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Viewing Album: 2010s
By:
Craig Walker
Dates:
1/1/2010 - 12/31/2019
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Title:
No Trespassing - Swarthout Road, Cajon Pass, CA - 11/13/10
Description:
There always seem to be cars with families enjoying the mountains where Swarthout Road crosses the BNSF Railway mainline in the Blue Cut area of Cajon Pass. Perhaps that is why the railroad has stenciled their "no trespassing" warning directly on the rails, about every twenty feet, in this area. Also evident (on the inside of the opposite rail) is a heavy coating of grease, which reduces wear on the railhead and wheel flanges on this curvy crossing of the mountains.
Photo Date:
11/13/2010
Upload Date:
11/19/2010 11:35:28 PM
Location:
Cajon Pass, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Track
Locomotives:
Views:
88
Comments:
0
Title:
UP 5254 - Cajon Pass, CA - 11/13/10
Description:
A Union Pacific manfest provides a pleasant diversion form the usual intermodal parade on Cajon Pass on November 13, 2010. Power for this West Colton (CA) to North Platte (NE) train is ES44AC 5254, AC4400CW 5979, AC4400CW 6149 (the former Southern Pacific 100, and still wearing that roads colors), SD70ACe 8313 and SD70ACe 8331 (with SD70ACe 8517 shoving on the rear).
Photo Date:
11/13/2010
Upload Date:
11/21/2010 3:35:39 PM
Location:
Cajon Pass, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Scenic,Action
Locomotives:
UP 5254(AC45CCTE)
UP 5979(AC44CWCTE)
UP 6149(AC44CW)
UP 8313(SD70ACe)
UP 8331(SD70ACe)
Views:
813
Comments:
2
Title:
UP 8344 - San Bernardino, CA - 11/13/10
Description:
A westbound Union Pacific freight, behind SD70ACe 8344 (and SD70ACe 8393, AC4400CW 5500 and SD70M 4954), enters San Bernardino after crossing Cajon Pass. The Pass is the depression between the San Gabriel and San Bernardino Mountains, visible just above the highway bridge (the I-15 Freeway, which parallels the railroad, is just barely visible on the hillside).
Photo Date:
11/13/2010
Upload Date:
11/18/2010 3:48:06 PM
Location:
San Bernardino, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Scenic,Action
Locomotives:
UP 8344(SD70ACe)
UP 8393(SD70ACe)
UP 5500(AC45CCTE)
UP 4954(SD70M)
Views:
564
Comments:
0
Title:
AMTK 461 - Fullerton, CA - 12/21/10
Description:
Running about a half-hour late, San Luis Obispo-bound Amtrak "Pacific Surfliner" #775 departs the station in Fullerton, California, on a rainy December 21, 2010. (This was the fifth of six consecutive days of nearly non-stop rain in southern California.) On the middle-main sits BNSF Railway train S-LHACLO1-21A, waiting for a clear signal after being held so that the passenger train could cross in front of him. The crew on the freight used this break to dodge the raindrops and scurry to the cafe in the station (in the lower right) for some warm coffee while they wait for their clear signal indication.
Photo Date:
12/21/2010
Upload Date:
12/22/2010 3:23:18 PM
Location:
Fullerton, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Winter,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
AMTK 461(F59PHI)
BNSF 7792(ES44DC)
Views:
372
Comments:
3
Title:
BNSF 7267 - Fullerton, CA - 12/21/10
Description:
BNSF Railway train Q-LACALT1-21A (Guaranteed Service Intermodal; Los Angeles CA - Alliance TX) crosses over at the end of triple track as it approaches Fullerton Junction. The junction is where the former Santa Fe Surf Line diverges to head to San Diego and the former Santa Fe mainline head east to Chicago. Leading this train through a driving rain are ES44DC 7267 and Dash 9-44CWs 5216 and 5250. The tri-light signals are new, having recently replaced classic searchlight signals.
Photo Date:
12/21/2010
Upload Date:
12/24/2010 12:45:10 AM
Location:
Fullerton, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Scenic,Winter,Signal,Track,Action
Locomotives:
BNSF 7267(ES44DC)
Views:
319
Comments:
0
Title:
BNSF 7792 - Fullerton, CA - 12/21/10
Description:
On December 21, 2010, BNSF Railway train S-LHACLO1-21A holds the middle main in Fullerton, California, waiting for a meet with Amtrak "Pacific Surfliner" #775 (running about a half-hour late). The green indication on the westbound signal is for the passenger train. The crew on the freight used this break to dodge the raindrops and scurry to the cafe in the station (just out of this shot on the right) for a warm coffee while they wait for their clear signal indication. This was the fifth of six consecutive days of nearly non-stop rain in southern California.
