Returning from a rare mileage trip to Kelso on the Union Pacific's LA&SL route, Amtrak Dash 8 #510 has the Kelso Flyer well in hand as it sprints across the high desert near Victorville on the tri... (more)
Late afternoon finds the Kelso Flyer passing through the high desert at Oro Grande on the BNSF Cajon Sub.
A westbound enters the cut at West Oro Grande
WAMX 3845 & WAMX 3510 are the assigned plant power for Riverside Cement. WAMX 3845 comes from SP heritage and WAMX 3510 has WP heritage. Photographed at 15:38.
WP Heritage unit 1983 leads a Westbound stack train with the SP Heritage unit 1996 and the Olympic unit 2002.
Interesting seeing a SD9043MAC lead this stack train west as it enters Victorville after passing the Riverside Cement Plant in the background.
K LAG1-26 With UP 7625, GECX 2010, GECX 90, UP 4470 UP 8559, UP 8918 & UP 1885. 91 Loads, 5688 Tons 6754 Feet. Photographed at 07:48. Looking good after being freshly washed for the GE display at ... (more)
Bangor & Aroostook GP38 362 is now in service at Riverside Cement in Oro Grande, California. Built in December 1967 for the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Line as their number 2003 (later becoming... (more)
Riverside Cement being the predominant industry at this location is keeping Oro Grande on the map I would imagine. There is nothing else here except housing and a liquor store and some farming. In... (more)
Approaching the double crossovers at East Oro Grande that have given so many Microsoft Train Simulator engineers broken-knuckle-induced headaches, BNSF 5152 cruises west with a 'P' train along "Hi... (more)
WAMX GP35m 3845 (ex-QSR 508, ex-SP 6329, ex-SP 6602, nee-SP 7705) and BAR GP38 362 (ex-BAR 91, ex-CR 7663, nee-PRSL 2003) shuffle cars of cement at the Riverside Cement Company in Oro Grande, CA.
Union Pacific ES44AC 5405, only a few month old, leads a westbound double-stack train through Oro Grande, California, on its way to Los Angeles.
A powerful consist leads these baretables west aproaching the Mojave River crossing.
Westbound, headed for LA.
Nikon D70 70-200mm