Passenger Trains > Yesterday's Coast Starlight meet on Tehachapi detour

Just enough time to post one of my shots of yesterday's Coast Starlight detours and can't say enough about this serendipitous journey--one of the best I've ever had!
And...for the cherry on the sundae, snowy Tehachapi Mt's. just can't be beat--not to mention all of those wonderful Joshua trees in the Mojave desert.
We got quite a kick out of the fans chasing the train as well--pics of that to follow sometime tomorrow--stay tuned to identify yourself!

P.S. Thanks, AJ, for the quick eye so I could capture the meet at Cliff ;)

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Great picture...thanks for posting!

Dave

Wow, I love that picture!

Terry
Berkeley,CA.

I 2ND it, awsome shot!

Very cool photo Jonesie, trip-P42's Elephant-style lash-up meeting two more P42's on Tehachapi! Dare I say, IMAGE OF THE DAY!?!

Good to see you and AJ taking some time off together. I swear, it's like I see/hear you and Crazy Ray working out there every day (including weekends).

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Nice Mark, thanks for sharing.

All the times folks talked about Amtrak of Tehachapi and here we have it, how many times now?

Not a regular thing, but nice to see the UP working with Amtrak on the detour.

IC_2024 Wrote:
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> Just enough time to post one of my shots of
> yesterday's Coast Starlight detours and can't say
> enough about this serendipitous journey--one of
> the best I've ever had!
> And...for the cherry on the sundae, snowy
> Tehachapi Mt's. just can't be beat--not to mention
> all of those wonderful Joshua trees in the Mojave
> desert.
> We got quite a kick out of the fans chasing the
> train as well--pics of that to follow sometime
> tomorrow--stay tuned to identify yourself!
>
> P.S. Thanks, AJ, for the quick eye so I could
> capture the meet at Cliff ;)

Great action shot, at my favorite surprise on the detour, dramatic Cliff.

So am I correct in saying that every detour in 2008/2009 met at different locations? From the top of my head, I recall Caliente (June), Woodford (10/26, detour I rode), Walong, Edison (Sunday),and Cliff. I think there was Rowen and Marcel, too?

Thanks for the code 97 my good friend. I was wondering what you were doing. Thanks for the post great images, timing is everything

radum Wrote:
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> Thanks for the code 97 my good friend. I was
> wondering what you were doing. Thanks for the post
> great images, timing is everything


Glad you caught the job with good $ to boot, MK! Yup, won't lay-off too often as you know, but this was "required" riding IMHO.
Thanks for the atta-boy's, guys... and girls (if AJ or any other ladies out there see this!).

espeeboy Wrote:
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> Very cool photo Jonesie, trip-P42's Elephant-style
> lash-up meeting two more P42's on Tehachapi! Dare
> I say, IMAGE OF THE DAY!?!
>
> Good to see you and AJ taking some time off
> together. I swear, it's like I see/hear you and
> Crazy Ray working out there every day (including
> weekends).
>

Hey, thanks, Ryan--yeah, Crazy Ray and I are out there all of the time. My schedule's like the old RGZ book, "Never on Wednesday."

fjc Wrote:
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> Nice Mark, thanks for sharing.
>
> All the times folks talked about Amtrak of
> Tehachapi and here we have it, how many times
> now?
>
Thanks, Frank--yeah, haven't been keeping track of the exact # of detours--started with Gunn's train right before his presidency ended--glad I caught this one for sure.

IC_2024 Wrote:
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> radum Wrote:
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> > Thanks for the code 97 my good friend. I was
> > wondering what you were doing. Thanks for the
> post
> > great images, timing is everything
>
>
> Glad you caught the job with good $ to boot, MK!
> Yup, won't lay-off too often as you know, but this
> was "required" riding IMHO.
> Thanks for the atta-boy's, guys... and girls (if
> AJ or any other ladies out there see this!).


Ah, this explains why Klinky-Dink has made some "prime time" appearances on the Cal-P these last couple days. Seems Big Harv and him have an equally cool relationship (as does TKH and MJ) for that afternoon EB CapCorr slot.

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