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Viewing Album:  Near Yuma, AZ
 
By:Ed Gosselin
Dates:3/17/2006 - 1/24/2008
Album Info:Photos taken on UP's ex-SP Sunset Route in Southern AZ & CA
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NS 8862
Title:  NS 8862
Description:  Eastbound NS 8862 and UP 9508 trail two other units on the approach to the Colorado River crossing.
Photo Date:  3/17/2006  Upload Date: 12/4/2006 8:43:42 PM
Location:  Winterhaven, CA
Author:  Ed Gosselin
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 8862(C40-9) UP 9508(C41-8W)
Views:  716   Comments: 0
UP 4160
Title:  UP 4160
Description:  Eastbound intermodal enters the Colorado River crossing choke point.
Photo Date:  3/17/2006  Upload Date: 12/4/2006 8:43:39 PM
Location:  Winterhaven, CA
Author:  Ed Gosselin
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4160(SD70M) UP 9342(C40-8)
Views:  488   Comments: 1
UP 5489
Title:  UP 5489
Description:  Westbound manifest, just after sunrise.
Photo Date:  3/17/2006  Upload Date: 12/4/2006 7:54:13 PM
Location:  Araz Junction, CA
Author:  Ed Gosselin
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 5489(AC45CCTE) BNSF 8072(SD40-2) WC 6901(SD40-3) UP 5000(SD70M)
Views:  977   Comments: 1
UP 5523
Title:  UP 5523
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/17/2006  Upload Date: 12/4/2006 7:55:31 PM
Location:  Araz Junction, CA
Author:  Ed Gosselin
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 5523(AC45CCTE) UP 5340(AC45CCTE)
Views:  514   Comments: 0
UP 5696
Title:  UP 5696
Description:  Eastbound running parallel to I-8, the end of the train is over the hill.
Photo Date:  3/17/2006  Upload Date: 12/4/2006 7:56:23 PM
Location:  Araz Junction, CA
Author:  Ed Gosselin
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 9781(C44-9W) UP 5696(AC44CWCTE)
Views:  506   Comments: 0
UP 3865
Title:  UP 3865
Description:  Another eastbound stack train approaches Yuma, AZ.
Photo Date:  4/10/2006  Upload Date: 12/4/2006 8:43:37 PM
Location:  Winterhaven, CA
Author:  Ed Gosselin
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3865(SD70M) UP 9636(C44-9W)
Views:  557   Comments: 0
UP 3949
Title:  UP 3949
Description:  Eastbound with a stack train
Photo Date:  4/10/2006  Upload Date: 12/4/2006 7:49:49 PM
Location:  Araz Junction, CA
Author:  Ed Gosselin
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3949(SD70M)
Views:  344   Comments: 0
UP 4176
Title:  UP 4176
Description:  Another in the eastbound parade approaches Yuma as the westbound manifest waits, and waits, and waits...
Photo Date:  4/10/2006  Upload Date: 12/4/2006 8:43:43 PM
Location:  Winterhaven, CA
Author:  Ed Gosselin
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4176(SD70M) UP 4217(SD70M)
Views:  509   Comments: 0
UP 4586
Title:  UP 4586
Description:  More stacks in the eastbound parade pass the autoracks stuck in the hole.
Photo Date:  4/10/2006  Upload Date: 12/4/2006 8:43:44 PM
Location:  Winterhaven, CA
Author:  Ed Gosselin
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4586(SD70M) UP 9139(C40-8)
Views:  603   Comments: 0
UP 4788 East
Title:  UP 4788 East
Description:  The eastbound parade continues with a solid train of CSX containers.
Photo Date:  4/10/2006  Upload Date: 12/4/2006 8:43:43 PM
Location:  Winterhaven, CA
Author:  Ed Gosselin
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4788(SD70M)
Views:  611   Comments: 0
UP 5095
Title:  UP 5095
Description:  A couple of visitors from back east on a westbound stack train.
