Adrian Wintle Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 Nice catch with a freight loco at the head. I have been on a Pacific Surfliner up to SLO with a UP Geep on the rear leaving Santa Barbara but they dropped it off enroute to SLO. New consist for 'Santa Barbara'? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted August 21, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 21, 2013 I am working on it now I have a source for the Horizon coaches! Watch out for a post in my layout thread.in near future. ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted August 21, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 21, 2013 I think I mentioned that I'd been to that area in 2010. Here are a few I took on Cajon one morning that January. An early start from San Berbadino let me drive up Route 66 and find a crossing about half way up. I was lucky enough to see 5 trains in half an hour as the light got better. These were taken before the sun had realy got to the bottom of the canyon. The heavy manifest freight ahd the brakes hard on and you could smell the hot brakes 10 minutes after the train went past. Then one went past on the high line from Palmdale. It wasn't all UP But the BNSF freight masked the uphill UP freight but I caught the DPU unit at the rea, Just for variety here is the first freight I saw at Tehachapi that day. Just about to enter the tunnel under the loop. There had been nothing on the line all day as UP were replacing a rail. I got talking to the gang foreman and he told me that he had just released the possession and that the rail he had replaced had only lasted a year. Sure enough within 15 minutes we started to hear the sound of trains coming up the valley and this came into sight. if Anyone likes these I could add some more of Tehachapi. Jamie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted August 22, 2013 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 22, 2013 The disgraced passenger rounds the curve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted August 22, 2013 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 22, 2013 Back to the freight ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted August 22, 2013 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 22, 2013 Probably my favourite shot from the trip Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted August 22, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 22, 2013 Some superb photos and plenty of trains going by. Our last trip there a few years ago we waited a few hours and saw just one train. It was too hot to wait any longer so headed to Tehachapi where all was still very quiet but at least it was cooler. Ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted September 6, 2013 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 6, 2013 Having caught up with the freight stock time for some more train shots Dropping down the grade A UP chases the BNSF Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted September 18, 2013 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 18, 2013 As can be seen in the photo above the CP and the BNSF run at different levels. I was hoping for two trains and I got lucky ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted September 19, 2013 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 19, 2013 One on the old road Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted September 19, 2013 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 19, 2013 Note the UP dropping down behind, this will feature a bit more soon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted September 19, 2013 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 19, 2013 The signal bridge was a nice frame for a train and I was hoping for one climbing the bank, again I got lucky. There's the UP ! Edit to add Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted September 19, 2013 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 19, 2013 Another one up the grade, this one is better framed imho, the previous one was more rushed as I was photographing one coming down when it came into view. Even US trains are dwarfed by the scenery The more observant may notice the single yellow in the top left head, for a very interesting train .... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted September 19, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 19, 2013 You certainly did get a lot of trains to photo on your trip. The last few times we have visited, we waited a few hours and got very little traffic and it was way too hot to be standing outside so we had to keep getting back into the car with the engine running and air con on. Excellent shots. Ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 Lovely trackwork (and cess) too. One in the eye for all British fanboys who think US freight trains shouldn't go above 20mph......... Best, Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted September 19, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 19, 2013 Lovely trackwork (and cess) too. One in the eye for all British fanboys who think US freight trains shouldn't go above 20mph......... Best, Pete. It was the quality of the parmanent way that impressed me most on my drive along the UP last year. When I told a fiend over here about the speed of what UP called 'The God Trains' he couldn't believe it. One thing I did notice was tghat we never went more than about 10 miles without seeing a track or signal gang of some sort. Jamie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted September 20, 2013 Share Posted September 20, 2013 Exactly the same applies to the southern BNSF TransCon. What I like about the South West is that one can combine an interest in Route 66 and trains because they track each other for hundreds of miles. Anyone been to Gallup? I bypassed it enroute between Flagstaff and Santa Fe the other year; is it worth a visit? Best, Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted September 20, 2013 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 20, 2013 So what was the "very interesting train" ? An empty coal train, does anyone have any idea what it was doing in Irvine - my local guy was totally flumuxed ! (it returned a few hours later, still empty as far as we could tell). I suggested a stock turning move, but without any real idea. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted September 20, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 20, 2013 Perhaps it was a set of coal hoppers being used for aggregates. The intreriors look fairly light coloured and the set is varied. also due to the different densities it wouldn't be fully loaded if it was carrying stone. Jamie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted September 20, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 20, 2013 The latest TRAINS magazine has a major article on the aggregates business and there is quite a lot in the LA area. The mixed nature of the rake lends credence. Jamie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted September 20, 2013 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 20, 2013 The latest TRAINS magazine has a major article on the aggregates business and there is quite a lot in the LA area. The mixed nature of the rake lends credence. Jamie Photos of the wagons, the light coloured (or is that colored !) interiors lend credibilty to this - thanks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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