Photo Date:
12/21/2010
Upload Date:
12/22/2010 2:03:30 PM
Location:
Fullerton, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Winter
Locomotives:
BNSF 7792(ES44DC)
Views:
292
Comments:
2
Title:
SCAX 862 - Orange, CA - 12/23/10
Description:
A pre-Christmas surprise on Metrolink train 804 (Laguna Niguel / Mission Viejo to San Bernardino) is car 212, one of the newly delivered Hyundai-Rotem cars built in Korea. Besides not having the distinctive Bombardier "lozenge" shape, these cars are also unpainted aluminum rather than painted white.
Photo Date:
12/23/2010
Upload Date:
12/23/2010 8:12:29 PM
Location:
Orange, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
SCAX 862(F59PH)
Views:
986
Comments:
0
Title:
SCAX 882 - Orange, CA - 12/23/10
Description:
Metrolink train 602 (Los Angeles - Oceanside) makes a stop in Orange, California, two days before Christmas 2010. Orange is a busy station on the Metrolink system, as it serves both the Los Angeles to Oceanside line and the San Bernardino / Riverside to Oceanside line - these routes diverge just north of the former Santa Fe station. Many passengers change from one route to the other here, and trains are frequent (about every 10 minutes) in the mornings and afternoons. Amtraks "Pacific Surfliners" also pass through, but only two trains each way stop here. Each weekday, 33 Metrolink and 24 Amtrak trains pass through, along with a pair of Union Pacific and a pair of BNSF Railway freights most days. That's 57 passenger trains per day!
Photo Date:
12/23/2010
Upload Date:
12/23/2010 10:53:11 PM
Location:
Orange, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
SCAX 882(F59PHI)
Views:
546
Comments:
1
Title:
UP 1982 - Cajon, Cajon Pass, CA - 1/16/11
Description:
Railfans turn out to document Union Pacific train KG3LB-13 (a double-stack train heading from Global Three, IL to Long Beach, CA) as it rounds the curve at Cajon in southern California's famed Cajon Pass on January 16, 2011. On the head end is one of UP's six "Heritage" SD70ACe diesels - number 1982, painted to commemorate the Missouri Pacific Railroad.
Photo Date:
1/16/2011
Upload Date:
1/17/2011 12:53:15 AM
Location:
Cajon, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:
UP 1982(SD70ACe)
UP 3947(SD70M)
Views:
743
Comments:
5
Title:
AMTK 456
Description:
Winding its way through the Santa Susana Pass is Amtrak "Pacific Surfliner" #768, heading from Goleta to Los Angeles and, eventually, San Diego, California, on January 22, 2011. F59PHI 456 is the power for todays train, which is being led by cab car 6953.
Photo Date:
1/22/2011
Upload Date:
1/22/2012 7:13:29 PM
Location:
Chatsworth, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
AMTK 456(F59PHI)
Views:
696
Comments:
3
Title:
AMTK 507 - Chatsworth, CA - 1/22/11
Description:
One Amtrak "Pacific Surfliner" trainset per day runs from Los Angeles to San Luis Obispo, avoiding the more common segment from San Diego to L.A. This is also the only trainset not made up of EMD F59PHI diesels and Alstom hi-level passenger cars. On January 22, 2011, Amtrak train #799 threads its way through the Chatsworth Rocks on its way north, with a pair of GE Dash 8-32BWH diesels (507 on the point, and 510 on the rear) and a mix of older Amfleet and Horizon Fleet cars, along with a privately owned car (painted for the Southern Pacific) just behind the lead engine. The train is just about to duck into the first of the two tunnels here, as it departs Los Angeles San Fernando Valley and enters Simi Valley.
