It may be January, but the unusually-brown hills in San Timoteo Canyon indicate that southern California had entered another period of drought, lasting from late 2006 through 2009. Unio... (more)
Crossing the expansive Great Salt Lake basin on Union Pacific’s former Southern Pacific main line, an eastbound UP freight approaches Lakeside, Utah, on March 5, 2012.
UP 8492 pulling the 2.2% grade into Meacham, Oregon on the Union Pacific La Grande Sub.
Nearing sunset on March 5, 2012, sees an eastbound Union Pacific freight crossing the expansive Great Salt Lake basin, approaching Lakeside, Utah. The train is is dwarfed by the vast size of the b... (more)
Crossing the expansive Great Salt Lake basin with late afternoon sun glinting off the train, an eastbound Union Pacific freight approaches Lakeside, Utah, on March 5, 2012. To the left are the eva... (more)
Crossing the expansive Great Salt Lake basin, an eastbound Union Pacific freight approaches Lakeside, Utah, on March 5, 2012. In the distance is Hogup Ridge, and to the left are the evaporative ba... (more)
A westbound UP threads the needle at Cajon Summit.
Congestion at summit as a westbound UP gets the green and three BNSF trains hold. The grading for the 3rd main as some ice contrast for photos now.
Coming down Cajon
3 Westbounds all waiting their turns down Cajon
It may be January, but the unusually brown hills in San Timoteo Canyon indicate that southern California had entered another period of drought, lasting from late 2006 through 2009. Unio... (more)
