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Viewing Album:  2010s
 
By:Craig Walker
Dates:1/1/2010 - 12/31/2019
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HLCX 1046
Title:  HLCX 1046
Description:  Helm Leasing GP38M-2s 1046 and 1083 are on the point of Union Pacific local LUE46 10 on August 10th, 2012. The train is heading railroad west (geographically south) as it departs North Yard in Salt Lake City, Utah. HLCX 1046, painted in an attractive burgundy scheme, is ex-UP 1046, ex-UP 2546, ex-UP GP40 875, ex-SOO 2027, ex-MILW 2037, nee-MILW 164. Companion engine HLCX, still wearing its old UP colors, is ex-UP 1083, ex-UP 2583, ex-DRGW GP40 3147, ex-DRGW 3159, ex-CR 3159, nee-PC 3159.
Photo Date:  8/10/2012  Upload Date: 8/17/2012 6:49:00 PM
Location:  Salt Lake City, UT
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  HLCX 1046(GP38-2) HLCX 1083(GP38-2)
Views:  374   Comments: 1
UP 4949
Title:  UP 4949
Description:  Union Pacifics ZDVSC 10 (Intermodal, Denver CO to Salt Lake City UT) train departs the roads North Yard as it nears its final destination on August 10, 2012. Note the white and yellow striping on the lead SD70Ms snowplow. These stripes have been showing up on several UP locomotives beginning in 2012.
Photo Date:  8/10/2012  Upload Date: 8/17/2012 6:52:09 PM
Location:  Salt Lake City, UT
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4949(SD70M)
Views:  143   Comments: 0
UTAH 2003
Title:  UTAH 2003
Description:  Utah Railways RIT311 local passes the warm spring pond adjacent to UPs North Yard as it heads south heading toward Salt Lake City on August 10, 2012. Lead engine 2003 is now listed as a GP38-2, but is in fact a rebuilt GP35 (ex-SP 6311, ex-SP 6598, nee-SP 7701). The other engine, Utah GP38-2 2002, was originally SP GP35 7484 (later SP 6596 and then SP 6304).
Photo Date:  8/10/2012  Upload Date: 8/17/2012 6:53:24 PM
Location:  Salt Lake City, UT
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UTAH 2003(GP38-2) UTAH 2002(GP38-2)
Views:  438   Comments: 0
UTAX 9
Title:  UTAX 9
Description:  The Salt Lake City area has experienced a commuter rail renaissance lately, with three TRAX light rail lines in operation and Front Runner heavy rail commuter trains – all operated by the Utah Transit Authority (UTA). On a stormy August 10, 2012, afternoon, Front Runner train #4 passes under the six-track signal bridge and across the grade crossing at W 400 N (SLC is on the only city I know of that names their streets in such a manner) as it approaches Union Pacifics North Yard. UTAX MP36PH-3C 9, built by Motive Power Industries (Boise, ID) leads coach 201 and cab cars 113 and 120 as the train makes its way from downtown Salt Lake northward to Ogden.
Photo Date:  8/10/2012  Upload Date: 8/17/2012 6:54:13 PM
Location:  Salt Lake City, UT
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories:  Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  UTAX 9(MP36PH-3C)
Views:  176   Comments: 0
UP 5779
Title:  UP 5779
Description:  A trainload of coal from the West Elk Mine at Arco, Colorado, passes by the iconic Castle Rock, which was clearly visible in photos of the early transcontinental railway in the 1860s. Lead engine 5779, a GE-built AC4400CW, is quite a bit different than the 4-4-0s and 2-8-0s and other early steam locomotives that have passed by this rock formation for the past 144 years! However, the name on the locomotives - Union Pacific - remains unchanged.
Photo Date:  8/11/2012  Upload Date: 8/15/2012 6:26:15 PM
Location:  Green River, WY
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories:  Scenic,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  UP 5779(AC44CWCTE)
Views:  225   Comments: 2
UTAX 1136
Title:  UTAX 1136
Description:  Utah Transit Authority operates three light rail lines in the Salt Lake City area. Green Line (West Valley to downtown Salt Lake City) train 42, made up of Siemens S70 LRVs 1136 and 1127, has just departed the City Center Station and is rounding the curve next to the largest Latter Day Saints (Mormon) temple in downtown Salt Lake City. The Temple took 40 years to construct (1853 through 1893) and much of the granite used in its construction originated in a quarry in Little Cottonwood Canyon. The granite was then transported the Jordan Valley Railroad to a connection with the Union Pacific in Sandy, Utah, which then moved it a few miles north to the temples site. (This former UP trackage is now the UTAs Blue Line, connecting Sandy and SLC.)
