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Those locomotives are waving the white flag... literally!
Those locomotives are waving the white flag... literally!
When I lived in Sacramento back in the mid 70's to early 80's, Western Pacific engineer and rail photographer Dave Stanley would fly white extra flags on his lead locomotive.
A little AC/DC action outside of Stockton Intermodal. The far train is an Army movement and powered by a ES44C4 while the closer train is a mixed freight with an older 9-44CW at the lead. I am no expert at identifying locomotives, I just read them
Mixed Double by
lennycarl08, on Flickr
My record of seeing this car set with the "cabbage car" trailing remains unbroken. Some day I will see it at the head end
Amtrak San Joaquin by
lennycarl08, on Flickr
Wow, quite a mix or roads and rollingstock. Are those all tanks in post #882?
That's part of a Stryker brigade heading home from training at Fort Irwin. At least half of the vehicles are Strykers, and the rest appear to be Oshkosh HEMMTs and possibly a few MRAPs or the Army's version of M-ATVs as well. There's probably some more conventional five-ton trucks or deuce-and-a-halfs, too.
Yup, mostly Strykers. I remember test loading those on C-17's up at Moses Lake back in the aughts. Fires have kept me inside all week. Here's another view of the train with a San Joaquin thrown in
Triple Track by
lennycarl08, on Flickr
Look at that pretty new siding
Concrete ties?
Yup. All up and down this part of the division the sidings look nicer than the mainline because they have been expanding them using all the pretty new stuff.
The last time I saw these units, they were still Warbonnets. Today they were on Sunday local duty out of Richmond yard, switching the carbon plant at Rodeo.
Fresh Paint by
lennycarl08, on Flickr
I planned a trip up to the Feather River area on Columbus Day. Unfortunately this was the same day all the horrible fires broke out all over Northern California. This freight was tied down at Pulga due to a wildfire outside of Oroville that shut down all traffic on the division.
BNSF in FRC by
lennycarl08, on Flickr
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