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Sunset |
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Not a bad way to finish our first day west - BNSF double-stacks approach at track speed while the sunset highlights a thunderstorm to the east. |
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4/2/2011 Upload Date: 4/25/2011 10:25:11 AM |
| Location: |
Amboy, CA |
| Author: |
David Abeles |
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Open Desert |
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Once out in the open desert, BNSF trains rip right along at 70 mph. Desert flowers are in bloom at Hector, CA, as stacks and pigs roll east. |
| Photo Date: |
4/7/2011 Upload Date: 4/25/2011 10:25:39 AM |
| Location: |
Hector, CA |
| Author: |
David Abeles |
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BNSF 5139(C44-9W) |
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Desert Sunset |
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4 Big GE's roar east with mail and high-priority trailers, racing against the sunset at Siberia, CA. |
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4/7/2011 Upload Date: 4/25/2011 10:25:25 AM |
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Siberia, CA |
| Author: |
David Abeles |
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BNSF 4318(C44-9W) |
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281 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Desert Drama |
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600 millimeters of effective focal length draws in desert mountains east of Hector, CA, as BNSF 7597 and sisters pull west, headed for a crew change in Barstow. |
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4/7/2011 Upload Date: 4/25/2011 10:25:54 AM |
| Location: |
Hector, CA |
| Author: |
David Abeles |
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BNSF 7597(ES44DC) |
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220 Comments: 0 |
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Across the Mojave |
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As the last rays of light pay across the sage and desert grass, more stacks roll east, with the vast Mojave as a backdrop. |
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4/7/2011 Upload Date: 4/25/2011 10:26:12 AM |
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Cadiz, CA |
| Author: |
David Abeles |
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Santa Fe |
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Deep overcast happens in the desert, but the trains don't notice. Piggyback trailers pass over old US 66 south of Needles, CA, on the approach to the Colorado River bridge. |
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4/8/2011 Upload Date: 4/25/2011 10:26:37 AM |
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Needles, CA |
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David Abeles |
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