Photo Date:  4/10/2006  Upload Date: 12/4/2006 8:43:40 PM
Location:  Winterhaven, CA
Author:  Ed Gosselin
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 5095(SD70M) NS 8573(C39-8) NS 8204(C39-8)
Views:  674   Comments: 1
UP 5383
Title:  UP 5383
Description:  Westbound autoracks pass on the left as the eastbound parade ends and the westbound flow starts.
Photo Date:  4/10/2006  Upload Date: 12/4/2006 8:43:36 PM
Location:  Winterhaven, CA
Author:  Ed Gosselin
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 5383(AC45CCTE)
Views:  308   Comments: 0
UP 5424
Title:  UP 5424
Description:  Eastbound autoracks pass through Winterhaven, CA.
Photo Date:  4/10/2006  Upload Date: 12/4/2006 8:43:36 PM
Location:  Winterhaven, CA
Author:  Ed Gosselin
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 5424(AC45CCTE)
Views:  370   Comments: 0
UP 5777 Pushing
Title:  UP 5777 Pushing
Description:  UP 5777 pushes on the rear of the manifest lead by UP 5696
Photo Date:  4/10/2006  Upload Date: 12/4/2006 8:26:03 PM
Location:  Araz Junction, CA
Author:  Ed Gosselin
Categories: 
Locomotives:  ()
Views:  379   Comments: 0
NS 8204
Title:  NS 8204
Description:  On a westbound stack train in the bright, bright desert sun.
Photo Date:  4/17/2006  Upload Date: 12/4/2006 8:40:54 PM
Location:  Dunes, CA
Author:  Ed Gosselin
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 5416(AC45CCTE) UP 4675(SD70M) NS 8204(C39-8)
Views:  662   Comments: 0
Lonely Sentinel
Title:  Lonely Sentinel
Description:  UP's milepost SP722.9 on the ex-SP Sunset Route.
Photo Date:  4/17/2006  Upload Date: 12/4/2006 8:40:53 PM
Location:  Dunes, CA
Author:  Ed Gosselin
Categories:  Signal
Locomotives: 
Views:  174   Comments: 0
UP 2277
Title:  UP 2277
Description:  Eastbound in the heat
Photo Date:  4/17/2006  Upload Date: 12/4/2006 8:40:45 PM
Location:  Dunes, CA
Author:  Ed Gosselin
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 2277(SD60M)
Views:  403   Comments: 0
UP 3838
Title:  UP 3838
Description:  UP 3838 leads nine units on the front of a westbound manifest.
Photo Date:  4/17/2006  Upload Date: 12/4/2006 8:40:55 PM
Location:  Dunes, CA
Author:  Ed Gosselin
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3838(SD70M)
Views:  334   Comments: 0
UP 4218
Title:  UP 4218
Description:  Eastbound stack train approaches Winterhaven, CA.
Photo Date:  4/17/2006  Upload Date: 12/4/2006 8:40:56 PM
Location:  Dunes, CA
Author:  Ed Gosselin
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4218(SD70M) UP 4853(SD70M)
Views:  485   Comments: 0
UP 4403
Title:  UP 4403
Description:  Early afternoon westbound manifest.
Photo Date:  4/17/2006  Upload Date: 12/4/2006 8:40:52 PM
Location:  Dunes, CA
Author:  Ed Gosselin
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4403(SD70M)
Views:  407   Comments: 0
UP 4445
Title:  UP 4445
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/17/2006  Upload Date: 12/4/2006 8:40:58 PM
Location:  Dunes, CA
Author:  Ed Gosselin
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4445(SD70M)
Views:  352   Comments: 0
UP 4675
Title:  UP 4675
Description:  On the point of another westbound stack train across the Southern California desert. Mexico is just beyond the hills....
