Ballasting the Station Track The North County Transit District (Coaster) bought the track from Oceanside down from the Santa Fe in 1994 and was leasing 372 and probably the dump cars.
Amtraks northbound Los Angeles to Seattle train #14 the Coast Starlight was descending Oregons Cascade mountain range at Minnow
Crew ballasting a depot track.
From the track it is on I'm guessing the SW Chief. My notes say 6:45 pm. Sure is a big train.
A long summer-length Northstar heads south out of the Twin Ports for the Twin Cities and in the process crosses over the long former GN bridge spanning the Nemadji River south of Superior. This br... (more)
The Burbank station was fairly new when I caught this screamer (F40PH) leading train #781 through at track speed after work. I worked at NBC back then and had watched them build that art deco gree... (more)