach.
A different look, looking towards Pepper Ave in the background. The owrk going on on the background is for the new engine maintenance facility.
A unpatched SP unit shows the UP units how it's done!
A westbound enters the yard after a trip from Yuma, AZ.
A clean unpatched SP AC440CW is shuffled around West Colton Yard
As one train comes in on the Palmdale Cutoff from Mojave, another comes in on the balloon track from Yuma, AZ as some light power is shuffled in the yard.
A BNSF crew awaits thru turn to return from West Colton to San Bernardino. The crew is catching up on some reading it appears.
UP power is serviced at West Colton. Former SDP45 2768 is even in the mix.
With the above valley and montains shrouded in smog, these three SD70Ms somehow manage to reflect enough light to be seen.
A very busy morning at West Colton Yard. Lots of interesting power too.
UP 2768, former EL SDP45 #3668, passes through the east end of the yard at Pepper Ave.
An assortment of power sits at the eastern end of UP's West Colton yard, including a hauler on the left, a BNSF interchange train in the center, and a Tehachapi-bound manifest at right.
