Three Santa Fe six-axles have no problem making track speed with a 22-car westbound TOFC train at 5:25 pm on May 15, 1985. They’re crossing Bridge 2 in Abo Canyon, New Mexico.
a westbound Santa Fe "extra Harbor" train of export copper concentrate is using the Harbor Belt Line RR to access Kaiser's Bulk facility at the end of the line in San Pedro. Today this is the Paci... (more)
This westbound pig train is coming down "the short way" and appears to be coming thru a drilling rig. This rig drilled a vertical hole deep into the earth and measured shifts in the fault line us... (more)
Just down from the notorious culvert is a retaining wall, stained by generations of rust and creosote.
I love those high desert colors now. I didn't really notice them a great deal at the time.
In the dying desert light, power on a westbound.