Photo Date:
1/22/2011
Upload Date:
1/23/2011 2:03:42 AM
Location:
Chatsworth, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
AMTK 507(B32-8WH)
Views:
1162
Comments:
7
Title:
AMTK 507
Description:
One Amtrak "Pacific Surfliner" trainset per day runs from Los Angeles to San Luis Obispo, avoiding the more common segment from San Diego to L.A. This is also the only trainset not made up of EMD F59PHI diesels and Alstom hi-level passenger cars. On January 22, 2011, Amtrak train #799 threads its way through the Chatsworth Rocks on its way north, with a pair of GE Dash 8-32BWH diesels (507 on the point, and 510 on the rear) and a mix of older Amfleet and Horizon Fleet cars, along with a privately owned car (painted for the Southern Pacific) just behind the lead engine. The train is just about to duck into the first of the two tunnels here, as it departs Los Angeles San Fernando Valley crosses the Santa Susana Pass to enter the Simi Valley.
Photo Date:
1/22/2011
Upload Date:
1/22/2012 7:20:23 PM
Location:
Chatsworth, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
AMTK 507(B32-8WH)
Views:
223
Comments:
2
Title:
BNSF 7574 - Fullerton Junction, Fullerton, CA - 1/22/11
Description:
Progress comes to Fullerton Junction, and the old, classic Santa Fe-style cantilever signals have given way to a new cantilever that doesnt have quite the same "railroadiness". BNSF Railway train Z-ATGLAC1-18D rounds the curve and is about to pass the Amtrak station (the old Santa Fe Surf Line to San Diego is in the foreground).
Photo Date:
1/22/2011
Upload Date:
1/23/2011 2:02:02 AM
Location:
Fullerton, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:
BNSF 7574(ES44DC)
BNSF 7267(ES44DC)
BNSF 7318(ES44DC)
BNSF 7547(ES44DC)
Views:
1128
Comments:
0
Title:
UP 7769 - Los Angeles, CA - 1/22/11
Description:
Union Pacific intermodal train ISALB 20 crosses the Los Angeles River on its way to Long Beach, California. This train ran down the UPs line along the east bank of the river before crossing, while the former Santa Fe, now Amtrak line follows the western bank of the river (note the old cantilver signal just ahead of the 7769). Along with the river, two other iconic LA landmarks are visible in this shot: The Sears building on the right, and city hall in the distance on the left.
Photo Date:
1/22/2011
Upload Date:
1/23/2011 2:04:57 AM
Location:
Los Angeles, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Bridge,Action
Locomotives:
UP 7769(AC45CCTE)
UP 4239(SD70M)
UP 4705(SD70M)
Views:
405
Comments:
0
Title:
CRSX 1965 - Fontana, CA - 2/12/11
Description:
Coast Rail Services GP9 1965 feartures unusual windows in the short hood. Originally owned by Chicago Burlington & Quincy (as their number 280, it became part of the Burlington Northern Railroads diesel fleet when the CB&Q, GN, NP and SP&S merged in 1970. BN 1965 had the short hood modified to an office around 1983 in order to accomodate removal of cabooses. Crews were unhappy with the design, however.
Photo Date:
2/12/2011
Upload Date:
2/14/2011 12:15:31 AM
Location:
Fontana, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Roster
Locomotives:
CRSX 1965(GP9)
Views:
522
Comments:
0
Title:
SCAX 228 - San Bernardino, CA - 2/12/11
Description:
Fresh off the boat from Korea, Metrolink coach 228 has arrived at the setup facility in San Bernardino, California, aboard flat car PTTX 940201. These new cars, built by Hyundai-Rotem, feature many new safety features, such as heavier construction, rear-facing seats and more collision beams in the cab cars and no tables to bump into. (Some assembly required.)
Photo Date:
2/12/2011
Upload Date:
2/14/2011 1:17:56 AM
Location:
San Bernardino, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
RollingStock,Yard,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
1326
Comments:
0
Title:
SCAX 863 - Riato, CA - 2/12/11
Description:
Just about two miles into its trip, Metrolink train 359 (San Bernardino to Los Angeles) passes through Rialto on February 12, 2011. Along with the usual Bombardier-built cars, todays train includes one of the new Hyundai-Rotem coaches featuring Metrolinks new paint scheme.
Photo Date:
2/12/2011
Upload Date:
2/13/2011 12:29:44 AM
Location:
Rialto, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
SCAX 863(F59PH)
Views:
469
Comments:
0
Title:
SCAX 876 - San Bernardino, CA - 2/12/11
Description:
In late 2009, Metrolink unveiled their new paint scheme. Fourteen months (or so) later, the line-up of power in San Bernardino features the new scheme on a majority of the power.
