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| Title: |
Down towards da Bayou |
| Description: |
CSX 5278 west rolls downgrade towards Gretna and points west. |
| Photo Date: |
8/24/2011 Upload Date: 8/23/2011 1:26:01 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
David Abeles |
| Categories: |
Bridge |
| Locomotives: |
CSX 5278(ES44DC) UP 5090(SD70M) |
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530 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Which Way to N'awlins? |
| Description: |
Dat way! But the pipe train is heading west, coming from the Big Easy to points west. |
| Photo Date: |
8/24/2011 Upload Date: 8/23/2011 1:25:48 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
David Abeles |
| Categories: |
Bridge |
| Locomotives: |
CSX 5278(ES44DC) |
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245 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
The Full Length |
| Description: |
CSX 5278 west rolls slowly off the main spans of the Huey P. Long Bridge in New Orleans. |
| Photo Date: |
8/24/2011 Upload Date: 8/23/2011 1:25:34 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
David Abeles |
| Categories: |
Bridge |
| Locomotives: |
CSX 5278(ES44DC) |
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292 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Second in a line |
| Description: |
CSX 5303 leads another van train west, I believe he was calling himself Q169. 5 units, 60 mph; with an approach signal up for an eastbound that was following a manifest that snuck by us while Q119 came west. |
| Photo Date: |
12/3/2010 Upload Date: 12/20/2010 4:06:04 PM |
| Location: |
Jordan, NY |
| Author: |
David Abeles |
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| Locomotives: |
CSX 5303(ES44DC) |
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210 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
They just keep coming |
| Description: |
A mix of domestic stacks and trailers comes west through CP308, with a clear signal on Track 2. The light was disappearing under approaching lake-effect snow bands. |
| Photo Date: |
12/3/2010 Upload Date: 12/20/2010 4:06:12 PM |
| Location: |
Jordan, NY |
| Author: |
David Abeles |
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| Locomotives: |
CSX 5424(ES44DC) |
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291 Comments: 2 |
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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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257 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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277 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
Looping Over Itself |
| Description: |
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 struggled! 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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453 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Lifting Fog, Morning Light |
| Description: |
BNSF 7387 and kin drop 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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544 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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455 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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371 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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220 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Humid Morning |
| Description: |
After setting 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 Abeles |
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| Locomotives: |
BNSF 7804(ES44DC) |
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381 Comments: 1 |
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