Western Railroad Discussion > UP 1983 leads the ballaster through Sheridan, CA

Last Friday, I had kept an eye on the HeadsUpNorCal group's tracking of the UP #1983 "WP Heritage" unit on the ballast train leaving Oroville, CA which was near the our destination for a weekend getaway. There was little play in the schedule to head out of the way to catch it but lucky for us, its departure was delayed by a few hours and we saw it heading toward us between Sheridan and Marysville, CA. A quick jump off the highway and sprint back towards Sheridan netted us a few shots. The pacing shot's photo credit belongs my wife :-)

Ryan Wilkerson
Fair Oaks, CA

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Nice shots. I especially like the middle one capturing the whole train.

ChrisB

Now that's a well planned weekend getaway - thanks for sharing the highlight of your trip!

Nice R.W., always love it when "RR time" actually helps you out with a better sun shot!

Great shots! I posted my photos yesterday of this exact train at its ultimate destination at Watsonville Junction.

http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?1,2369848

AMAZING, still haven't got tagged yet n that secondary valley service! I'm gonna play the lottery

Thanks guys....
The full train shot was the one that I wish I would have been able to capture AHEAD of the train. Oh well, we had places to go.
The evening light was great...much better than the 1pm time frame it would have been if on time.

Ryan Wilkerson
Fair Oaks, CA