Photo Date:  4/17/2006  Upload Date: 12/4/2006 8:40:54 PM
Location:  Dunes, CA
Author:  Ed Gosselin
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4675(SD70M) UP 5413(AC45CCTE) NS 8204(C39-8)
Views:  616   Comments: 0
UP 4788 West
Title:  UP 4788 West
Description:  Westbound across the desert.
Photo Date:  4/17/2006  Upload Date: 12/4/2006 8:40:46 PM
Location:  Dunes, CA
Author:  Ed Gosselin
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4788(SD70M) UP 4799(SD70M)
Views:  601   Comments: 0
UP 9368
Title:  UP 9368
Description:  Showing the scar from an apparent fire (below her stack), UP 9368 leads CEFX 3150 on a westbound chage across the desert.
Photo Date:  4/17/2006  Upload Date: 12/4/2006 8:40:48 PM
Location:  Dunes, CA
Author:  Ed Gosselin
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 9368(C40-8W) CEFX 3150(SD40M-2)
Views:  631   Comments: 0
CSX 5230
Title:  CSX 5230
Description:  A long way from home, two CSX units lead a westbound UP freight on ex-SP.
Photo Date:  4/21/2006  Upload Date: 12/4/2006 8:40:51 PM
Location:  Dunes, CA
Author:  Ed Gosselin
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 5230(ES44DC) CSX 8118(SD40-2) UP 4382(SD70M)
Views:  754   Comments: 2
Sunrise Stack
Title:  Sunrise Stack
Description:  A fast eastbound stack train breaks the morning calm on UP's ex-SP Sunset Route
Photo Date:  4/21/2006  Upload Date: 12/4/2006 8:40:48 PM
Location:  Dunes, CA
Author:  Ed Gosselin
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  149   Comments: 0
UP 4990
Title:  UP 4990
Description:  UP 4990 leads an ex-Rio Grande unit on an early morning westbound manifest.
Photo Date:  4/21/2006  Upload Date: 12/4/2006 8:40:50 PM
Location:  Dunes, CA
Author:  Ed Gosselin
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4990(SD70M)
Views:  380   Comments: 0
UP 8069
Title:  UP 8069
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/21/2006  Upload Date: 12/4/2006 8:40:47 PM
Location:  Dunes, CA
Author:  Ed Gosselin
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 8069(SD9043MAC) UP 6561(AC44CW)
Views:  375   Comments: 0
UP 4508/2901/9181 East
Title:  UP 4508/2901/9181 East
Description:  Tattered looking C40-8 9181 brings up the rear of the power on this east bound auto rack train.
Photo Date:  1/26/2008  Upload Date: 2/12/2008 6:53:30 PM
Location:  Blaisdell, AZ
Author:  Ed Gosselin
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 4508(SD70M) UP 2901(SD40T-2) UP 9181(C40-8)
Views:  587   Comments: 0
Blue Boxes, Brown Mountains
Title:  Blue Boxes, Brown Mountains
Description:  Eastbound containers pass around the Gila Mountains outside Yuma, AZ
Photo Date:  1/26/2008  Upload Date: 2/12/2008 6:36:01 PM
Location:  Blaisdell, AZ
Author:  Ed Gosselin
Categories:  Scenic,RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  166   Comments: 0
Coupler, Rock and Cross
Title:  Coupler, Rock and Cross
Description:  Stopping for a crew change, the engineer of this train managed to line up these couplers with a rocky outcropping and the bell tower of St Thomas Mission
Photo Date:  1/26/2008  Upload Date: 2/12/2008 6:55:01 PM
Location:  Winterhaven, CA
Author:  Ed Gosselin
Categories:  Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  181   Comments: 0
MP 7607
Title:  MP 7607
Description:  The one-eyed sentinel at MP 7607 on UP's ex-SP Sunset Route stares around the corner waiting darkly for another train.
