USA March 2017






BNSF 5056 + 8062 + 7696 + 3928 haul a double-stack container train from Los Angeles toward Barstow in the Cajon Pass on 5 March 2017.




BNSF 8279 + 8163 + 4231 + 7955 haul an intermodal train from Los Angeles toward Barstow in the Cajon Pass on 5 March 2017.




BNSF 7717 + 9127 help BNSF 7734 + 7701 + 7740 + 7725 + UP 4133 at the helm (out of sight) to decelarate a mixed freight train downward toward Los Angeles in the Cajon Pass on 5 March 2017.




UP 8000 + 8169 help UP 2651 + 7467 + 8785 at the helm (out of sight) to decelarate a mixed freight train downward toward Los Angeles in the Cajon Pass on 5 March 2017.




UP 2689 helps UP 7524 + 7700 + 4075 at the helm (out of sight) to decelarate a mixed freight train downward toward Los Angeles in the Cajon Pass on 5 March 2017.




UP 7361 + 8881 + 8920 approach Palm Springs through numerous wind mills with a southbound intermodal train (and UP 8013 pushing at the rear out of sight) on 5 March 2017.




Hot desert at the bottom, snow on top of the mountains. That was the scenery through which UP 7975 and 4299 took a southbound double-stack container train at Mecca on 5 March 2017.




A bit later the deset ruled when UP 7975 and 4299 took a southbound double-stack container train at Mecca Beach along the Salton Sea on 5 March 2017.




43 minutes later, UP 7361 + 8881 + 8920 appeared with another southbound intermodal train (with UP 8013 pushing out of sight) at Mecca Beach on 5 March 2017.




UP 5493 + 8759 + 4701 + 3836 take a northbound auto train along the San Andreas Fault at Mecca on 5 March 2017.




UP 2751 + 4818 + 4212 approach Bombay Beach along the Salton Sea with another northbound auto train on 5 March 2017.




UP 8225 + 4816 drive in the middle of nowhere with their northbound double-stack container train in Durmid along the Salton Sea on 5 March 2017.




CSX 3062 brings up the rear of a northbound double-stack container train which has UP 6055 + UP 7608 + CSX 5334 at the helm at Durmid on 7 March 2017.




UP 8209 + 8761 + 5179 approach Durmid siding with some auto racks and a long intermodal train on 7 March 2017. UP 2571 pushes at the rear.




11 minutes later UP 5314 + 4881 + 3836 + 8786 + NS 9084 pass by with a southbound intermodale train at Durmid on 7 March 2017.




Finally, UP 6055 + UP 7608 + CSX 5334 can depart Durmid siding with their northbound Hamburg-Süd double-stack container train on 7 March 2017. CSX 3062 pushes at the rear.




UP 6055 + UP 7608 + CSX 5334 run through Salton with their northbound Hamburg-Süd double-stack container train on 7 March 2017. CSX 3062 pushes at the rear.




UP 6055 + UP 7608 + CSX 5334 crawl through the S-curve at Mecca Beach with their northbound Hamburg-Süd double-stack container train on 7 March 2017. Out of sight, CSX 3062 pushes at the rear.




At the Atlantic Coast, Florida East Coast Railway 419 approaches Palm Coast siding with just one covered hopper on its local freight run from Bowden Yard to Hialeah Yard on 10 March 2017.




Florida East Coast Railways oldies 714 + 716 cross the San Sebastian River with northbound intermodal train 224 (Fort Lauderdale - Bowden Yard) on 11 March 2017.




Florida East Coast Railway 811 and 803 sandwich FEC LNG tender 302, taking northbound intermodal train 226 (Hialeah Yard - Bowden Yard) across the San Sebastian River on 11 March 2017.




Florida East Coast Railway 811 and 803 sandwich FEC LNG tender 302, taking northbound intermodal train 226 (Hialeah Yard - Bowden Yard) across the San Sebastian River on 11 March 2017.




Amtrak 162 and 202 head Amtrak train 98 (Miami - New York Penn Station) just west of Sanford on 11 March 2017.




CSX 986 and 657 haul a northbound empty coal train just west of Sanford on 11 March 2017.




Amtrak 831 and 814 head 16 Amtrak double-deck coaches and 25 Amtrak autorack cars as train 52 (Sanford - Lorton) at the start of its long journey out of Sanford on 11 March 2017.