Photo Date:  8/11/2012  Upload Date: 8/15/2012 6:23:55 PM
Location:  Salt Lake City, UT
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories:  Scenic,Transit,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  UTAX 1127(LRV) UTAX 1136(LRV)
Views:  231   Comments: 0
SCAX 894
Title:  SCAX 894
Description:  On a hot, muggy August 28th, 2012, Metrolink train 640, heading from Los Angeles to Laguna Niguel/Mission Viejo, has been delayed in Orange, California, due to doors that became inoperable. The train sat for 25 minutes while the crew worked on the problem, which caused two other southbounds behind it to be delayed as well (although they werent as late). The former Santa Fe station on the east side of the mainline was converted to a restaurant years ago, and is now thriving as a part of the Rubys Diner chain. The interior is nicely decorated in a railroad theme (mainly, but not exclusively, Santa Fe), including some elements copied from Los Angeles Union Station. And there is a patio for trackside dining as well.
Photo Date:  8/28/2012  Upload Date: 8/30/2012 7:17:49 PM
Location:  Orange, CA
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  SCAX 894(MP36PH-3C)
Views:  239   Comments: 0
UPY 2737
Title:  UPY 2737
Description:  Union Pacifics Reyes Switcher (LOG11R 29) picks up tank cars from Cargill Milling in Lynwood, California (hometown of "Weird" Al Yankovic!) on August 29, 2012. Power for the train is a pair of NRE-built 3GS21B gensets, UPY 2737 and 2756 - and the conductor wanted me to be sure to include his comment that "these are the worst engines ever built." Note that lead engine 2737 has an aluminum apparatus on one of the exhaust stacks. The Reyes Switcher operates out of Mead Yard, on the border of Long Beach and Wilmington, and this job serves Compton, Rancho Dominguez, and Lynwood via the Alameda Corridor and the Patata Industrial Lead, working along Alameda Street north of Dominguez on the Dolores Industrial Lead as far as CP Compton. It also works the Reyes Spurs along the Del Amo Industrial Lead. (Thanks to Charles Freericks for the info on this local.)
Photo Date:  8/29/2012  Upload Date: 8/30/2012 7:16:34 PM
Location:  Lynwood, CA
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UPY 2737(3GS21B)
Views:  170   Comments: 0
UPY 2737
Title:  UPY 2737
Description:  Union Pacifics Reyes Switcher (LOG11R 29) picks up tank cars from Cargill Milling in Lynwood, California (hometown of "Weird" Al Yankovic!) on August 29, 2012. Power for the train is a pair of NRE-built 3GS21B gensets, UPY 2737 and 2756 - and the conductor wanted me to be sure to include his comment that "these are the worst engines ever built." Note that lead engine 2737 has an aluminum apparatus on one of the exhaust stacks. The Reyes Switcher operates out of Mead Yard, on the border of Long Beach and Wilmington, and this job serves Compton, Rancho Dominguez, and Lynwood via the Alameda Corridor and the Patata Industrial Lead, working along Alameda Street north of Dominguez on the Dolores Industrial Lead as far as CP Compton. It also works the Reyes Spurs along the Del Amo Industrial Lead. (Thanks to Charles Freericks for the info on this local.)
Photo Date:  8/29/2012  Upload Date: 8/30/2012 7:16:00 PM
Location:  Lynwood, CA
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UPY 2737(3GS21B)
Views:  184   Comments: 0
BNSF 1201
Title:  BNSF 1201
Description:  BNSF MK1200G 1201 sits at a scrap yard in Anaheim, California, after arriving from the Los Angeles Junction Railway on September 5th, 2012.
