A westbound UP mixed frieght sits broke down in West Palm Springs. As UP 7889 passed me in Palm Springs they soon let dispatch know they were only doing 5mph. I headed to Tipton Rd to catch UP ... (more)
Westbound past the wind turbines at Whitewater.
Crossing over the old Southern Pacific bridge on the Sunset Route.
A westbound intermodal in dynamics takes the grade in San Timoteo Cyn between Beaumont and West Colton.
A westbound in hard dynamics runs down San Timoteo Canyon between Beaumont Hill and Redlands.
On a stormy day UP 7631 passes under a double rainbow as it heads east into Palm Springs.
Two trains meet at the wind farms in Palm Springs on a clear windy day. Amazing to see that 6 of the 7 engines are SD70M's and all the engines are running elephant style!
Westbound UP 5158 passes by some wind farms in Palm Springs. It's rare nowadays to see three SD70M's together and running elephant style too.
Eastbound UP 5287 passes by some wind farms in Palm Springs.
Talk about a strange photo. Here I was going to shoot UP 7718 when all of a sudden from the east comes UP 7719 and from the west UP 3798 making for a three way meet here off the end of 9th St.
It can't be SoCal without palm trees and orange trees. I was surprised when I saw consist come around the corner. Very colorful and not one UP engine in the consist. The consist consisted of a CEF... (more)
At the top of Banning Summit this sign warns engineers of the steep grade ahead going into Palm Springs.
A rare sight in Southern California, four NS engines run this train east towards Yuma.