Photo Date:
2/12/2011
Upload Date:
2/13/2011 11:50:06 PM
Location:
San Bernardino, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Passenger
Locomotives:
SCAX 876(F59PHI)
SCAX 853(F59PH)
SCAX 870(F59PH)
SCAX 852(F59PH)
Views:
1135
Comments:
0
Title:
SCAX 876 and 853 - San Bernardino, CA - 2/12/11
Description:
A pair of Metrolink trains await assignments in San Bernardino. Both are powered by EMD diesels - streamlined F59PHI 876 and boxier F59PH 853.
Photo Date:
2/12/2011
Upload Date:
2/13/2011 12:41:14 AM
Location:
San Bernardino, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Station,Passenger
Locomotives:
SCAX 876(F59PHI)
SCAX 853(F59PH)
Views:
530
Comments:
0
Title:
UP 3111 - West Colton Yard, Bloomington, CA - 2/12/11
Description:
Mainline railroading in the west is generally a non-stop parade of wide-nosed diesels, so it is refreshing to find older hood units - even if they are in yard service. Here we see a trio of Union Pacific EMD 6-motor power at the West Colton Yard in Bloomington, California, on February 12, 2011. This set, which spend their days shunting cars in the yard to make up trains for UP’s far-flung system, consists of engines that the Union Pacific acquired from other railroads, either through purchase or merger. UP SD40-2 3111 is ex-UP 3943, originally Missouri Pacific 6043. It is teamed with SD38-2 Y835 (ex-Southern Pacific 2976) and Y824 (ex-UP 2824, nee-McCloud 39).
Photo Date:
2/12/2011
Upload Date:
2/15/2011 6:13:26 PM
Location:
Bloomington, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Yard
Locomotives:
UP 3111(SD40-2)
UPY 835(SD38-2)
UPY 824(SD38-2)
Views:
2265
Comments:
1
Title:
UP Diesel Service Facility - West Colton Yard, Bloomington, CA - 2/12/11
Description:
Built by Southern Pacific in the early 1970s, West Colton Yard in Bloomington, California, is now a part of the Union Pacific Railroad - as evidenced by the vast amount of Armour Yellow visible in the yards diesel service area on February 12, 2011.
Photo Date:
2/12/2011
Upload Date:
2/13/2011 12:56:13 AM
Location:
Bloomington, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Yard
Locomotives:
Views:
2419
Comments:
0
Title:
WAMX 3514 - Ontario, CA - 2/12/11
Description:
Webb Asset Management GP35 3514 is back on the rails, a bit worse for the wear. On February 7th, the engine was involved in a collision with the Watco SW1500 that also switches (with WAMX 3514) the Ventura Foods Warehouse. Still lettered for previous owner Palouse River & Coulee City, the engine was originally Pennsylvania Railroad 2268. While the damage is not all the extensive but, at over 46 years old, I suspect that this engine has turned its last wheel in revenue service.
Photo Date:
2/12/2011
Upload Date:
2/14/2011 1:01:44 AM
Location:
Ontario, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Roster,Wreck
Locomotives:
WAMX 3514(GP35)
Views:
663
Comments:
2
Title:
AMTK 145 - Los Angeles, CA - 2/20/11
Description:
Amtrak train #1, the "Sunset Limited," completes mile 1995 (the final mile) of its journey from New Orleans to Los Angeles. On the point of the “Sunset” this morning is Amtrak P42DC 145, the first of several engines to be painted in special schemes to commemorate Amtrak’s 40th anniversary in 2011. The nine-car train began its journey west from LA (Louisiana) just before Noon on February 18th and is arriving in L.A. (Los Angeles) on a bright February 20th morning at 7:47 – about 45 minutes ahead of its (heavily padded) schedule. The pilot of 145 shows signs of an altercation with an automobile earlier in the trip, near San Antonio, Texas.
Photo Date:
2/20/2011
Upload Date:
2/20/2011 1:56:49 PM
Location:
Los Angeles, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Scenic,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
AMTK 145(P42DC)
Views:
471
Comments:
1
Title:
AMTK 145 - Los Angeles, CA - 2/20/11
Description:
Two Amtrak anniversary engines in one place! Amtrak P42 145, the first of several engines painted in "retro" schemes to celebrate the passenger carriers 40th anniversary in 2011, has just arrived in Los Angeles on its first trip to the west (on train #1, the "Sunset Limited"). On the adjacent "escape" track sits Amtrak F59PHI 457, wearing a special scheme to commemorate the "Pacific Surfliner" services 10th anniversary in 2010. Note only is this an unusual view of the 457s rear, but also note the damage to the pilot on 145, the result of a grade crossing accident in San Antonio the previous day.