Photo Date:  9/5/2012  Upload Date: 9/5/2012 10:25:37 PM
Location:  Anaheim, CA
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 1201(MK1200G)
Views:  989   Comments: 0
BNSF 1201
Title:  BNSF 1201
Description:  On September 5th, 2012, a BNSF train delivered 3 of the only four MK1200G natural gas locomotives to a scrap yard in Anaheim, California. BNSF 1201, 1202 and 1203 will undoubtedly be scrapped here. (But I hope Im wrong!)
Photo Date:  9/5/2012  Upload Date: 9/5/2012 10:27:35 PM
Location:  Anaheim, CA
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 1201(MK1200G) BN 1621(GP7) SCAX 894(MP36PH-3C)
Views:  1765   Comments: 5
AMTK 505
Title:  AMTK 505
Description:  Due to trackwork on September 8th, 2012 (new switches being installed at CP Stadium in Anaheim), Amtrak's "Pacific Surfliners" detoured on the Olive Subdivision between Orange and Atwood (Placentia), at which point they reversed direction and headed to Fullerton. Not exactly rare mileage (thanks to Metrolink), catching "Surfliners" on these lines is somewhat rare. Train 566 is seen crossing the Santa Ana River on the Olive Sub (and also crossing from Anaheim to Orange) on its way to Oceanside, with Dash 8-32BWH 505 and F59PHI 450 powering the train. (There was also trackwork going on south of Oceanside, so these trains were only operating between L.A. and Oceanside, rather than going all the way to San Diego.)
Photo Date:  9/8/2012  Upload Date: 9/9/2012 12:02:35 PM
Location:  Orange, CA
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 505(B32-8WH) AMTK 450(F59PHI)
Views:  337   Comments: 0
BNSF 7386
Title:  BNSF 7386
Description:  At the western portion of BNSF Railway's Transcon line between Chicago and Los Angeles, train S-LPCLBJ1-05A (Intermodal Stacks; originating at Logistics Park in Chicago IL headed for Pier J at the port of Long Beach CA) hustles through Atwood (the old Santa Fe station name which is now part of Placentia), California. ES44DCs 7386 and 7481 are on the headend, and ES44DC 7443 and ES44C4 6848 are the rear Distributed Power Units (DPU), pulling a long string of well cars loaded with containers. (The QZ on the Whistle Post sign indicates that this is a "Quiet Zone" and the train is not allowed to whistle for grade crossings, as it upsets the delicate sensibilities of the NIMBYs who live alongside the mainline.)
Photo Date:  9/8/2012  Upload Date: 9/9/2012 12:01:50 PM
Location:  Placentia, CA
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7386(ES44DC)
Views:  310   Comments: 0
BNSF 7756
Title:  BNSF 7756
Description:  On the BNSF in the greater Los Angeles area, the vast majority of freight trains are intermodal (and mainly double-stacks). But a "real" freight operates each way each day, ferrying non-containerized goods between Watson (Wilmington CA) and Barstow CA. On September 8th, 2012, the westbound version of this train, the M-BARWAT1-08A (Regular Merchandise; Barstow to Watson) was seen passing through the old Santa Fe station of Atwood in Placentia. The power is the usual 7700-series ES44DCs, along with a treat - GP60M 112 (GP60Ms are used in local service in southern California). While the WATBAR/BARWAT trains are made up of a variety of freight cars (box cars, gondolas, open and covered hoppers, tank cars, flats, etc.) today's train is almost entirely made up of tank cars, with a few covered hoppers interspersed among them. (At first glance, I thought it might be an ethanol train, although there was too much tank car variety for that.) The diverging mainline in the foreground is Metrolink's Olive Subdivision, which heads south to Orange, where it joins the old Santa Fe Surf Line to San Diego.
Photo Date:  9/8/2012  Upload Date: 9/9/2012 12:01:06 PM
Location:  Placentia, CA
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7756(ES44DC)
Views:  203   Comments: 0
BNSF 3035
Title:  BNSF 3035
Description:  Local power congregates in McCook, Nebraska, yard on Sundays. On September 16th, 2012, one pair of these engines consists of BNSF Railway GP40X 3035 (formerly Santa Fe 3805) and GP39-2R 2751 (ex-BN GP39E 2751, ex-NS GP30 2585, nee-SOU 2585).
