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| Near
Goff on old Route 66, a BNSF train awaits a parade of eastbounds |
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| One
of which is seen near Essex |
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| Near
Ash Hill |
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| The
old Santa Fe lives on |
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| Friday
morning starts out cloudy as a BNSF manifest heads towards Monolith with an SD60M and 4 SD40-2s
in charge |
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| Taken
from the Broome Rd exit, a stack train scoots ahead |
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| The
BNSF job approaches Woodford |
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| And
heads into Tunnel 5 |
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| Taken from the same spot,
it threads its way down the Clear Creek
beside the former tunnel 4 |
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| A
16mm wiiiide shot of a BNSF uphill passing tunnel 4's remains, looping
around the curve at the head of Clear Creek, threading Tunnel 5
and entering Cliff siding. The rear of the train is leaving
Bealville via tunnel 3. |
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Taken
from the same spot, but looking back towards
Bealville, a BNSF pig train awaits a UP manifest coming down the
grade
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The
UP manifest makes it down to the Caliente narrows where the
uphill traffic is stacked up
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Second
up is a snotbonnet powered stacker
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Grubby
empties
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| A
downbound exits the west portal of tunnel 2 at the same
spot |
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| Last
of the empties with a faded pumpkin |
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Another
downhill is lead into the east portal of the shorty tunnel 2 by
a clean set of pumpkins, a MRL ex SD45 and a BN SD40-2
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| Traffic
jam at Sandcut |
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| Sandcut
in late sun |
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| Sandcut
again at the end of the day |
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| An
early morning BNSF manifest powers away through Bena with a
GP60M at the rear |
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| As
the clouds start to thin, another uphill manifest coasts down
into Bena, the only notable let-up in the long climb between
Bakersfield and Tehachapi's Summit Switch |
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| At
the head of Clear Creek, a freshly repainted Dash 8 winds its
way between tunnels 3 and 5. Compare this shot to the wide shot,
taken just out of frame in the far right distance |
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| The
manifest seen at Sandcut some hours ago finally makes it to
Marcel where it... |
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| ...passes
a clean set of warbonnets leading another manifest... |
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| ...which
are seen again, passing a set of oranges at Woodford |
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| Assisted
by the local knowledge of Mr MP349, an exploration east reveals a CLEAN loco from UP,
wheeling down past what I assume is the former
tunnel 13 |
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| A UP train heads out of tunnel 14
shortly afterwards |
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| A
dash 9, GP60B and ex SD45 head uphill (proof) |
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