Photo Date:
2/20/2011
Upload Date:
2/20/2011 6:47:43 PM
Location:
Los Angeles, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Station,Passenger
Locomotives:
AMTK 145(P42DC)
AMTK 457(F59PHI)
Views:
763
Comments:
0
Title:
AMTK 145 - Los Angeles, CA - 2/20/11
Description:
The pilot of Amtrak anniversary engine 145 was damaged in an altercation with a vehicle near San Antonio, Texas, on February 19th. The unit is seen here, on the "Sunset Limited" (train #1) in Los Angeles on February 20th, 2011.
Photo Date:
2/20/2011
Upload Date:
2/20/2011 6:52:38 PM
Location:
Los Angeles, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Wreck,Passenger
Locomotives:
AMTK 145(P42DC)
Views:
1320
Comments:
1
Title:
AMTK 90208 - Los Angeles, CA - 2/20/11
Description:
Amtrak "Cabbage" 90208, seen on the rear of "Pacific Surfliner" #799 on February 20, 2011, began life as F40PH 208. When the F40PHs were retired, many were rebuilt as baggage cars that, because of the locomotive cab, could be used on the front of push-pull passenger trains. Train #799 has Dash 8-32BWH 510 on the head-end. I hope no luggage fell out of that open door!
Photo Date:
2/20/2011
Upload Date:
2/20/2011 9:57:11 PM
Location:
Los Angeles, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Station,Passenger
Locomotives:
AMTK 90208(NPCU)
Views:
330
Comments:
1
Title:
SCAX Crossing Sign - Orange, CA - 2/26/11
Description:
There goes the neighborhood! Thanks to the dark forces of those offended by railroad air horns, the city of Orange, California, is now a "quiet zone." As a result, I can no longer hear trains passing through town from my house. Damn...
Photo Date:
2/26/2011
Upload Date:
2/27/2011 8:27:57 PM
Location:
Orange, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Locomotives:
Views:
250
Comments:
1
Title:
NS 9821 - West Colton Yard, Bloomington, CA - 2/27/11
Description:
Union Pacific train ZAILC 25 (UPS, expedited intermodal; Atlanta GA to Los Angeles CA), behind a trio of General Electric diesels - two Norfolk Southern diesels (9821 and 9023) and a UP diesel (7658) - approaches West Colton Yard in Bloomington, California, on February 27, 2011.
Photo Date:
2/27/2011
Upload Date:
2/27/2011 8:11:48 PM
Location:
Bloomington, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Track,Action
Locomotives:
NS 9821(C40-9W)
Views:
114
Comments:
1
Title:
UP 1995 - West Colton Yard, Bloomington, CA - 2/27/11
Description:
The power for Union Pacific train MWCPX 27 (Merchandise, West Colton to Phoenix, AZ) moves through West Colton Yard in Bloomington, California, in order to back onto the train. On the point of the train will be one of UPs "Heritage" diesels, #1995, painted to honor the Chicago & North Western.
Photo Date:
2/27/2011
Upload Date:
2/27/2011 7:56:27 PM
Location:
Bloomington, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Yard
Locomotives:
UP 1995(SD70ACe)
Views:
294
Comments:
0
Title:
BNSF 2163 - Shafter, CA - 3/11/11
Description:
13.9 miles north of Bakersfield, California, the BNSF Railways Lone Star Branch splits off the Bakersfield Subdivisions mainline and heads west through the almond groves. On March 11, 2011, train Y-BAK3071-10I waits among the almond blossoms (and a lot of bees) behind GP38 2163 and GP38-2s 2316 and 2319, which provide a splash of color to the scene.
Photo Date:
3/11/2011
Upload Date:
3/21/2011 12:16:28 PM
Location:
Shafter, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Scenic
Locomotives:
BNSF 2163(GP38)
Views:
458
Comments:
2
Title:
BNSF 2163 - Shafter, CA - 3/11/11
Description:
13.9 miles north of Bakersfield, California, the BNSF Railways Lone Star Branch splits off the Bakersfield Subdivisions mainline and heads west through the almond groves. On March 11, 2011, train Y-BAK3071-10I waits among the almond blossoms (and a lot of bees) behind GP38 2163 and GP38-2s 2316 and 2319, which provide a splash of color to the scene.