Photo Date:  9/16/2012  Upload Date: 9/27/2012 1:08:02 AM
Location:  McCook, NE
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 3035(GP40X) BNSF 2751(GP39E)
Views:  326   Comments: 1
UP 844
Title:  UP 844
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/16/2012  Upload Date: 9/27/2012 1:31:09 AM
Location:  North Platte, NE
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  UP 844(4-8-4)
Views:  167   Comments: 0
BNSF 4933
Title:  BNSF 4933
Description:  After going into the siding at Wray, Colorado, to meet an eastbound Z train (Z-DENCHI9-18A), BNSF Railway train H-LINDEN9-17A (High Priority Merchandise; Lincoln NE to Denver CO) accelerates as it passes the old Chicago Burlington & Quincy station in town. Dash 9-44CWs 4933 and 4791, along with SD40-2 1652, are pulling 7553 tons of cars (54 loads and 22 empties) as the 4277 train heads west on a bright and warm September 18th, 2012.
Photo Date:  9/18/2012  Upload Date: 9/20/2012 6:32:57 PM
Location:  Wray, CO
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4933(C44-9W)
Views:  159   Comments: 1
BNSF 6971
Title:  BNSF 6971
Description:  BNSF Priority Intermodal Train Z-DENCHI9-18A (Denver CO to Chicago IL) speeds through the little town of Wray, Colorado, on the Akron Subdivision. In just a few miles, ES44C4 6971 and Dash 9-44CW 4751, and their 37 well cars, will enter Nebraska on their journey east. BNSF train H-LINDEN9-17A is in the siding, just behind the photographer, waiting for the double-stack train to clear so it can continue its westbound run to Denver. The old Chicago Burlington & Quincy station can be seen in the distance.
Photo Date:  9/18/2012  Upload Date: 9/20/2012 7:17:39 PM
Location:  Wray, CO
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories:  Scenic,Station,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6971(ES44C4)
Views:  160   Comments: 1
BNSF 7234
Title:  BNSF 7234
Description:  S-LHAATG1-28A
Photo Date:  9/28/2012  Upload Date: 10/2/2012 11:16:39 AM
Location:  Fullerton, CA
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 7234(ES44DC)
Views:  153   Comments: 0
BNSF 7708
Title:  BNSF 7708
Description:  The engineer on BNSF Railway train M-BARWAT1-28A (Merchandise; Barstow CA to Watson CA) appears to be blocking the late afternoon sun with his hand as the train passes through Fullerton;s passenger station on September 28th, 2012. The train has six 7700s on the point (7708, 7776, 7762, 7772, 7733 and 7764) with two more shoving on the rear (7748 and 7752).
Photo Date:  9/28/2012  Upload Date: 9/30/2012 10:02:02 PM
Location:  Fullerton, CA
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7708(ES44DC)
Views:  186   Comments: 2
AMTK 453
Title:  AMTK 453
Description:  Amtrak "Pacific Surfliner" #564 (Los Angeles to San Diego) rolls into Fullerton at 7:53 am on October 1st, 2012. F59PHI 453 is the power this day, wearing the distinctive Amtrak West scheme.
Photo Date:  10/1/2012  Upload Date: 10/2/2012 11:17:53 AM
Location:  Fullerton, CA
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 453(F59PHI)
Views:  135   Comments: 1
AMTK 48
Title:  AMTK 48
Description:  There is a serious air bubble trapped under the Amtrak logo decal on the side of P42DC 48! Amtrak #4, the eastbound "Southwest Chief", makes its first station stop (in Fullerton) after departing Los Angeles. The train has a high green clearing the way to Chicago ... Not to be confused with the "lunar" signal of a nearly full moon.
Photo Date:  10/26/2012  Upload Date: 10/29/2012 2:18:00 PM
Location:  Fullerton, CA
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories:  Night,Station,Signal,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 48(P42DC)
Views:  116   Comments: 0
AMTK 48
Title:  AMTK 48
Description:  Amtraks "Southwest Chief" accelerates out of the station in Fullerton, California, on Friday, October 26th, 2012. with just 2239 miles to go, train #4 will arrive in Chicago, Illinois, at 3:10 pm (if it is on time) on Sunday the 28th.
