Thursday Proto Photo Dec 11/14

[Lenny53]

[lock4244]

A Union Pacific SD90 leads another UP unit meeting a CP eastbound at the newly lengthend Spicer siding on the Belleville Sub:

http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=17267

[jwb]

Foamers Mojave, CA

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[C855B]

Foamers Mojave, CA

[...sigh...] The microsecond your shot appeared on the screen my heart skipped a beat. That's my home town. The railroad details have changed a hundred times over since my time there, but the mountains are absolutely "it".

The overpass in the distance, right about where the SP station was, is new to me. I wouldn't have thought there was enough traffic - train or vehicle - to justify a separated crossing in the middle of town.

Has anybody reopened White's Cafe?

[jwb]

Where is White's Café? I'll look for it next time. There's a very new McDonald's at the traffic light at the 14 intersection.

There are a lot of changes since Highway 58 bypassed Mojave. The overpass is for Oak Creek road -- I would say there's a LOT of increased rail traffic, but less on the highway.

[C855B]

Well, per Google Streets the location is now "Mike's Roadhouse". It shares the parking lot with the caboose: https://goo.gl/maps/5cjSI  The façade has been completely changed from the '60s stucco that was White's. It was a classic small town café with good coffee and a great view of passing trains.

Your photo location was further north than I thought, Sierra Aerospace Highway being obscured by the billboards. You were standing roughly where the station was; we typically hung around the overpass where the Santa Fe splits east. The Oak Creek road overpass came with the 58 bypass, although the last time I overnighted there must have been 15 years ago while "downtown" was still mostly intact. When friends told me of the bypass routing, my thinking if it wasn't for Rutan and his buddies at the airport, the place would dry up and blow away... literally.

[C855B]

Another "24 Hours in Centralia" time lapse video. It was a busier day than usual, I counted 40 trains, with both CN and NS putting on shows. A few (like Amtrak) were really quick flashes and I had to step back through frames to see them.

[GaryHinshaw]

Another "24 Hours in Centralia" time lapse video.

Not much intermodal traffic in that lane - it seemed like 10% or less.  I believe the north-south lanes on the east & west coasts are fractionally much higher, no?

[jwb]

Another shot from the same trip, a UP pickup pacing an intermodal:

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[Bob Bufkin]

Sure don't have to head West to see UP or BNSF anymore.

[GaryHinshaw]

Sure don't have to head West to see UP or BNSF anymore.

Wish that had been the case when I lived there... 

Looks like UP 3794 and 3793 in back-to-back shots 3000 miles apart.

[R L Smith]

Unable to take pix, but two different BNSF units in badly faded red and silver paint were southbound on the ex-Reading Lurgan Line the last two days.  #724 and # 298.  #724 went by northbound earlier in the week.

[Jesse6669]

An oldie but a goodie.  From a time back in the mid-80's when I worked in Alabama.  Meridian & Bigbee shops.  [ Guests cannot view attachments ]

[davefoxx]

I was in downtown Wilmington, Delaware for a seminar today, so, during the lunch break, I walked about ten blocks down to the Amtrak train station.  I caught the Silver Star coming through town, led by ACS-64 #601, bound for points south, such as Southern Pines (on the Seaboard Central!) and Miami (where I would prefer to be rather than this cold station platform):





It was reeeeeeeeeally tempting to board the train and head south for warmer climes.

DFF

[Mr Z]

I've been scanning some old slides lately and thought I'd share this one with you.



Taken on the westbound grade near Cresson, PA

Martin Z