Photo Date:
3/11/2011
Upload Date:
3/21/2011 12:17:05 PM
Location:
Shafter, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Scenic
Locomotives:
BNSF 2163(GP38)
Views:
662
Comments:
4
Title:
BNSF 2163 - Lone Star Spur, Shafter, CA - 3/11/11
Description:
13.9 miles north of Bakersfield, California, the BNSF Railways Lone Star Branch splits off the Bakersfield Subdivisions mainline and heads west through the almond groves. On March 11, 2011, train Y-BAK3071-10I waits among the almond blossoms (and a lot of bees) behind GP38 2163 and GP38-2s 2316 and 2319, which provide a splash of color to the scene.
Photo Date:
3/11/2011
Upload Date:
3/27/2011 2:35:48 PM
Location:
Fullerton, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Scenic
Locomotives:
BNSF 2163(GP38)
Views:
546
Comments:
0
Title:
BNSF 4106 - Monolith, CA - 3/11/11
Description:
BNSF train M-RICBAR1-09A (Richmond CA - Barstow CA merchandise) rounds the curve at the east end of Monolith as it descends from Tehachapi headed to Mojave, at which point it will split off from Union Pacific rails back onto BNSF trackage to complete the journey to Barstow. A small hole in the fog allows the train to be bathed in sunshine, although it is just about to re-enter the gloom once again.
Photo Date:
3/11/2011
Upload Date:
3/21/2011 12:18:29 PM
Location:
Monolith, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Scenic,Action
Locomotives:
BNSF 4106(C44-9W)
Views:
421
Comments:
1
Title:
BNSF 4106 - Tehachapi, CA - 3/11/11
Description:
As fog envelops the town of Tehachapi, BNSF train M-RICBAR1-09A (Richmond CA - Barstow CA merchandise) rolls to a stop near the summit of the crossing of the Tehachapi Mountains. Celebrating the towns railroad heritage, attractive signs with SP "Black Widow" F-units direct those exiting the freeway to downtown. Note the unusual radio antenna on the cab roof (this is one of two matching antennas on the unit.)
Photo Date:
3/11/2011
Upload Date:
3/21/2011 12:19:19 PM
Location:
Tehachapi, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Locomotives:
BNSF 4106(C44-9W)
Views:
393
Comments:
0
Title:
UP 7400 - Bakersfield, CA - 3/11/11
Description:
Photo Date:
3/11/2011
Upload Date:
3/27/2011 2:11:05 AM
Location:
Bakersfield, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Locomotives:
UP 7400(ES44AC)
Views:
824
Comments:
0
Title:
BNSF 4458 - Allensworth, CA - 3/11/11
Description:
BNSF Railways Z-WSPSTO8-11L (Priority UPS-LTL Intermodal, Willow Springs IL to Stockton CA), lead by Dash 9-44CWs 4458, 5298, 714 and ES44DC 7914, passes site of California’s Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park. Located in an unincorporated area in Tulare County, Allensworth was a town founded in 1908 by Lt. Colonel Allen Allensworth with the idea that African-Americans could own property, learn, thrive, and live the American Dream.
Photo Date:
3/13/2011
Upload Date:
3/21/2011 12:20:39 PM
Location:
Allensworth, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Scenic,Action
Locomotives:
BNSF 4458(C44-9W)
Views:
434
Comments:
0
Title:
BNSF 7681 - Bakersfield, CA - 3/13/11
Description:
As BNSF Railway train Z-KCKNBY1-11A (Priority UPS-LTL Intermodal, Kansas City KS to North Bay CA) arrives in Bakersfield the headlight of Union Pacific train ZLCLT 13 (UPS Expedited Intermodal, Los Angeles CA to Lathrop CA, with UP ES44AC 5383 on the head-end) can be seen in the distance. Both trains have just conquered the crossing of the Tehachapi Mountains, and will now have it easy as they head north through Californias flat Central Valley. It appears that the lead ES44DC, 7681, has had a nose job that could use a bit more paint.
