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| Title: |
Helpers at W. Bealville |
| Description: |
A pair of Dash-9's push hard on the back of a manifest freight heavy with Napa Valley wine at it negotiates the curves between Caliente, CA and Bealville. I just wished they would have closed that door! |
| Photo Date: |
4/5/2011 Upload Date: 4/25/2011 8:49:29 AM |
| Location: |
Allard, CA |
| Author: |
David Abeles |
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BNSF 4455(C44-9W) |
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415 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Tunnel 2 |
| Description: |
Four big GE's lead stacks up Tehachapi Pass. This is Tunnel 2, just west and downgrade of Bealville Siding, which is visibile in the distant background on the right. The railroad twists and turns to maintain a constant 2.5% grade. |
| Photo Date: |
4/5/2011 Upload Date: 4/25/2011 8:48:59 AM |
| Location: |
Allard, CA |
| Author: |
David Abeles |
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| Locomotives: |
BNSF 4469(C44-9W) |
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455 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Same train, 10 minutes later... |
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BNSF 4469 east is now seen negotiating the Allard Horseshoe Curve, upgrade from our viewpoint. The locomotives in the distance are on the front of the train whose end is visible in the foreground! |
| Photo Date: |
4/5/2011 Upload Date: 4/25/2011 9:22:16 AM |
| Location: |
Tehachapi, CA |
| Author: |
David Abeles |
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| Locomotives: |
BNSF 4469(C44-9W) |
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380 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Springtime in the Tehachapis |
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Most of the year, these mountains are tan and brown. This time of year, everything is bright green, and beekeepers have set up hives for all the bees to pollenate local flora. BNSF 4190 climbs towards Bealville, surrounded by lush hills. |
| Photo Date: |
4/6/2011 Upload Date: 4/25/2011 9:24:47 AM |
| Location: |
Caliente, CA |
| Author: |
David Abeles |
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| Locomotives: |
BNSF 4190(C44-9W) |
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419 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Climbing to Marcel |
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The BNSF "Wine Train" comes through Tunnel 10, approaching Marcel siding. Units are in Run-8, flanges squealing on the rails - quite a show! |
| Photo Date: |
4/6/2011 Upload Date: 4/25/2011 9:29:47 AM |
| Location: |
Marcel, CA |
| Author: |
David Abeles |
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| Locomotives: |
BNSF 4720(C44-9W) |
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426 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Marcel |
| Description: |
BNSF 4190, on a Barstow-Stockton manifest freight, leaves Marcel siding behind as it slides downgrade, approaching Tunnel 10 and Tehachapi Loop. |
| Photo Date: |
4/7/2011 Upload Date: 4/25/2011 9:25:42 AM |
| Location: |
Marcel, CA |
| Author: |
David Abeles |
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| Locomotives: |
BNSF 4190(C44-9W) |
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310 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Humid Morning |
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After setting out a bad-order locomotive, two BNSF GEVO locomotives struggle upgrade with a Z-train bound for points east. Fog is breaking up over the Techachapi Mountains in the background, through which this train will climb for the next hour and a half. |
| Photo Date: |
4/6/2011 Upload Date: 4/25/2011 9:45:11 AM |
| Location: |
Caliente, CA |
| Author: |
David Abeles |
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| Locomotives: |
BNSF 7804(ES44DC) |
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377 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
First Light at the Loop |
| Description: |
The first light of day hits UP 7387 West on Tehachap Loop. This train is crossing over itself as it descends the Pass, locomotives visible here are DPU helpers. |
| Photo Date: |
4/7/2011 Upload Date: 4/25/2011 9:30:12 AM |
| Location: |
Tehachapi Loop, CA |
| Author: |
David Abeles |
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| Locomotives: |
UP 7387(AC45CCTE) |
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378 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Looping Over Itself |
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This Z-train had a locomotive fail en-route, and so it was set out, and continued over the pass with just two units up front. It struggled! Here, 7387 east crosses over itself as it dodges rain showers and climbs through the Loop itself. |
| Photo Date: |
4/6/2011 Upload Date: 4/25/2011 9:36:55 AM |
| Location: |
Tehachapi Loop, CA |
| Author: |
David Abeles |
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| Locomotives: |
BNSF 7387(ES44DC) |
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450 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Sweet Light |
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It's hard to capture this on film...what a great place to watch trains. BNSF Dash-9's climb to Tunnel 2. |
| Photo Date: |
4/7/2011 Upload Date: 4/25/2011 9:44:38 AM |
| Location: |
Caliente, CA |
| Author: |
David Abeles |
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| Locomotives: |
BNSF 5414(C44-9W) |
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238 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Sun here, Stormy in the Hills |
| Description: |
UP 5385 leads an SD70M and domestic stacks upgrade railroad east - but geographically west - of Caliente, CA. |
| Photo Date: |
4/6/2011 Upload Date: 4/25/2011 9:50:39 AM |
| Location: |
Caliente, CA |
| Author: |
David Abeles |
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| Locomotives: |
UP 5385(AC45CCTE) |
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374 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Lifting Fog, Morning Light |
| Description: |
BNSF 7387 and kin drop downgrade between Tunnel 2 and Tunnel 1 amidst lifting fog and dawn light. |
| Photo Date: |
4/7/2011 Upload Date: 4/25/2011 9:51:21 AM |
| Location: |
Caliente, CA |
| Author: |
David Abeles |
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| Locomotives: |
BNSF 7387(ES44DC) |
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540 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Big Engines |
| Description: |
UP 5394 and sisters nose out of Tunnel 2 with a westbound manifest. |
| Photo Date: |
4/6/2011 Upload Date: 4/25/2011 9:51:45 AM |
| Location: |
Caliente, CA |
| Author: |
David Abeles |
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| Locomotives: |
UP 5394(AC45CCTE) |
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339 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Dawn Manifest |
| Description: |
UP 5394 West stretches out downgrade of Tunnel 2 as the sun rises and fog lifts. |
| Photo Date: |
4/7/2011 Upload Date: 4/25/2011 9:52:03 AM |
| Location: |
Caliente, CA |
| Author: |
David Abeles |
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| Locomotives: |
UP 5394(AC45CCTE) |
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326 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
A Sacred Spot |
| Description: |
For fans of SP, and any railfan of the American West, this is a sacred spot. |
| Photo Date: |
4/7/2011 Upload Date: 4/25/2011 9:51:02 AM |
| Location: |
Bealville, CA |
| Author: |
David Abeles |
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209 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Through the Curves |
| Description: |
UP 8400 East whines downgrade through the Allard Horseshoe at Bealville Siding. It had just come along the distant track before coming into view here. |
| Photo Date: |
4/6/2011 Upload Date: 4/25/2011 9:52:32 AM |
| Location: |
Bealville, CA |
| Author: |
David Abeles |
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| Locomotives: |
UP 8400(SD70ACe) |
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372 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Into the Last Light |
| Description: |
UP 8400 West slides downgrade west of Caliente, CA, into the setting sun. |
| Photo Date: |
4/6/2011 Upload Date: 4/25/2011 9:52:48 AM |
| Location: |
Caliente, CA |
| Author: |
David Abeles |
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| Locomotives: |
UP 8400(SD70ACe) |
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402 Comments: 2 |
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