A Dash 9 heads a San Bernardino to Atlanta Z train up Cajon Pass early on their trip east, and probably one of the least likely places they'd encounter snow on the cross-country trip.
An Atlanta-bound Z train is pretty normal on Cajon Summit. Two Dash 9s in the lead is a bit less normal. Running on the second day of snow on the ground is pretty dang rare.
BNSF 5183 West seen snaking down a steeper main 3 stretch of mountain grade along BNSF's Cajon Sub below Silverwood, after a fresh multi-inch blanket of snowfall the previous day.
BNSF 5183 leads a stack train through Fullerton towards Los Angeles.
BNSF 5183 leads this northbound mixed freight at Sandcut as it leaves Tehachapi Pass behind with a straight shot to Bakersfield ahead.
Three Dash 9's fly east with a stack train, between Toluca and Ancona.
Its just after 7pm on a warm humid evening in the Tehachapi's as a Northbound manifest rounds the horseshoe curve as it heads for Bakersfield.
BNSF 5183 west leads a stack train downgrade into East Flagstaff.
Burlington Northern Santa Fe, Southern Pacific; Norfolk Southern and Burlington Northern Santa Fe power on a northbound freight out of San Diego, heading for Barstow. The train is crossing Santia... (more)
BNSF 5183 east waits at East Goffs on the Needles Sub on a cloudy morning.