Blowing heat and kicking up dust. 4082 pulling hard leading a 4 loco manifest. The 3rd engine is a CSX unit. First one I have seen in San Timoteo Canyon and none since.
1983 in DPU passes El Casco in Calimesa on her way to Yuma as one of Riverside County Finest drives by. One only wonders what was on the Peace Officer's mind as he drove by all the railfans.
This is the only 38-2 the Union Pacific has with an operating weight of 391,000 LBS.
Here is the history:"Built as McCloud Railway (MR) 39; purchased by UP in June 1997 from owner, Mid America ... (more)