Western Railroad Discussion > UP Passenger Special In and Out of SoCal Today

The UP passenger special ran from Tucson to Las Vegas today via West Colton.

It was by the Tucson camera at 2:19 this morning, and arrived at WC at about 10:30.  After de-training whoever was on board at Cedar Ave., it made a reverse move back to Rancho before turning north for a trip up Cajon Pass on UP's Mojave Sub and BNSF’s Cajon Sub, where I opted to catch it for a one-and-done shot just west of Summit. Behind 4404 are cars 207, Columbia River, Pony Express, Kenefick, 5769, Portola, Omaha, Walter Dean, City of Denver, and Fox River.  As always, thanks for the timely heads up today!

Thanks for looking,
GK

 

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How on earth could a UP train run from Tucson to Las Vegas in one day?

Out 

The paint on that SD70 looks very good for its vintage. Must have shopped recently. Fine photo.

Looks good, nice location on the curve.

t4p

Great shot!

Randy
texchief1

Saw him on the Hesperia cam. Time stamp of  13:18:40  if you are interested.
Regards,DK

Excellent shot!!

Larry

How can it run that???  It has big shots on board that could not give a darn about running like  a freight.  Bet it never went in a passing track.

Great shot, Gary!

Really Nice shot! Centennial would have been a nice look on that train.

tomstp Wrote:
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> How can it run that???  It has big shots on board
> that could not give a darn about running like  a
> freight.  Bet it never went in a passing track.

Exactly right!  It averaged 57mph from Tucson to Banning, a distance of 417 miles (+/-).  Don't know if it changed crews in Yuma or not.
GK

Interesting choice of motive power and nice image too.
—Mac

Nice looking shot Gary!

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MacBeau Wrote:
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> Interesting choice of motive power and nice image
> too.
> —Mac

4404 is assigned to the passenger train. Has the extra forward facing camera and the wifi link to the cars installed. It's also probably the cleanest SD70M on the railroad.

TheNavigator Wrote:
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> tomstp Wrote:
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> > How can it run that???  It has big shots on
> board
> > that could not give a darn about running like 
> a
> > freight.  Bet it never went in a passing
> track.
>
> Exactly right!  It averaged 57mph from Tucson to
> Banning, a distance of 417 miles (+/-).  Don't
> know if it changed crews in Yuma or not.
> GK

Nice photo Gary. Yes, changed crews at Yuma...had to.


Allen

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