Photo Date:  10/26/2012  Upload Date: 10/29/2012 2:23:25 PM
Location:  Fullerton, CA
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories:  Night,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 48(P42DC)
Views:  95   Comments: 0
BNSF 24286
Title:  BNSF 24286
Description:  BNSF Railway maintenance-of-way crews have had Main 2 (of three) closed most of the day as they perform some routine maintenance. Just after 9:00 pm they headed east in their brightly lit hi-rail vehicles. On a busy Friday night, being down to just two mainlines for the six or so trains that passed through each hour. It was rare to not have a clear signal indication on at least one track this evening.
Photo Date:  10/26/2012  Upload Date: 10/29/2012 2:25:10 PM
Location:  Fullerton, CA
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories:  Night,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  90   Comments: 0
BNSF 6666
Title:  BNSF 6666
Description:  BNSF Railway train Q-HOULAC1-24A, behind the "Quadruple Six", speeds though Fullerton, California, on October 26, 2012. This Guaranteed Service intermodal train, heading to Los Angeles from Houston, Texas, is led by a trio General Electric diesels: ES44C4 6666 (built 3/11), ES44C4 6949 (built 3/12) and Dash 9-44CW 4606 (built 12/99).
Photo Date:  10/26/2012  Upload Date: 10/29/2012 2:24:27 PM
Location:  Fullerton, CA
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories:  Night,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6666(ES44C4)
Views:  225   Comments: 0
BNSF 4190
Title:  BNSF 4190
Description:  Crossing historic Route 66 (the National Trails Highway) in Amboy, California, is BNSF ethanol train G-CNBRIC7-02A (Loaded Unit Grain - which is how BNSF symbols ethanol trains since ethanol is made from grain - Columbus NE to Richmond CA). There are four General Electric diesels on the head-end: Dash 9-44CWs 4190, 1076 and 5195, and ES44DC 7896. Cut in about three-fourths of the way into the train are five more GE locomotives: Dash 9-44CW 5436, ES44C4 6698, and Dash 9-44CWs 5139, 4103 and 4099. All that power is needed for a train 5826' long made up of 98 loads that weighs 12,404 tons.
Photo Date:  11/6/2012  Upload Date: 11/8/2012 9:20:09 PM
Location:  Amboy, CA
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4190(C44-9W)
Views:  152   Comments: 1
BNSF 4479
Title:  BNSF 4479
Description:  Seventeen years after the creation of the BNSF Railway, the heritage of its Needles Subdivision can be detected on the bridge at Siberia, California, as train Q-STOCHI6-05A heads east from Stockton CA to Chicago IL with a Guaranteed Service Intermodal cargo. The old Santa Fe markings on the dry wash bridge are faint, but a welcome sight nonetheless.
Photo Date:  11/6/2012  Upload Date: 11/8/2012 9:17:10 PM
Location:  Siberia, CA
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge
Locomotives:  BNSF 4479(C44-9W) BNSF 4865(C44-9W)
Views:  260   Comments: 1
BNSF 6914
Title:  BNSF 6914
Description:  BNSF Railway train H-KCKBAR9-04A (High Priority Merchandise; Kansas City KS to Barstow CA) rolls through East Danby, California, on the railroad's Transcon mainline across the vast Mojave Desert, and past a cut of stored intermodal well cars on Tuesday, November 6th, 2012. On the point of this 4987' train (66 loads, 16 empties and 9042 tons) is one of the BNSF's A-1-A trucked ES44C4 diesels - a model found (so far) only on the BNSF. 6914 is followed by Dash 9-44CWs 766 (still in the very popular "Superfleet" scheme) and 4435, with a fourth locomotive (Dash 9-44CW 4308) as the rear-end DPU. Note that all three of the lead engines are in different BNSF paint schemes.
Photo Date:  11/6/2012  Upload Date: 11/8/2012 9:19:23 PM
Location:  Danby, CA
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6914(ES44C4)
Views:  401   Comments: 1
BNSF 6936
Title:  BNSF 6936
Description:  BNSF Railway train M-BELBAR1-05A (Regular Merchandise; Belen NM to Barstow CA) has an interesting set of power as it rolls through Amboy, California, on November 6, 2012: A trio of ES44C4 diesels (6936, 6982 and 6961) along with TEBC6 259 and SD38-3P 1554. Those last two locomotives are rarities in California.
