5 Gevos & an ACe
This train was moving across the bridge at about 25 MPH. The flood gates on Lake Lavon are rarely open. Catching a train on the bridge with the dam and the floodgates open 'took a little work".
UP heritage unit 1996 leads a southbound intermodal freight through "Cable" just north of Tehachapi, CA
A southbound empty grain train climbs away from the horseshoe curve at Caliente, CA on its run up the Tehachapi Mts. to the high desert.
A 108-car southbound empty grain train "loops the loop" on the famed "Tehachapi Loop" in this aerial image taken on a perfect day in May.
I didn't realize the lead unit was an SD70Ace until I got back to the office. This train hit a trailer or something. You can see a long white object under the snowplow curving around to the conduc... (more)
An aerial view of Union Station in Washington DC. The station has the modern rounded roof at the left edge of the photo. The Washington and Lincoln monuments are clearly visible in the skyline.
3 SD40-2s have just dropped off a string of empties at this coal loading tower and are running around the cars.
The train consisted of a BNSF SD70MAC, 2 KCS AC4400CWs and a KCS SD70ACe (observed while circling). Note: There was no surface wind ... smoke from powerplant is going straight up. There also seems... (more)
844 and 3985 cross the Great Salt Lake by means of the former SP Lucin Cut Off, en route from Cheyenne to the Sacramento Railfair. Taken from helicopter. Minolta X700, Sensia 100, levels etc adjus... (more)
The sun was in and out all morning. I was lucky to catch the entire train in sunlight.
The sky was completely overcast just a few miles west of Overton. The clouds started burning off, the closer we got. This train sure looked pretty when it started moving north towards Longview.
8 locomotives, lots of cars ... right place, right time ...
I wonder if and when they'll paint the "Beasts" in KCS colors ...
GP9 BLR 4601 & GP8 BLR 201 in consist. A crew member is looking up to my plane.