Photo Date:
3/13/2011
Upload Date:
3/21/2011 12:21:48 PM
Location:
Bakersfield, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Signal,Action
Locomotives:
BNSF 7681(ES44DC)
Views:
412
Comments:
1
Title:
CFNR 503 - Tracy, CA - 3/13/11
Description:
Photo Date:
3/13/2011
Upload Date:
3/23/2011 12:26:05 PM
Location:
Tracy, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Roster
Locomotives:
CFNR 503(3GS21B)
Views:
554
Comments:
0
Title:
CORP 3817 - Calwa Yard, Fresno, CA - 3/13/11
Description:
Photo Date:
3/13/2011
Upload Date:
3/23/2011 3:39:44 PM
Location:
Fresno, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Roster
Locomotives:
CORP 3817(GP38)
Views:
462
Comments:
0
Title:
SP 4759 - Tracy, CA - 3/13/11
Description:
A Southern Pacific C-50-9 bay-window caboose still in service in 2011, and complete with the radio antenna and roof-mounted marker light. This car was built in April 1980.
Photo Date:
3/13/2011
Upload Date:
3/23/2011 12:30:23 PM
Location:
Tracy, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Roster,RollingStock
Locomotives:
Views:
664
Comments:
0
Title:
BNSF 7659 - Fullerton, CA - 3/26/11
Description:
The trackwork in Fullerton, California, has gotten more complex! Along with the triple track mainline (which ends here, with the left main continuing on to Chicago, and the right main heading south to San Diego, with the middle main splitting to each), there is a new track on the far right for the upcoming Metrolink service between Fullerton and Laguna Niguel / Mission Viejo. This stub end track, complete with a short passing siding, joins the line to San Diego about a quarter mile after rounding this curve. BNSF Railway train S-MEMSCO1-18A (Intermodal Stacks; Memphis TN to Thenard CA) crosses to the northern-most main on its way to the harbor area in Long Beach / Los Angeles, on March 25, 2011.
Photo Date:
3/26/2011
Upload Date:
3/27/2011 10:55:04 AM
Location:
Fullerton, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:
BNSF 7659(ES44DC)
Views:
512
Comments:
0
Title:
BNSF 9615 - Fullerton, CA - 3/26/11
Description:
Amtrak #3, the westbound "Southwest Chief," accelerates out of the Fullerton station at 4:05 PM on March 26, 2011. The scheduled time for this stop? 6:34 AM! As evidenced by the BNSF SD70MAC on the headend, this has been a hard-luck train on its journey from Chicago to Los Angeles - a misbehaving P42DC (hence its replacement with the SD70MAC), signal problems, slow orders - Unfortunately not the ideal situation for repeat customers among the trains many passengers.
Photo Date:
3/26/2011
Upload Date:
3/27/2011 2:04:27 AM
Location:
Fullerton, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
BNSF 9615(SD70MAC)
AMTK 142(P42DC)
Views:
943
Comments:
0
Title:
BNSF 9615 - Fullerton Junction, Fullerton, CA - 3/26/11
Description:
Running 9 hours 20 minutes late as it approaches it next to last stop in Fullerton, California, Amtrak train #3 (the westbound "Southwest Chief") has had a number of setbacks on its journey from Chicago to Los Angeles. Among the problems was the addition of BNSF SD70MAC 9615 in La Junta, Colorado, because of ailing Amtrak P42DC 45 developed problems, along with slow orders through Kansas and Colorado due to signal problems (reportedly copper theft), and then setting out unit 45 in Albuqueque, New Mexico. The train was running so late at this point that a crew change was scheduled for Fullerton, with the new crew taking the train the final twenty-six miles into Los Angeles.
Photo Date:
3/26/2011
Upload Date:
3/26/2011 8:51:04 PM
Location:
Fullerton, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
BNSF 9615(SD70MAC)
AMTK 142(P42DC)
Views:
599
Comments:
1
Title:
BNSF 7219 - Fullerton, CA - 3/28/11
Description:
It can be a madhouse on weekday afternoons in Fullerton, California, as there are nineteen passenger train movements (Amtrak and Metrolink) between 2:59 and 7:04 PM. And, of course, the BNSF Railway is trying to move freight among all these trains, so the BNSFs dispatchers are kept very busy. On the afternoon of Monday, March 28th, 2011, BNSF train Z-WSPLAC1-26A (behind GEs 7219, 7838, 5070 and 7576) blasts through the station on the middle main, heading to Los Angeles from Willow Springs, Illinois.
