Western Railroad Discussion > Credit Due

There has been some serious verbiage spent on Trainorders (and elsewhere) of late bad-mouthing the Union Pacific, and I have been among them. Out of fairness, the Yuma Subdivision hasn’t looked this good in three decades. The double tracking of Beaumont Hill is impressive and appears to be very fluid. Additionally, the traffic levels are superb. My last outing along the Sunset between Colton and Ferrum averaged 4 trains an hour, and they were all moving well. East of the of double track I saw a DS making the best of what he had to work with and nobody seemed to stay long in the hole, as the meets came quickly. I realize this is but a small portion of the big picture, and while I may hate that the SP is no longer lord of the manor, I must confess the new owner sure has been fixing up the place—credit due.
macbeau

You may now tear me to shreds at your leisure


Eastbound autoracks stand aside at Mecca as doublestacks trail new power westbound on the main, November 2004.

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Eastbound doublestacks making superb time at Ferrum.

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Eastbound coal meets a westbound on the fly at Banning.

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A heavy westbound descends San Timoteo Canyon at Hinda.

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Always enjoy the black and white photos. They can be amazing.

cool shots but i nailed one of those new SD70M's with the new cab 5133 if i remember right out here in the east
railfan1 out

Coal moving East - ??? Anybody know where this coal is going??

Norm
Tioga Pass

72368 Wrote:
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> Coal moving East - ??? Anybody know where this
> coal is going??
>
> Norm
> Tioga Pass


Coal or coke ??? Have seen coke move east out of Torrance/ El Segundo on BNaSiF ....


TCS - slice, hack, chop

72368 Wrote:
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> Coal moving East - ??? Anybody know where this
> coal is going??
>
> Norm
> Tioga Pass

The answer is here, and yes, it's coal.

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