UP 7913 leads CPKC train 966 (UP ILBNS) through the S curve at Clinton on the CPKC Meridian Sub.
A long and slow moving ILBG3 rounds Beaumont curve mid-morning.
Westbound manifest.
A late running Armourdale Yard to Mira Loma auto train crosses over Chisholm Trail Road at the east switch of Waldeck siding.
The hot ZG2OA with UPS traffic rounds the bend at Floriston on Track 2 with a short Sunday train. It will be an easy trip over Donner Pass for this crew with five GEVOs leading six double stacks.
(Emigrant Gap, California, not Nevada) The ZG2OA gets moving again after flagging the signal at CP RV171 (Switch 9). The new priority UPS Z train only has six cars on this Sunday morning. This ar... (more)
UP 7913 leads four other GEVOs as the ZG2OA rolls through snow-less Verdi. Usually these hills are covered in snow in February.
On a Saturday afternoon, UP 7913 leads the outbound loaded "Dirty Dirt" train down the Peninsula towards Utah. Note the art near The San Mateo CalTrain station
A work train holds the siding south of town.
Just beginning the slow descent downgrade toward Kelso, a westbound UP intermodal train passes through the summit of Cima Hill on the old LA&SL route.
Approaching the summit of Cima Hill, a westbound UP stack train passes through Ivanpah on the former LA&SL mainline.
UP 7913 west tops Cima Summit as it begins it's decent down the 2.2% grade to Kelso.
UP 7913 west leads the KG1LA at the east switch Ivanpah on the Cima Sub.
West of CP Walker, UP 7913 drops downgrade as it leads its westbound stack train towards Los Angeles.
A westbound Proviso, IL, to Fresno, CA, lite power move has 8 ES44-AC44 in consist. The good looking matched consist is seen here about to pass thru the CTC crossovers at Clear Creek in central Io... (more)