Photo Date:
3/28/2011
Upload Date:
4/4/2011 1:29:49 AM
Location:
Fullerton, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Action
Locomotives:
BNSF 7219(ES44DC)
Views:
287
Comments:
1
Title:
SCAX 896 - Fullerton, CA - 3/28/11
Description:
Southern California's Metrolink commuter train service has been in operation since 1991, and at rush hour the stations become a sea of humanity - imagine that; not everyone is stuck on the freeway! Fullerton, not far from Disneyland, sees Metrolink service between Los Angeles and southern points (Irvine, Laguna Niguel/Mission Viejo and Oceanside) and cities to the east (Riverside) as well. Here train 706 (a Los Angeles to Riverside train) disgorges passengers at the venerable old Santa Fe station (built in 1930) right on time. In moments, the train will depart and, at the end of the platform, switch to the middle main, as the track it is on heads south to Oceanside (and eventually San Diego) rather than east to Riverside (and Chicago).
Photo Date:
3/28/2011
Upload Date:
4/4/2011 1:28:32 AM
Location:
Fullerton, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
SCAX 896(MP36PH-3C)
Views:
206
Comments:
0
Title:
UP 3790 - Dolores Yard, Carson, CA - 3/29/11
Description:
At the north end of Union Pacific's Dolores Yard is CP Alameda, where some of the power lays over awaiting assignment. Unlike southern California's other railroad, BNSF Railway (which operates a steady stream of GE power in the area), EMD power is no stranger to the Union Pacific in the L.A. Basin. Here we see SD70M 3790 and SD90MAC 8200 resting between runs on March 29, 2011. (The UP calls these SD90MACs "SD9043AC" rather than sticking with the EMD designation.)
Photo Date:
3/29/2011
Upload Date:
4/4/2011 1:26:36 AM
Location:
Carson, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Locomotives:
UP 3790(SD70M)
UP 8200(SD9043MAC)
Views:
390
Comments:
2
Title:
AMTK 156 - Sullivan's Curve, Cajon Pass, CA - 4/2/11
Description:
The Pacific Railroad Society's 75th Anniversary special (symboled AMT966-02), heading from Los Angeles to Bakersfield via the former SP Palmdale Cutoff (over Cajon Pass) and the line over the Tehachapi Mountains, rounds Sullivan's Curve as it ascends Cajon Pass on April 2, 2011. In a classy move by Amtrak, P42DC 156, fresh in its Heritage paint scheme to commemorate the carriers 40th Anniversary, is on the point, followed by Amtrak B32-8BWH 510.
Photo Date:
4/2/2011
Upload Date:
4/4/2011 1:18:00 AM
Location:
Cajon Pass, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
AMTK 156(P42DC)
Views:
291
Comments:
0
Title:
AMTK 156 - West Colton Yard, Bloomington, CA - 4/2/11
Description:
The railfans assembled on the Pepper Street overpass at Union Pacific's West Colton Yards east end get a friendly wave from the cab of Amtrak P42DC 156 as it leads a special train toward Cajon Pass and, eventually, Tehachapi and Bakersfield. In a nice touch of class, Amtrak sent one of their Fortieth Anniversary Heritage units (the 156) west to lead the Pacific Railroad Society’s 75th Anniversary special. (The second engine in the consist is Amtrak Dash 8-32BWH 510.)
Photo Date:
4/2/2011
Upload Date:
4/4/2011 1:16:28 AM
Location:
Bloomington, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Passenger
Locomotives:
AMTK 156(P42DC)
Views:
197
Comments:
0
Title:
UP 7364 - West Colton Yard, Bloomington, CA - 6/1/11
Description:
An interesting power set - Union Pacific ES44AC 7364, 3GS21B Y2719 and SD70M 5172 - backs down the lead at the railroad's West Colton Yard in Bloomington, California, on a bright June 1, 2011 morning.
Photo Date:
6/1/2011
Upload Date:
7/6/2011 2:53:35 PM
Location:
Bloomington, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Yard
Locomotives:
UP 7364(AC45CCTE)
UPY 2719(3GS21B)
UP 5172(SD70M)
Views:
485
Comments:
0
Title:
UP 7865 - Pomona, CA - 6/1/11
Description:
Union Pacific's KG1LA 30 (Intermodal; Chicago IL Global 1 to Los Angeles CA) heads into the sun at Pomona, California, on June 1, 2011. Lead engine 7865 (a General Electric ES44AC) features some interesting numberboards!
Photo Date:
6/1/2011
Upload Date:
7/6/2011 2:53:41 PM
Location:
Pomona, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Action
Locomotives:
UP 7865(AC45CCTE)
Views:
290
Comments:
1
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