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| San Diego Trolley pass over I-8 - 50118 | Trolley crossing on the bridge - 50119 | Trolley behind San Diego Depot - 50125 |
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| San Diego Downtown - 50130 | ex. Santa Fe Depot - 50132 | Beautiful Santa Fe Logo inside Depot - 50124 |
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| Amtrak Surfliner - 50121 | AT 461 = F59PHI 3200 HP (built 1998) - 50122 | Surfliner Bi-Level cars - 50123 |
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| Surfliner and Coaster side by side - 50301 | 50302 | Coaster Cab Car - 50303 |
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| Tenth Anniversary of Coaster Service - 50304 | Coaster 2103 = F40PH-3C, 3200 HP - 50305 | Ready for departure - 50306 |
| Orange Empire Railway Museum in Perris - let's make a short tour thru this Museum | ||
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| 3 retired locos are in line - 50315 | 50316 | Santa Fe EMD FP45 built 1967 - 50317 |
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| 50318 | SF Railway Post Office Car built 1924 - 50320 | Inside SF Railway Post Office Car - 50321 |
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| UP CA-4 Caboose built by PS 1944 - 50319 | SP Daylight Chair built 1949 by PS - 50322 | UP Chair Car - 50323 |
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| Sacramento Northern Electric - 50324 | GE built this electric in 1928 - 50325 | Standard & Narrow Gauge used by MM - 50326 |
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| Narrow Gauge Turntable - 50327 | D&RGW NG Car - 50328 | ANother D&RGW NG Car - 50329 |
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| SP ALCO S-4 built 1952 - 50330 | SP EMD SW-1 Switcher built 1939 - 50331 | 50332 |
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| Another view of SP S-4 (E-unit behind) - 50333 | SP U25B 2500 HP built 1963 - 50334 | Pacific Electric built 1913 - 50335 |
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After visitting the Orange Empire Railway Museum we went to San Timoteo Canyon. Once built by SP, it is now owned by UP and continues to Beaumont Hill. |  |
| LA Railway Type H Streetcar - 50336 | x | Here we enter San Timoteo Canyon - 50405 |
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| UP EB coming from Colton yard - 50406 | UP SD70M w/flared radiators - 50407 | All 3 units are SD70M's - 50408 |
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| Heading for Beaumont - 50409 | As always, our van is in reach - 50411 | UP WB Double Stack - 50412 |
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| Left ditch light does not work - 50413 | UP WB getting closer - 50414 | Even one engine was full of graffiti - 50415 |
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| More graffiti on well car - 50417 | The cars are leaning in the curve - 50418 | End of train - 50419 |
| from Nevada to California | ||
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| From LV we used the old road in the desert - 50731 | The first UP train in Nevada - 50730 | UP SD70M w/flared radiators - 50729 |
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| UP EB crossing our desert road - 50732 | UP EB heading for Las Vegas - 50733 | UP got a total of 1447 pcs. of SD70M's - 50734 |
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| UP EB Double stack train - 50735 | Never ending train in the desert - 50736 | Joshua Trees are along the road - 50807 |
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| Heading for Barstow - 50812 | Outside Yermo we met a UP EB train - 50814 | ex. SP 6178 = GE C44-AC built 4/95 - 50815 |
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We finally made it to Barstow.
First stop was at the West end of the huge BNSF classifiaction yard to see trains from and to Cajon Pass. |
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| Another view of this GE unit - 50816 | x | UP 8150 = EMD SD9043AC - 50817 |
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| UP EB w/SP 8628 SD40-2 leading - 50818 | This UP EB will soon enter Barstow Yard - 50819 | Heavy used Golden West car - 50820 |
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| Nice graffiti on a Railbox car - 50821 | More graffiti on a UP box car - 50822 | UP WB leaving Barstow - 50823 |
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| Same train is getting closer - 50824 | UP 5357 = GE C45ACCTE built 1/05 - 50825 | Long string of cars - 50826 |
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| BNSF EB coming from Cajon - 50827 | Same train heading for Barstow - 50828 | here comes another BNSF EB - 50830 |
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| Tank container between trailers - 50831 | From TOFC to - 50832 | Double Stack - 50833 |
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| Last train at this location - 50834 | BNSF WB en route to Victorville - 50835 | End of train - 50836 |
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Next stop was the former AT&SF Barstow
Depot "Harvey House". The WARM (Western American Railroad
Museum) is also having an outdoor display of several Locos and rolling
stock. See their link at the end of this page. |
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| 44-Ton Switcher has 360 HP - 50901 | x | FP45 in Superfleet colors built 1967 - 50902 |
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| WM on UP 9950 SD40-2 - 50903 | As a UP fan there must be more photos - 50905 | Up front with the UP Herald - that's it - 50906 |
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| On the way to Mojave and Tehachapi - 51003 | Melinda under a big Joshua Tree - 51008 | Also Werner likes these unique trees - 51009 |
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| BNSF EB between Barstow and Mojave - 51002 | Entering Mojave - 51016 | Best Western Motel in Mojave - 51222 |
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| ARCO Gas Station is just across Denny's - 51223 | Denny's Restaurant kept us alive - 51221 | On the way from Mojave to Tehachapi - 51017 |
| Photos 51221 and 51223: Exactly this Denny's Restaurant and also this ARCO Gas Station are on the fantastic HO scale layout of Pelle Soeborg in Denmark. Both structures were made by Summit USA as kits. Take a look at their Website: http://www.summit-customcuts.com/ See Pelle's layout here: http://www.soeeborg.dk/myhobby.html | ||
| Tehachapi Pass with the famous Tehachapi Loop - MP 350 | ||
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| Entering Tehachapi - 51026 | On the way to the Loop - UP Crew Bus - 51027 | and a UP MoW Truck - 51028 |
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| BNSF EB inside Loop - 51029 | This BNSF EB is passing Tunnel 9 - 51030 | Same train on top of Tunnel 9 - 51031 |
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| Warbonnet BNSF C44-9W - 51032 | Heading for Tunnel 10 - 51033 | I am not sure if this is wheel lubrication ? - 51035 |
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| Solar power for the box w/lubrication ? - 51036 | A BNSF EB is below the loop - 51101 | The engines made it over the bridge - 51102 |
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| Melinda in the shade w/a coke - 51103 | An EB train is coming uphill - 51104 | The train makes its curve around the loop hill - 51105 |
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| Here is this BNSF EB train - 51106 | Melinda is standing on top of Tunnel 10 - 51107 | The same train made it thru Tunnel 10 - 51108 |
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| Same train is rolling up thru Marcel - 51109 | Different kind of coil cars - 51110 | Same train is going uphill to Tehachapi - 51111 |
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| DPU's are helping this long EB train - 51112 | The show is over and time to go - 51113 | A last look toward Marcel from above - 51115 |
| Bonus Photos: Pomona Fairgrounds Display | ||
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| UP EMD DDA40X built 1969 - 51413 | UP 4-12-2 built 1926 (needs some work) - 51414 | AT&SF 4-6-4 built by Baldwin 1927 - 51415 |
| Well, our 2005 trip is over. Did you know - we also went to Cajon Pass - if you missed it - click here | ||
