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| Title: |
Ahhhh....SUN |
| Description: |
Finally, after days of stormy weather, some western sky! Z-STOWSP8-15A climbs through Tehachapi Loop. |
| Photo Date: |
4/15/2012 Upload Date: 5/17/2012 1:21:48 PM |
| Location: |
Walong, CA |
| Author: |
David Abeles |
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| Locomotives: |
BNSF 7240(ES44DC) |
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373 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
Rainy Bealville |
| Description: |
Pouring rain soaks the Tehachapis as the B-NBYSBD4-13A approaches Tunnel 4. It's snowing at the summit - but all rain down here! |
| Photo Date: |
4/14/2012 Upload Date: 5/17/2012 1:21:31 PM |
| Location: |
Bealville, CA |
| Author: |
David Abeles |
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| Locomotives: |
BNSF 7364(ES44DC) |
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363 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
Looping Over Itself |
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This Z-train had a locomotive fail en-route, and so it was set out, and continued over the pass with just two units up front. It strugoled! Here, 7387 east crosses over itself as it dodges rain showers and climbs through the Loop itself. |
| Photo Date: |
4/6/2011 Upload Date: 4/25/2011 9:36:55 AM |
| Location: |
Tehachapi Loop, CA |
| Author: |
David Abeles |
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| Locomotives: |
BNSF 7387(ES44DC) |
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571 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Lifting Fog, Morning Light |
| Description: |
BNSF 7387 and kin drkp downgrade between Tunnel 2 and Tunnel 1 amidst lifting fog and dawn light. |
| Photo Date: |
4/7/2011 Upload Date: 4/25/2011 9:51:21 AM |
| Location: |
Caliente, CA |
| Author: |
David Abeles |
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| Locomotives: |
BNSF 7387(ES44DC) |
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636 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Lots of Power at the Summit |
| Description: |
A string of 14 BNSF safety-cab GE's comes east up to Cajon Summit, CA, with all of Cajon pass as a backdrop. |
| Photo Date: |
4/5/2011 Upload Date: 4/18/2011 8:35:22 AM |
| Location: |
Cajon Summit, CA |
| Author: |
David Abeles |
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| Locomotives: |
BNSF 7534(ES44DC) |
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544 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Sullivan's Curve |
| Description: |
Eastbound stacks climb through Sullivan's Curve on the route up Cajon Pass. The unique sandstone walls here are the location of the San Andreas Fault, over which the railroad crosses at this location. |
| Photo Date: |
4/5/2011 Upload Date: 4/25/2011 8:28:55 AM |
| Location: |
Cajon Pass, CA |
| Author: |
David Abeles |
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| Locomotives: |
BNSF 7591(ES44DC) |
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462 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Desert Drama |
| Description: |
600 millimeters of effective focal length draws in desert mountains east of Hector, CA, as BNSF 7597 and sisters pull west, headed for a crew change in Barstow. |
| Photo Date: |
4/7/2011 Upload Date: 4/25/2011 10:25:54 AM |
| Location: |
Hector, CA |
| Author: |
David Abeles |
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| Locomotives: |
BNSF 7597(ES44DC) |
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279 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Humid Morning |
| Description: |
After sttting out a bad-order locomotive, two BNSF GEVO locomotives struggle upgrade with a Z-train bound for points east. Fog is breaking up over the Techachapi Mountains in the background, through which this train will climb for the next hour and a half. |
| Photo Date: |
4/6/2011 Upload Date: 4/25/2011 9:45:11 AM |
| Location: |
Caliente, CA |
| Author: |
David Abehes |
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| Locomotives: |
BNSF 7804(ES44DC) |
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474 Comments: 1 |
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