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Western Railroad Discussion > a saturday vulcan rock trainDate: 12/08/12 17:36 a saturday vulcan rock train Author: tc I heard a S/B loaded rock train leaving palmdale so off I went to soledad canyon. 1st shot is the train leaving ravenna and under the soledad canyon road bridge. 2nd is the power on the other side of the bridge passing the wildlife way station. 3rd is the DPU set bringing up the rear
   Date: 12/08/12 17:40 Re: a saturday vulcan rock train Author: tc 1st shot is one of the many spots it just hangs on the rock wall. 2nd shot is the south end of the canyon going under the highway one more time. 3rd is the train approaching CP Lang .
   Date: 12/08/12 17:44 Re: a saturday vulcan rock train Author: tc 1st shot is the historical placard at lang. 2nd shot is the N/B (very long)lathrop in the hole for a N/B metrolink at honby . 3rd is the S/B rock train taking the main S/B at honby with the N/B stack trains DPU sitting in the shade.
   Date: 12/08/12 17:47 Re: a saturday vulcan rock train Author: tc Last one is the DPUs meeting. It was interesting waiting for the S/B because the N/B DPU was not running when I showed up then all of a sudden bells went off for a couple of minutes then the unit fired up kinda cool.
 Date: 12/08/12 18:04 Re: a saturday vulcan rock train Author: PasadenaSub Great pics, Tim.
In photo #6, what are the hoppers that the train is passing - ballast cars in the siding? Rich Date: 12/08/12 18:35 Re: a saturday vulcan rock train Author: tc Hi Rich thanks, the ballast cars are in the siding track next to the metrolink yard at lang
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/08/12 18:36 by tc. Date: 12/08/12 18:43 Re: a saturday vulcan rock train Author: TCnR Here's a page on what the Historical marker says:
http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM5WRJ_NO_590_Lang_Southern_Pacific_Station Date: 12/08/12 18:58 Re: a saturday vulcan rock train Author: 3rdswitch Nice job. Not many tangents on that line!
JB Date: 12/08/12 18:58 Re: a saturday vulcan rock train Author: tc oops sorry
 Date: 12/08/12 21:41 Re: a saturday vulcan rock train Author: TCnR Nice.
Date: 12/08/12 21:48 Re: a saturday vulcan rock train Author: SP8100 TC,
How many cars does a "typical" rock train have??? Thanks, SP8100 Date: 12/08/12 22:53 Re: a saturday vulcan rock train Author: Fizzboy7 Enjoyed the shots.
Interesting to note, while the rest of the country has shed their leaves, we are right in the middle of our fall colors. Date: 12/09/12 18:41 Re: a saturday vulcan rock train Author: ns1000 NICE set of pics!!!! Thanks for sharing.
Date: 12/09/12 20:08 Re: a saturday vulcan rock train Author: jc76 When does the loaded Vulcan Rock train usually Run? Do they always have the same number of cars?
Kewl pics Date: 12/09/12 20:23 Re: a saturday vulcan rock train Author: delrio Where does this train originate and where does it terminate? This may have been covered, but a quick search did not answer my question. It appears Vulcan followed Robertson's lead with unit trains into the LA Basin.
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