Photo Date:  11/6/2012  Upload Date: 11/8/2012 9:21:35 PM
Location:  Amboy, CA
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories:  Scenic
Locomotives:  BNSF 6936(ES44C4) BNSF 6982(ES44C4) BNSF 6961(ES44C4) BNSF 259(TEBC6) BNSF 1554(SD38P)
Views:  662   Comments: 1
BNSF 7421
Title:  BNSF 7421
Description:  BNSF Railway train Z-LACWSP8-06L, a priority UPS-LTL intermodal train heading from Los Angeles, California, to Willow Springs, Illinois, approaches little Amboy, Califorina, in California's Mojave Desert, on November 6th, 2012. Power for this train is all-General Electric: ES44DC 7421, Dash 9-44CW 4576; ES44DC 7886, Dash 9-44CW 4155 and ES44DC 7320.
Photo Date:  11/6/2012  Upload Date: 11/8/2012 9:20:53 PM
Location:  Amboy, CA
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7421(ES44DC)
Views:  145   Comments: 1
BNSF 7628
Title:  BNSF 7628
Description:  Heat waves rise over the locomotives on BNSF Railway train S-LPCSCO1-04K (Intermodal Stacks; Logistics Park Chicago IL to Thenard CA) grinds up Ash Hill on the Needles Subdivision on Tuesday, November 6th, 2012. This 8967' train has 102 loads and weighs 12,151 tons, and is pulled by five General Electric locomotives - a trio of ES44DCs on the head-end (7628, 7411 and 7620) and ES44C4 6793 and Dash 9-44CW 4126 on the rear. Ash Hill is named for the black volcanic rock in this area, remnants of a lava field from approximately 6000 years earlier.
Photo Date:  11/6/2012  Upload Date: 11/8/2012 9:16:05 PM
Location:  Ash Hill, CA
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7628(ES44DC)
Views:  172   Comments: 4
BNSF 7628
Title:  BNSF 7628
Description:  On November 6th, 2012, BNSF Railway train Z-SBDWSP9-06L (Priority UPS-LTL Intermodal; San Bernardino CA to Willow Springs IL), behind ES44DC 7816, meets westbound train S-LPCSCO1-04K (Intermodal Stacks; Logistics Park Chicago IL - Thenard CA) along the Needles Subdivision, just west of Bagdad, California. The westbound train is powered by ES44DCs 7628, 7411 and 7620, with ES44C4 6793 and Dash 9-44CW 4126 as the rear-ends DPU.
Photo Date:  11/6/2012  Upload Date: 11/8/2012 9:18:16 PM
Location:  Bagdad, CA
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7628(ES44DC)
Views:  153   Comments: 3
VMR 106 B
Title:  VMR 106 B
Description:  Just north of downtown Phoenix, Arizona, is the citys Arts District. And it is here we see Valley Metro Rail LRV 106B crossing over Interstate 10 as it approaches the Roosevelt/Central Avenue Station on December 1st, 2012.
Photo Date:  12/1/2012  Upload Date: 12/5/2012 12:50:12 PM
Location:  Phoenix, AZ
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories:  Transit,Passenger
Locomotives:  VMTA 106B(LRV)
Views:  101   Comments: 0
VMR 109 A
Title:  VMR 109 A
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/1/2012  Upload Date: 12/5/2012 12:45:23 PM
Location:  Phoenix, AZ
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Transit,Passenger
Locomotives:  VMTA 109A(LRV)
Views:  122   Comments: 0
VMR 143 B
Title:  VMR 143 B
Description:  If one had consumed enough Coors Light, seeing this speed by at a grade crossing might cause one to reconsider drinking! Valley Metro Rail LRV 143B heads west down Washington Street as it departys the 24th Street/Washington Light Rail Station on December 1, 2012.
Photo Date:  12/1/2012  Upload Date: 12/5/2012 12:54:55 PM
Location:  Phoenix, AZ
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories:  Transit,Passenger
Locomotives:  VMTA 143B(LRV)
Views:  114   Comments: 1
VMR 106 B
Title:  VMR 106 B
Description:  Just north of downtown Phoenix, Arizona, is the citys Arts District. And it is here we see Valley Metro Rail LRV 106B crossing over Interstate 10 as it approaches the Roosevelt/Central Avenue Station on December 1st, 2012.
