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Taken May 1, 2005 at 6:35PM. Looking west toward Bakersfield, California from Sandcut on the Union Pacific's Tehachapi line.
A south bound BNSF train starts it's climb of the Tehachapi's as the sun sets in the west behind it.
It is 5 past 8 p.m. and oncoming weather front is fast closing around the setting sum as eastbound Siemens Desiro EMU on the 8 p.m. local run to Sevnica leaves outskirts of Ljubljana
At Los Angeles. On the left is Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner Train #775 for SLO. In the Middle is #2 The Sunset Limited/Texas Eagle. WHich left Los Angeles 37 minutes late. And Surfliner Cabcar #6900. Is resting with her Train. The Load Units on #2 was 95 and 841
An unpatched Cotton Belt locomotive is a very rare sight in 2005. SSW 9656 is seen here as the second locomotive in today's Job 43 train as it pulls out of the Wesson Oil Mill Plant on the backside of Sargent Yard near the NS main lines.
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