| I went with Randy Murphy on 11/01/15 to Alray (83 photos) | |
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On Sunday, I met Randy from Las Vegas. He is
running North American Rails with lots of great information about the scene. Take a look on his own website: http://www.northamericanrails.com/ |
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| while on the way to Alray, we got Train 1 UP EB manifest - 112343 | |
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| we are still sitting in the car (tinted glass) a saw some trash containers - 112344 | |
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| still Train 1 and we reached the place of former Tunnel 2 - 112345 | this UP EB is on BNSF MT-1 going uphill - 112346 |
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| 112351 | last photo from track level - 112352 |
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| we are now elevated and got a better overview - 112354 | 112355 |
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| 112356 | rear DPU UP 7517 = GE AC45CCTE (built 9/11) - 112357 |
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| 112360 | last photo of Train 1 UP EB - 112361 |
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| next is Train 2 BNSF WB on MT-2 - 112362 | this is an intermodal train - 112363 |
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| 112372 | there are some single level container loads in between - 112373 |
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| here comes Train 3 BNSF EB on MT-1 - 112378 | 112379 |
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| 112382 | now we have intermodal action on both tracks - 112383 |
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| 112384 | it seems Train 2 is having mid train DPU's - 112385 |
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| 112392 | BNSF 6524 ES44C4 (built 11/12) - 112393 |
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| BNSF 3939 = ET44C4 (built 8/15) - 112394 | 112395 |
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| 112396 | last photo with Train 3 BNSF EB - 112397 |
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| rear end DPU BNSF 7163 = ES44C4 - 112398 | last photo of Train 2 BNSF WB - 112399 |
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| next is Train 4 BNSF EB bare table - 112400 | BNSF 6718 = ES44C4 - 112401 |
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| BNSF 8346 = ES44C4 - 112402 | 112403 |
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| next is Train 5 BNSF WB intermodal - 112408 | 112409 |
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| BNSF 7800 = ES44DC (built 3/10) - 112414 | 112415 |
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| 112420 | not only containers but also trailers - 112421 |
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| Werner Enterprises Reefer Trailer - 112422 | 2nd Werner Trailer - 112423 |
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| Werner took photso ofWerner trailers (happy man) - 112424 | end of train 5 BNSF WB and last photo od this location - 112425 |
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| Randy Murphy on the elevated observation point - 112353 | |
| We were hoping to get also a UP Train on UPT (Palmdale Cutoff), but there was no luck for us on this day! | |
