May 17, 2013

BNSF 9237 and UP train on Cajon Pass

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Friday, May 17, 2013

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I spent this day on the BNSF/UP from hill 582 to Barstow. At Hill 582 I met Don E. Toles, the caretaker of this oasis in the desert. Unfortunately it was cold and windy there, not what I expected. In the afternoon a BNSF special came through. I raced to Barstow hoping to catch it. No such luck. I finished the day in Barstow catching action on the BNSF Transcon.

Cajon Pass

Hill 582

9:55 am

BNSF Stack #2 Track WB 7693, 4555, 7571 - D600

10:19 am

BNSF 7365, 7002, 6556, 4136, 5170 - WB Stack - UPS Z train - F5 AP100

10:30 am

UP EB Manifest 7556? - 3 units | DPU 8386 (Hidden by WB)

10:36 am

WB BNSF Stack 6928, 6723, 7666, 4347, 4631

11:00 a

BNSF Ballast Train Track 1 EB 9237, 5161, ?, 4117 | DPU 7120, 7339
- Astia Slide Film, F100

UP Manifest NB Highline 7911, 2389, 2349 | 2463, 6847 - Astia F100

BNSF 9237 EMD SD70ACe
BNSF SD70ACe 9237 leads an eastbound ballast train past Hill 582 on Cajon Pass, track 1, as a northbound UP manifest led by UP 7911 makes an appearance on the Highline, 11:00 a.m. on May 17, 2013. These photos were shot with my Nikon F100 and my second to the last roll of Fuji Astia film.

Keel Middleton said, "Not sure where the ballast came from but your train here is the U-CNAPIS9-15B. It is a unit train from Corona, CA to Pisgah, CA. Looks like it might have originally came from Pedernal, NM and they spot dumped in various locations between Topock, AZ and Corona going west then turned back east dumping more until it was empty."
 
11:16 a

BNSF Light Engines - Astia F100

7339 & 7120

BNSF 7339 GE ES44DC
After helping an eastbound ballast train up the hill, light engines BNSF 7339, a ES44DC and ES44C4 7120 drift west downhill past Hill 582 on Cajon Pass on track 1 at 11:16 a.m. on May 17, 2013.
  • Engines approaching
    Nikon F100, Astia 100, Analog Image Number: 2013060302ph.19
  • BNSF 7120
    Nikon F100, Astia 100, Analog Image Number: 2013060302ph.20
?? am

BNSF Stack WB 7080 +2 | DPU 7370 +1 - FP5 Black & White Neg Film AP100 (Plus-X)

11:50 a

BNSF WB Manifest 7702, 7777, 7716, 7712, 120wb, 151 wb (w/2 Warbonnet GP60s) LA J train - D600 & D300s

12:05 p

BNSF WB Baretables - 4487, 4530 - D300s

12:15 p

BNSF EB Z-train - 7468, 7071, 7416, 6830 - South Line - D600 & D300s

12:20 p

EB Stack Z Train - 6618, 4986, 7750 - F5 w FP4+

1:32 p

EB BNSF LAJ Train - 7746, 7749, 7736, 7701, 7030, 146wb, 127 (incl 2 GP60Ws) - D600 & D300s

2:05 p

WB BNSF Ethanol Train 7304, 6741, 7100 | DPUs 5407, 7902 - D300s

EB BNSF Biz Train - 6563

Barstow

East end of town "Tom's Burgers Curve"

3:35 p

WB BNSF (YANZ = Yet another Z train) 7625, 6904, 6722 - D300s 80-200 f2.8

3:55 p

BNSF 7280 GE ES44DC

Westbound Z-train with 11 units
On May 17, 2013 at 3:55 pm a WB BNSF Z train is caught on the east end of Barstow with 11 units: 7280, 4547, 6529, 4396, 5255, 4087, 7241, 7248, 4435, 7300, 7491.
  • Photo of Wesbound
    Fujichrome Astia Film, Nikon F100, 75-150 series E Lens. Scan 2013060302ph.22-2v2
  • Photo of 7280
    Fujichrome Astia Film, Nikon F100, 75-150 series E Lens. Scan 2013060302ph.26v3

WB BNSF YANZ - 11 units! - 7280, 4547, 6529, 4396, 5255, 4087, 7241, 7248, 4435, 7300, 7491 - D300s & F5 + F100 & Astia

4:05 p

WB BNSF YANZ - 7893 + 4 mostly vans F100, Astia, 75-150mm E This and before Apeture priority

4:20 p

WB BNSF manifest - 7055? +2 - F100 Astia 1/500 f6.3 75-150mm E

4:35 p

WB BNSF YANZ - 7676?, 6917, 6580, 7258 - F5 FP4+ B&W 75~150mm E 1/640 F5.6

Depot - Western America Railroad Museum

5:00 p

Museum Equipment: UP 9950, ATSF 1460 (beep), ATSF 95 (FP45), Yellow GE 44 tonner, ex-USMC

East end yard "East Tower"

5:22 p

WB BNSF YANZ 7676 + 3 - D600 & D300s

5:34 p

EB BNSF YANZ ?? | 6847 west facing DPU - D300s

5:40 p

UP Light Engines - 2353, 2329 - D600 & D300s

5:55 p

UP WB Manifest - 6548, 5732 | DPUs 6403 sp patch, 6816 - D300s

6:06 p

BNSF EB Manifest - 7352, 4741 - D600 & D300s

6:14 p

WB BNSF YANZ - 5038, 4429, 6539 - D600 & D300s

6:35 p

EB BNSF YANZ - 7268, 7212, 6559, 6919 - D600 & D300s

At east end of town "Tom's Burgers Curve"

6:59 p

WB BNSF YANZ - 7252, 6644, 6774, 7097 - D600 & D300s

7:05 p

EB BNSF YANZ - 7227, 7038 + 3 - D600

7:14 p

WB UP YANZ - 7997, 3867, 4813 | DPU 8760 - D600 & D300s

All the great folks who helped me out with information for these Web pages!

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