Photo Date:  12/1/2012  Upload Date: 12/5/2012 12:52:47 PM
Location:  Phoenix, AZ
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories:  Transit,Passenger
Locomotives:  VMTA 106B(LRV)
Views:  105   Comments: 0
VMR 139 B
Title:  VMR 139 B
Description:  Downtown Phoenix, Arizona, looms in the background as Valley Metro Rail LRV 139B runs down Jefferson Street as it approaches the 24th Street/Jefferson Light Rail Station on the First of December, 2012.
Photo Date:  12/1/2012  Upload Date: 12/5/2012 12:53:32 PM
Location:  Phoenix, AZ
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories:  Transit,Passenger
Locomotives:  VMTA 139B(LRV)
Views:  90   Comments: 0
BNSF 1320
Title:  BNSF 1320
Description:  A new model for the BNSF Railway, as they have purchased Progress Rail PR30C demonstrators 3002 through 3005. The first to be repainted is BNSF 1320, which is the former PRLX 3002, rebuilt with a Caterpillar 16-3516 engine, which has a Tier 3 compliant emissions system. This locomotive rolled out of EMD's factory in January 1973 as Soo Line SD40-2 763.
Photo Date:  12/16/2012  Upload Date: 1/2/2013 11:07:02 AM
Location:  San Bernardino, CA
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 1320(PR30C) BNSF 7776(ES44DC)
Views:  1372   Comments: 0
BNSF 1320
Title:  BNSF 1320
Description:  A new model for the BNSF Railway, as they have purchased Progress Rail PR30C demonstrators 3002 through 3005. The first to be repainted is BNSF 1320, which is the former PRLX 3002, rebuilt with a Caterpillar 16-3516 engine, which has a Tier 3 compliant emissions system. This locomotive rolled out of EMDs factory in January 1973 as Soo Line SD40-2 763.
Photo Date:  12/16/2012  Upload Date: 1/2/2013 11:10:30 AM
Location:  San Bernardino, CA
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 1320(PR30C) BNSF 7776(ES44DC)
Views:  532   Comments: 0
BNSF 4083
Title:  BNSF 4083
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/16/2012  Upload Date: 1/2/2013 10:22:09 AM
Location:  San Bernardino, CA
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 4083(C44-9W) BNSF 7254(ES44DC)
Views:  175   Comments: 0
AMTK 184
Title:  AMTK 184
Description:  The big news in Fullerton on Friday, December 28th, 2012, was that the westbound "Southwest Chief" was running nearly 13 hours late, and had a BNSF SD70MAC on the point. The surprise that evening, though, was just before #3 arrived, #4, the eastbound "Southwest Chief," arrived (on time!) with one of Amtraks Heritage diesels, P42DC 184, on the point.
Photo Date:  12/28/2012  Upload Date: 12/29/2012 1:07:59 PM
Location:  Fullerton, CA
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories:  Night,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 184(P42DC) AMTK 815(P40DC)
Views:  235   Comments: 0
BNSF 9868
Title:  BNSF 9868
Description:  Amtrak train #3, the westbound "Southwest Chief," has arrived in Fullerton just a little behind "the advertised" -- Due to depart Fullerton, California, at 6:34 am, on December 28th, 2012, the train departed Fullerton at 7:23 PM! The train lost three hours due to engine problems between La Junta and Trinidad, Colorado, (resulting in BNSF loaning a freight engine, SD70MAC 9868, to assist Amtrak P42DC 113 and Dash 8-32BWH 500), then three and a half hours to run from Lamy, New Mexico, to Albuquerque. And as the old saying goes ("late trains just keep getting later"), this train lost more time due to a four-hour stop at Albuquerque! Thanks to the internet, word was out about the SD70MAC, a rare bird in California, and the station platform was swarming with railfans!
