Shortly
after sunrise on Sunday morning, another BNSF eastbound slithers
uphill...
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...with
three mid-train helpers.
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A
crossing
in the Allard horseshoe.
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A
Warbonnet leads a manifest east
through Monolith.
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Triple
Bo-Bos ease down toward the Caliente horseshoe and a crossing with the train
slowly appearing in the distance on the track at top right.
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BNSF
power relocation. GP60B in the middle.
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Crossing
at Caliente.
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The
10 loco train crosses over the Bealville Rd after rounding the curve
at Caliente..
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The
same train blasting through Woodford.
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Another
varied consist heads a 'short' manifest through Cable.
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The
pair of helpers at the rear of the above train are seen from the same
spot at the west end of Cable.
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The
same train at the former tunnel4.
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A
the evening sun sinks lower, a winged pig train heads uphill in the
Caliente Narrows.
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The
flying pig train is snapped in the very last of the sun at Cable.
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Monday
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The
early bird catches a somewhat mediocre UP combo - a pair of SD90s -
entering the Allard horseshoe.
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This
is not a terribly exciting shot either, but here goes anyway... The
same train taken from the same spot.
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A
crossing at Allard. The Dash-8's are helpers at the back of the train
headed by the SD90s. That's a boring shot too...
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A
pair of green SD40-2 helpers providing dynamic braking.
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Crossing
at Bealville.
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Another
crossing at Bealville.
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Another
train entering Allard with a Dash-8 and four SD40-2s.
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The
same train taken from the same place with the same interesting power.
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Another
colourful combo enters tunnel 10...
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...before
our train can come around the loop.
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The
train near Cameron - yes Virginia, those are Joshua Trees.
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And
lastly approaching Mojave. At this stage, I was getting bored and went
snapping pics around California City for a few hours.
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But
luckily I came back to catch two clean Warbonnets leading a nice train
at Sandcut
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And
approaching Tunnel 2.
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Following
the Warbonnets, was the daily loco train - this time with 12 locos.
Seen here approaching tunnel 2. I'm amazed that I'd never found this
spot up the hill before...
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The
Warbonnets approaching Mojave. I screwed up the 12 loco train by
taking it at 400mm with not enough depth of field (it was windy).
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