Completed in July 1909 at a cost of $500,000, Union Pacific's Salt Lake City passenger station is a beautiful monument to the golden age of passenger train travel. The structure was built in the E... (more)
westbound Amtrak train #35, the "Desert Wind" rounding "drawbar flats" curve above Cajon, CA site of an unfortunate and fatal derailment of a runaway train coming down the pass a few years later.
Amtrak pre Desert Wind special returning from Las Vegas, NV approaching Summit, CA
The EB "Desert Wind" is winding it out on the closest thing to a racetrack on the west side on Cajon Pass as the Inland Empire is splayed out in the background on this unusually nice day.
WB "Desert Wind" #35 with a mix of high level cars.
Eastbound "Desert Wind" on the south track with I-15 in the background. I took many more pictures on later visits than I did when I lived here!
Amtrak's Desert Wind train #35 makes a rare daylight appearance along Union Pacific's Lynndyl Subdivision at Lake Point, Utah. The connecting California Zephyr train #5 arrived at Salt Lake City a... (more)
Amtrak SDP40F 500, pulling train 35, the westbound "Desert Wind," makes a station stop in Barstow, California, on June 24, 1981.
Train #36, the eastbound Desert Wind, meets a northbound San Diegan at the platforms of Fullerton CA. Fullerton has changed considerably since this shot, even the Donald Duck orange juice plant i... (more)
The Desert Wind heading for the desert. While the grade up to Summit is steep, this angle makes it look dramatic.
The Desert Wind arriving.
The Desert Wind headed toward LA.
The Desert Wind headed toward Los Angeles. Note: this is actually a GE P32-8BWH.
The Desert Wind Departing for the Cajon and the Desert during station reconstruction.
The Desert Wind's Pepsi Can gets a window wash.