Photo Date:  12/28/2012  Upload Date: 12/29/2012 1:10:31 PM
Location:  Fullerton, CA
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories:  Night,Passenger
Locomotives:  BNSF 9868(SD70MAC) AMTK 113(P42DC) AMTK 500(B32-8WH)
Views:  506   Comments: 0
NS 7705
Title:  NS 7705
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/2/2013  Upload Date: 1/10/2013 12:34:24 PM
Location:  Carson, CA
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 7705(ES40DC)
Views:  125   Comments: 0
UP 2159
Title:  UP 2159
Description:  A set of "Anaheim Hauler" power lays over in Anaheim, California, on Sunday, January 6th, 2013. A pair of SD60s (2159, ex-6004, and 2225, ex-6070) bracket SD59M-2 9909 (ex-SD60M 2508, nee-6354). The "Anaheim Hauler" ferries cars from West Colton Yard in Bloomington to West Anaheim Yard in Anaheim. (SD59M-2s are SD60Ms rebuilt by EMD, but UP calls them SD59MX diesels. Apparenlty, EMD's designation isn't good enough.)
Photo Date:  1/6/2013  Upload Date: 1/10/2013 12:38:16 PM
Location:  Anaheim, CA
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 2159(SD60) UP 9909(SD59MX) UP 2225(SD60)
Views:  521   Comments: 1
NS 9030
Title:  NS 9030
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/9/2013  Upload Date: 1/10/2013 12:35:14 PM
Location:  Carson, CA
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9030(C40-9W)
Views:  118   Comments: 0
NS 9437
Title:  NS 9437
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/9/2013  Upload Date: 1/10/2013 12:35:47 PM
Location:  Carson, CA
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9437(C40-9W)
Views:  94   Comments: 0
AMTK 91
Title:  AMTK 91
Description:  Amtrak "Pacific Surfliner" #583 (San Diego to Los Angeles) arrived at Santa Ana, California, 45 minutes late on January 15th, 2013. But, since I wasn't a passenger, I didn't mind as it arrived as the sunset was fading, making for a shot that is better than if it had been on time! As the "Surfliners" regular F59PHIs are cycled through Amtrak's Beech Grove Shops for heavy maintenance, a few P42DCs are filling in, such as number 91 on train 583.
Photo Date:  1/15/2013  Upload Date: 1/16/2013 1:22:29 AM
Location:  Santa Ana, CA
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories:  Night,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 91(P42DC)
Views:  179   Comments: 0
AMTK 164
Title:  AMTK 164
Description:  Amtrak #3 is running nearly 3 hours late - it normally crosses southern California's Cajon Pass just before sunup - which gives its passengers a look at the snowfall the accumulated overnight. The "Southwest Chief" originated in Chicago, and at this point the train is 90 miles from its final destination in Los Angeles. P42DCs 164 and 48 are pulling the eight car train.
Photo Date:  2/9/2013  Upload Date: 2/10/2013 9:29:16 PM
Location:  Cajon Pass, CA
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 164(P42DC)
Views:  85   Comments: 0
AMTK 164
Title:  AMTK 164
Description:  It doesn't look very snowy here, as what snow fell overnight was quickly melting (particularly on the sunny sides of the chaparral), but this 3 hour late Amtrak #3, the westbound "Southwest Chief," was giving passengers a view that they don't often get on Cajon Pass - snow! This train had just 8 cars on this day, and was approximately 100 miles from its final destination of Los Angeles. The retaining walls and trees seen behind the train are the well-known railfan "oasis" Hill 582, located at Milepost 58.2 and providing a nice spot in which to sit on a hot day, thanks to those trees.
Photo Date:  2/9/2013  Upload Date: 2/10/2013 9:29:53 PM
Location:  Cajon Pass, CA
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 164(P42DC)
Views:  74   Comments: 0
BNSF 7209
Title:  BNSF 7209
Description:  On February 9th, 2013, BNSF Railway train Z-SBDALT9-09A, a 6526' (without locomotives, 6891' with them), 4275 ton intermodal train heading from San Bernardino CA to Alliance TX, threads its way around the curves as it grinds its way up southern California's Cajon Pass. Just beyond this crossing of Cajon Creek is the site of the old Cajon station, where the three BNSF mainlines split, with two of them taking a slightly more circuitous route up the hill. A quartet of modern GE power is on the headend: ES44DC 7209, ES44C4 6833, Dash 9-44CW 5072 and ES44DC 7445. The elevation here is just under 3000', and there is a light dusting of snow from the previous night's storm.
Photo Date:  2/9/2013  Upload Date: 2/10/2013 9:30:32 PM
Location:  Cajon Pass, CA
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7209(ES44DC)
Views:  210   Comments: 0

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