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California Photo Collection
October 8-19, 2012
by Michael Frei, Switzerland
L.A. Area - Fullerton - Yorba Linda - Beaumont Hill - Escondido - SFO Area - Bay Area - Franklin Canyon - Stockton
Central Valley - Tehachapi

I am very pleased to show some exclusive photos of Michael Frei (MIF).

A big thank you for sharing these excellent pictures with us.
Note: The copyright belongs to this gentleman. Do not use any photos without written permission.

Abbreviations found on this page: EB = East Bound, NB = North Bound, SB = South Bound, WB = West Bound, MP = Mile Post,
DPU = Distributed Power Unit (Helpers), EOT = End of Train, DBS = Double Stack Train, TOFC = Trailer on Flat Car (Piggy Back),

For bigger size photos - please click on the 3-digit number below each photo.

10/08/2012 - Los Angeles Area - Fullerton

10/08/12 Union Pacific Herald on the depot - 475

10/08/12 Metrolink - 476 Metrolink Lady in action - 477 Metrolink - 478
BNSF WB DBS - 479 Santa Fe Logo on the depot - 480 Another BNSF WB freight train - 481
Amtrak - 482 Amtrak - 483 Amtrak - 484

AT&SF EMD GP60M warbonnet - 485


Metrolink - 487

Metrolink - 486 New Metrolink paint scheme - 488 Amtrak - 489

 

10/09/2012 - Los Angeles Area - Yorba Linda
10/09/12 BNSF DBS (train 1) - 490 Freight and Passenger trains are using the same tracks - 491
Metrolink - 492 Metrolink new cab car - 493 Another BNSF DBS (train 2) - 494
Metrolink - 495 Metrolink - 496 One more BNSF DBS (train 3) - 497
Next BNSF DBS (train 4) - 498 And another BNSF DBS (train 5) - 499 Metrolink - 500
Metrolink F59PHI with new paint scheme - 501 Metrolink new cab car - 502 Last BNSF DBS (train 6) of this location - 503

 

10/11/2012 - Beaumont Hill - Redlands
10/11/12 UP manifest (train 1) - 504 Same UP train - 505 UP w/CSX leading loco (train 2) - 506
UP train 3 - 507 UP train 4 - 508 UP train 5 (2nd unit NS) - 509
UP DPU's of train 5 - 510 UP train 6 - 511 UP train 7 - 512
The final frame - Railroad Crossing in the early morning just before the first train was coming! - 513

 

10/11/2012 - Escondido
10/11/12 North County Transit District Sprinter - 514 NCTD Sprinter runs between Oceanside and Escondido - 515
The Sprinter line is 22 mls long and serves 15 stations - 516 These Desiro NCTD Sprinter were built by Siemens, Germany - 517

 

10/14/2012 - San Francisco
10/14/12 Old Street Cars from different places, . . . - 518 . . . even different countries, are a great attraction in SFO - 519

Old European style street car - 520

Here comes another street car - 521 The world famous Cable Cars of SFO - 522

 

10/16/2012 - Bay Area - Pinole
10/16/12 Amtrak in the distance (train 1) - 523 Amtrak California (train 2) - 524
10/11/12 Amtrak California (train 3) - 525 Amtrak California (train 4) - 526 Amtrak California (train 5) - 527
Amtrak California (train 5) - 528 Amtrak California (train 6) - 529 Amtrak California (train 7) - 530
Amtrak California Zephyr - 531 Amtrak California (train 6) - 532 Amtrak California (train 7) - 533

 

10/16/2012 - Franklin Canyon - Christie
10/16/12 BNSF auto rack (train 1) - 534 BNSF auto rack (train 2) - 535 BNSF (train 3) - 536
BNSF - second unit is an ex. SF Warbonnet (train 1) - 537 BNSF DBS (train 3) - 538

 

10/17/2012 - Stockton
10/17/12 Amtrak (train 1) early morning - 539 Same Amtrak train 1 - 540 AMD-103 is pushing (train 1) - 541
Last photo of train 1 - 542 UP EMDSD70ACe - 543 BNSF bare table - 544
Amtrak - 545 UP manifest - 546 BNSF DBS - 547
ex. Santa Fe Warbonnet as DPU - 548 UP crossing BNSF tracks - 549 BNSF w/SF Warbonnet on the lead - 550
AT California - 551 AT w/AMD-103 - 552 BNSF ES44AC - 553
AT California at Stockton depot - 554 EMD F59PHI in push mode - 555 Inspection vehicle on the rails - 556
Another Warbonnet on the lead - 557 UP at Stockton X-ing - 558 UP EMD SD70M - 559
UP GE C45ACCTE - 560 Santa Fe Blue Bonnet and War Bonnet - 561 AT California - 562
BNAF manifest - 563 Same train - 564 BNSF DPU's of same train - 565
BNSF intermodal - 566 AT California - 567 BNSF manifest - 568
UP manifest - 569 UP EMD GP40-2 - 570 Altamont Commuter Cab Car - 571
Loco is in push mode - 572 Waiting at the depot - 573 Final shot at Stockton - 574

 

10/18/2012 - Central Valley (Corcoran - Planada - Shafter - Sharon - Una - Wasco)
10/18/12 Corcoran - train 1 - 575 Corcoran - BNSF train 1 - 576 Corcoran - BNSF train 2 - 577
Corcoran - 578 Corcoran - BNSF train 3 - 579 Planada - 580
  Planada - Amtrak California - 581  
Planada - same Amtrak train - 582 Planada - Caboose - 583 Planada - 584
Planada - BNSF train 4 - 585 Shafter - AT CA is pushed - 586 Shafter - same AT in push mode - 587
Sharon - AT CA in push mode - 588 Sharon - AT AMD-103 is pushing - 589 Sharon - 590
Una - AT AMD-103 is pulling - 591 Una - same AT CA going away - 592 Wasco - Depot - 593

 

10/19/2012 - Tehachapi Pass
10/19/12 Bealville - UP SB train 1 - 594 Bealville - UP SB train 1 - 595 Bealville - UP SB train 1 - 596
Caliente - BNSF EB train 2 - 597 Caliente - BNSF EB train 2 - 598 Caliente - BNSF train 2 EB and train 3 WB - 599
Caliente - BNSF EB train 2 - 600 Caliente - BNSF EB train 4 - 601 Caliente - BNSF EB train 4 - 602
Caliente - BNSF WB train 5 - 603 Caliente - BNSF WB train 5 - 604 Caliente - UP SB train 6 - 605
Caliente - UP SB train 6 - 606 Caliente - UP NB train 7 - 607 Caliente - UP SB train 6 meets UP NB train 7 - 608
Caliente - UP NB DPU train 7 passing train 6 - 609 Caliente - UP mid train helpers train 6 - 610 Caliente - UP SB train 6 going uphill - 611
Mojave - BNSF WB DBS toward Tehachapi - 612 Mojave - BNSF WB manifest - 613 Mojave - Same BNSF WB - 614
Mojave - BNSF WB going uphill - 615 Mojave - Same BNSF WB - 616 Loop - UP SB below the loop - 617
Loop - UP SB entering the loop - 618 Loop - UP SB is rolling over his own train - 619 Marcel - UP SB above the loop - 620
Loop - UP SB inside the loop - 621 Loop - BNSF EB intermodal - 622 Loop - BNSF EB inside the loop - 623
Loop - BNSF EB manifest - 624 Loop - BNSF EB inside the loop - 625 Last photo of Tehachapi Loop - 626

All photos copyright by Michael Frei (Over all copyright by Werner Meer)

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