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Viewing Album:  Through The Viewfinder 2012
 
By:Rick Erben
Dates:1/1/2012 - 12/31/2012
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BNSF 6231
Title:  BNSF 6231
Description:  Following UP 7738 through the loop is a BNSF outfit.
Photo Date:  5/4/2012  Upload Date: 7/14/2012 1:17:28 PM
Location:  Walong, CA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7231(ES44DC) BNSF 5347(C44-9W) BNSF 978(C44-9W) BNSF 653(C44-9W)
Views:  576   Comments: 0
BNSF 7695
Title:  BNSF 7695
Description:  A manifest climbs the loop at six in the evening.
Photo Date:  5/4/2012  Upload Date: 7/14/2012 1:19:42 PM
Location:  Walong, CA
Author:  Ribk Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7695(ES44DC) BNSF 7410(ES44DC) BNSF 4334(C44-9W)
Views:  440   Comments: 0
BNSF 7695-II
Title:  BNSF 7695-II
Description:  Roarbng upgrade during the hour of the long shadows.
Photo Date:  5/4/2012  Upload Date: 7/14/2012 1:21:05 PM
Location:  Walong, CA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7695(ES44DC) BNSF 7410(ES44DC) BNSF 4334(C44-9W)
Views:  433   Comments: 0
BNSF 7695-III
Title:  BNSF 7695-III
Description:  Away she goes.
Photo Date:  5/4/2012  Upload Date: 7/14/2012 1:22:39 PM
Location:  Walong, CA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7695(ES44DC)
Views:  171   Comments: 0
On the 6932s block
Title:  On the 6932s block
Description:  BNSF 7721 is chasing BNSF 6932 down the mountain with a steel train.
Photo Date:  5/4/2012  Upload Date: 7/14/2012 12:41:15 AM
Location:  Walong, CA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7721(ES44DC)
Views:  164   Comments: 0
Switch pots
Title:  Switch pots
Description:  Awaiting the next snowfall. I recall back in my native Philadelphia area how the knterlocking plants would be peppered with flickering switch pots during snow storms. Of course, the remote controlled heaters have largely consigned these quaint switch pots to memory.
Photo Date:  5/4/2012  Upload Date: 7/14/2012 12:59:56 PM
Location:  Walong, CA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  96   Comments: 0
UP 5430
Title:  UP 5430
Description:  A southbound manifest comes through Walong in charge of the 5430 and company.
Photo Date:  5/4/2012  Upload Date: 8/21/2014 12:38:24 PM
Location:  Walong, CA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 5430(AC45CCTE) UP 5443(AC45CCTE) UP 5413(AC45CCTE) UP 8234(SD9043MAC) UP 7613(AC45CCTE)
Views:  727   Comments: 0
UP 7738
Title:  UP 7738
Description:  A hour long lull in traffic is broken by UP 7738
Photo Date:  5/4/2012  Upload Date: 7/14/2012 1:12:42 PM
Location:  Walong, CA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 7738(AC45CCTE) UP 4168(SD70M)
Views:  376   Comments: 1
UTLX 630170
Title:  UTLX 630170
Description:  Riding BNSF 7695 South
Photo Date:  5/4/2012  Upload Date: 7/14/2012 1:24:31 PM
Location:  Walong, CA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  80   Comments: 0
Still Life at Walong
Title:  Still Life at Walong
Description:  Codelines and searchlight signal - too rapidly becoming extinct elements of what Kerouac called "the railroad earth".
Photo Date:  5/4/2012  Upload Date: 7/14/2012 12:56:32 PM
Location:  Walong, CA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Signal
Locomotives: 
Views:  95   Comments: 1
BNSF 4339-I
Title:  BNSF 4339-I
Description:  After a morning lull, BNSF 4339 can be heard in the distance negotiating Tehachapi loop, then it bursts out of Tunnel No. 10 and roars past.
Photo Date:  5/5/2012  Upload Date: 7/17/2012 12:41:51 AM
Location:  Marcel, CA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4339(C44-9W)
Views:  162   Comments: 1
BNSF 4339-II
Title:  BNSF 4339-II
Description:  Midday delight.
Photo Date:  5/5/2012  Upload Date: 7/17/2012 12:44:10 AM
Location:  Marcel, CA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Tunnel,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4339(C44-9W)
Views:  151   Comments: 0
Tehachapi Morning
Title:  Tehachapi Morning
Description:  BNSF 4518 is southbound between Walong and Marcel on a Saturday morning.
Photo Date:  5/5/2012  Upload Date: 5/7/2013 8:32:21 AM
Location:  Marcel, CA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4518(C44-9W)
Views:  253   Comments: 3
Southbound run of traffic
Title:  Southbound run of traffic
Description:  Third among a run of half a dozen southbounds on a beautiful Saturday morning in the Tehachapis.
Photo Date:  5/5/2012  Upload Date: 7/17/2012 12:24:35 AM
Location:  Marcel, CA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4518(C44-9W)
Views:  285   Comments: 3
Down in the valley
Title:  Down in the valley
Description:  From a vantage point at Cliff, some seven miles distant by rail, BNSF 5425 negotiates the horseshoe at Caliente.
Photo Date:  5/5/2012  Upload Date: 7/18/2012 1:40:27 PM
Location:  Caliente, CA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  90   Comments: 0
BNSF 5425
Title:  BNSF 5425
Description:  Twenty-five minutes from Caliente, BNSF 5425 is now passing Cliff in the intense sunshine of a Saturday afternoon.
Photo Date:  5/5/2012  Upload Date: 7/18/2012 1:40:03 PM
Location:  Cliff, CA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5425(C44-9W)
Views:  195   Comments: 1
BNSF 6701
Title:  BNSF 6701
Description:  A southbound BNSF intermodal train exits Tunnel No.10 between Walong and Marcel, CA on Tehachapi Pass.
Photo Date:  5/5/2012  Upload Date: 7/16/2012 2:25:39 AM
Location:  Marcel, CA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6701(ES44C4)
Views:  263   Comments: 2
BNSF 7279
Title:  BNSF 7279
Description:  A northbound intermodal train crosses the dry creek bed approaching Woodford.
Photo Date:  5/5/2012  Upload Date: 7/18/2012 12:34:12 PM
Location:  Woodford, CA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7279(ES44DC)
Views:  343   Comments: 2
Cinco de Mayo coming in with a roar!
Title:  Cinco de Mayo coming in with a roar!
Description:  BNSF 998 is moving through the tight curvature prevalent on the long grade of Tehachapi Pass - a full throttle symphony of power and wheels squealing as they negotiate the route.
Photo Date:  5/5/2012  Upload Date: 7/16/2012 2:34:26 AM
Location:  Marcel, CA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 998(C44-9W) BNSF 5003(C44-9W) BNSF 704(C44-9W) BNSF 4944(C44-9W)
Views:  469   Comments: 2
Saturday Morning Special
Title:  Saturday Morning Special
Description:  BNSF 998 lights the block as it twists and turns toward Marcel.
Photo Date:  5/5/2012  Upload Date: 7/16/2012 2:36:28 AM
Location:  Marcel, CA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 998(C44-9W)
Views:  198   Comments: 2
Intermediates
Title:  Intermediates
Description:  The lovely intermediate signals between Marcel and Walong.
Photo Date:  5/5/2012  Upload Date: 7/16/2012 2:28:19 AM
Location:  Marcel, CA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Signal
Locomotives: 
Views:  76   Comments: 0
North Marcel Signals
Title:  North Marcel Signals
Description:  Searchlights for northward movement at the north end of Marcel Siding.
Photo Date:  5/5/2012  Upload Date: 7/16/2012 2:27:26 AM
Location:  Marcel, CA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Signal
Locomotives: 
Views:  75   Comments: 0
UP 5546
Title:  UP 5546
Description:  Northbound manifest between Cliff and Bealville near the site of old Tunnel No.4, taken out in the 1952 earthquake.
Photo Date:  5/5/2012  Upload Date: 7/18/2012 1:06:27 PM
Location:  Cliff, CA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 5546(AC45CCTE)
Views:  320   Comments: 0
UP 7382
Title:  UP 7382
Description:  UP 7382 is close on BNSF 4518s heels through the curves between Walong and Marcel.
Photo Date:  5/5/2012  Upload Date: 7/17/2012 12:27:44 AM
Location:  Marcel, CA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 7382(AC45CCTE)
Views:  285   Comments: 1
Just long enough
Title:  Just long enough
Description:  UP 7442 is just long enough to have its head end in the OS at Bealville and its rear end in the OS at Cliff.
Photo Date:  5/5/2012  Upload Date: 7/18/2012 12:46:57 PM
Location:  Bealville, CA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  88   Comments: 0
Easing down
Title:  Easing down
Description:  UP 7442 let one by at Woodford and is now easing through Bealville for a meet.
Photo Date:  5/5/2012  Upload Date: 7/18/2012 12:47:12 PM
Location:  Bealville, CA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 7442(AC45CCTE)
Views:  288   Comments: 2
Northbound manifest
Title:  Northbound manifest
Description:  UP 7442 is heading in at Woodford to let an intermodal train by.
Photo Date:  5/5/2012  Upload Date: 7/18/2012 12:32:21 PM
Location:  Woodford, CA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 7442(AC45CCTE)
Views:  293   Comments: 1
UP 7479
Title:  UP 7479
Description:  DPU power on UP 7442 North
Photo Date:  5/5/2012  Upload Date: 7/18/2012 12:30:27 PM
Location:  Woodford, CA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 7479(AC45CCTE)
Views:  236   Comments: 0
UP 8531-I
Title:  UP 8531-I
Description:  Fifth in the southbound parade is a UP manifest snarling upgrade. Someone has an excellent vantage point for the action from their home overlooking the railroad.
Photo Date:  5/5/2012  Upload Date: 7/17/2012 12:33:55 AM
Location:  Marcel, CA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 8531(SD70ACe)
Views:  199   Comments: 1
UP 8531-II
Title:  UP 8531-II
Description:  And the earth trembles with raw power gripping steel rails.
Photo Date:  5/5/2012  Upload Date: 7/17/2012 12:35:14 AM
Location:  Marcel, CA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 8531(SD70ACe) UP 7131(AC44CW) UP 8661(SD70ACe)
Views:  440   Comments: 1
UP 8736
Title:  UP 8736
Description:  A southbound pulls up to the signal at Bealville as UP 7442 North slowly pulls up to clear.
Photo Date:  5/5/2012  Upload Date: 7/18/2012 12:59:53 PM
Location:  Bealville, CA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 8736(SD70ACe)
Views:  263   Comments: 0
UP 8739
Title:  UP 8739
Description:  The southbound intermodal train is now erupting from Tunnel No.5, ascending the steep incline through Cliff.
Photo Date:  5/5/2012  Upload Date: 7/18/2012 1:00:01 PM
Location:  Cliff, CA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 8739(SD70ACe) UP 4924(SD70M) UP 8736(SD70ACe)
Views:  523   Comments: 0
Ominous signs
Title:  Ominous signs
Description:  BNSF 4042 North gently eases down the grade and through the!arc at Caliente. Those new generic traffic lights will soon spell the end for the SP era searchlights.
Photo Date:  5/6/2012  Upload Date: 5/7/2013 9:50:48 AM
Location:  Caliente, CA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4042(C44-9W)
Views:  111   Comments: 0
BNSF 4335
Title:  BNSF 4335
Description:  A southbound manifeut headed for Barstow negotiates the right turn at Caliente as the climb begins in earnest.
Photo Date:  5/6/2012  Upload Date: 5/7/2013 9:22:29 AM
Location:  Caliente, CA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4335(C44-9W)
Views:  287   Comments: 1
BNSF 4939
Title:  BNSF 4939
Description:  The signal gang has already gotten to the classic searchlights at Bealville. BNSF 4939 is northbound with an intermodal outfit.
Photo Date:  5/6/2012  Upload Date: 5/7/2013 9:43:22 AM
Location:  Bealville, CA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4939(C44-9W)
Views:  226   Comments: 0
Gaining elevation
Title:  Gaining elevation
Description:  Over two hours after passing Woodford, the 5521 is some 13 miles down the line now at Caliente after meeting several southbounds.
Photo Date:  5/6/2012  Upload Date: 5/7/2013 9:41:02 AM
Location:  Caliente, CA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5521(C44-9W)
Views:  110   Comments: 0
Rolling through Woodford
Title:  Rolling through Woodford
Description:  BNSF 5521 North glides downgrade pfst the searchlights at South Woodford.
Photo Date:  5/6/2012  Upload Date: 5/7/2013 9:15:25 AM
Location:  Woodford, CA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5521(C44-9W)
Views:  119   Comments: 0
TILX 100675
Title:  TILX 100675
Description:  on UP 5387 SOuth
Photo Date:  5/6/2012  Upload Date: 5/7/2013 9:11:18 AM
Location:  Walong, CA
Author:  Rici Erben
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  73   Comments: 1
Repo move
Title:  Repo move
Description:  UP 3816 bring empty intermodal cars up the grade out of Caliente and past the internediates that were not long for this world at the time.
Photo Date:  5/6/2012  Upload Date: 5/7/2013 9:27:59 AM
Location:  Caliente, CA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  67   Comments: 0
Gaining elevation
Title:  Gaining elevation
Description:  UP 3816 attacks the grade.
Photo Date:  5/6/2012  Upload Date: 5/7/2013 9:30:45 AM
Location:  Caliente, CA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  100   Comments: 0
Mountain Climber
Title:  Mountain Climber
Description:  UP 5358 is snarling up the grade as it winds through the tortuous right of way ascending the Tehachapis.
Photo Date:  5/6/2012  Upload Date: 5/7/2013 8:42:26 AM
Location:  Marcel, CA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  82   Comments: 0
Under and over
Title:  Under and over
Description:  UP 5387 South threads the loop
Photo Date:  5/6/2012  Upload Date: 5/7/2013 8:57:25 AM
Location:  Walong, CA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 5387(AC45CCTE) UP 4676(SD70M) UP 7807(AC45CCTE)
Views:  448   Comments: 1
Cant do this just anywhere
Title:  Cant do this just anywhere
Description:  Catch UP 5387 that is - at Rowen, Woodford and Walong, within six rail miles, while it steadily moves"upgrade.
Photo Date:  5/6/2012  Upload Date: 5/7/2013 9:04:16 AM
Location:  Walong, CA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 5387(AC45CCTE) UP 4676(SD70M) UP 7807(AC45CCTE)
Views:  426   Comments: 0
Midday manifest
Title:  Midday manifest
Description:  It is Noon as UP 5387 slugs it out through Woodford.
Photo Date:  5/6/2012  Upload Date: 5/7/2013 8:55:48 AM
Location:  Woodford, CA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 5387(AC45CCTE)
Views:  217   Comments: 1
UP 7891
Title:  UP 7891
Description:  One last train before the sun sets...
Photo Date:  5/6/2012  Upload Date: 5/7/2013 10:05:24 AM
Location:  Walong, CA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 7891(AC45CCTE)
Views:  983279   Comments: 1
UP 7382
Title:  UP 7382
Description:  If Horseshoe Curve is the iconic railroad location in the east, Tehachapi Loop must be the equivalent in the west. UP 7382 North rounds the loop and exits Tunnel No.9 before sundown.
Photo Date:  5/6/2012  Upload Date: 5/7/2013 10:03:56 AM
Location:  Walong, CA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Tunnel,Action
Locomotives:  UP 7382(AC45CCTE)
Views:  282   Comments: 1
Into the rising sun
Title:  Into the rising sun
Description:  A presentable warbonnet leader is in charge of a manifest that has crested the long grade and `s now gathering speed on the down slope toward Mojave.
Photo Date:  5/7/2012  Upload Date: 5/7/2013 10:11:01 AM
Location:  Tehachapi, CA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 759(C44-9W)
Views:  144   Comments: 1
West Algoma
Title:  West Algoma
Description:  The scene is decidedly Espee.
Photo Date:  5/9/2012  Upload Date: 5/7/2013 10:36:50 AM
Location:  Algoma, OR
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Signal
Locomotives: 
Views:  84   Comments: 0
BNSF 682 & 4093
Title:  BNSF 682 & 4093
Description:  DPUs bringing up the rear of BNSF 5197.
Photo Date:  5/9/2012  Upload Date: 5/7/2013 11:06:54 AM
Location:  Terrebonne, OR
Author:  Ric• Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4093(C44-9W) BNSF 682(C44-9W)
Views:  249   Comments: 0
A felicitous happgning
Title:  A felicitous happgning
Description:  I wanted to catch a train at the classic SP cantilevers still existant along the Cascade Sub and was therefore pleased to see the indication at Algoma shining green for this westbound (compass south) BNSF manifest.
Photo Date:  5/9/2012  Upload Date: 5/7/2013 10:42:13 AM
Location:  Algoma, OR
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4384(C44-9W)
Views:  163   Comments: 2

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