Photo Date:  1/26/2008  Upload Date: 2/12/2008 6:54:18 PM
Location:  Ligurta, AZ
Author:  Ed Gosselin
Categories:  Scenic,Signal
Locomotives: 
Views:  171   Comments: 0
UP 3765 West
Title:  UP 3765 West
Description:  Last of the westbound stack trains in the parade clears the single track at Blaisdell, AZ
Photo Date:  1/26/2008  Upload Date: 2/12/2008 6:53:28 PM
Location:  Blaisdell, AZ
Author:  Ed Gosselin
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 3765(SD40-2) UP 4930(SD70M) UP 3962(SD70M)
Views:  608   Comments: 0
UP 4167 East
Title:  UP 4167 East
Description:  A triple-headed east bound stack train runs north around the Gila Mountains
Photo Date:  1/26/2008  Upload Date: 2/12/2008 6:53:30 PM
Location:  Blaisdell, AZ
Author:  Ed Gosselin
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4167(SD70M) UP 8376(SD70ACe) UP 4369(SD70M)
Views:  597   Comments: 0
UP 4220 East
Title:  UP 4220 East
Description:  UP 4220 leads one of this afternoon's many east bound stack trains around the Gila Mountains.
Photo Date:  1/26/2008  Upload Date: 2/12/2008 6:53:29 PM
Location:  Blaisdell, AZ
Author:  Ed Gosselin
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4220(SD70M) UP 3937(SD70M)
Views:  444   Comments: 0
Eastbound Racer
Title:  Eastbound Racer
Description:  UP 4355 charges past Ligurta, AZ on UP's ex-SP Sunset Route
Photo Date:  1/26/2008  Upload Date: 2/12/2008 6:54:18 PM
Location:  Ligurta, AZ
Author:  Ed Gosselin
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 4355(SD70M) UP 4495(SD70M)
Views:  465   Comments: 0
UP 4508 East
Title:  UP 4508 East
Description:  eastbound auto racks take their turn around the north end of the Gila Mountains
Photo Date:  1/26/2008  Upload Date: 2/12/2008 6:53:32 PM
Location:  Blaisdell, AZ
Author:  Ed Gosselin
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 4508(SD70M) UP 2901(SD40T-2) UP 9181(C40-8)
Views:  402   Comments: 0
UP 4511 into Arizona
Title:  UP 4511 into Arizona
Description:  UP 4511 leads three other units on the head of an east bound stack train approaching the Colorado River crossing at Yuma, AZ
Photo Date:  1/26/2008  Upload Date: 2/12/2008 6:55:01 PM
Location:  Winterhaven, CA
Author:  Ed Gosselin
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 4511(SD70M) UP 4264(SD70M)
Views:  338   Comments: 0
UP 9524
Title:  UP 9524
Description:  UP 9524 creeps under Quechan Dr. on the tight approach to the Colorado River crossing at Yuma, on UP's ex-SP Sunset Route
Photo Date:  1/26/2008  Upload Date: 2/12/2008 6:55:02 PM
Location:  Winterhaven, CA
Author:  Ed Gosselin
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 9524(C41-8W) UP 4635(SD70M)
Views:  422   Comments: 0
UP 5022 East
Title:  UP 5022 East
Description:  Eastbound past Ligurta, AZ, UP 5022 and two sisters cross over Old US 80
Photo Date:  1/26/2008  Upload Date: 2/12/2008 6:54:17 PM
Location:  Ligurta, AZ
Author:  Ed Gosselin
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 5022(SD70M) UP 9086(C41-8)
Views:  346   Comments: 0
Two Brutes on Point
Title:  Two Brutes on Point
Description:  Only two units are needed to haul this stack train around the Gila Mtns.
Photo Date:  1/26/2008  Upload Date: 2/12/2008 6:53:31 PM
Location:  Blaisdell, AZ
Author:  Ed Gosselin
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 5184(SD70M) UP 7766(AC45CCTE)
Views:  486   Comments: 1
UP 7724 East
Title:  UP 7724 East
Description:  Three units lead another east bound auto rack train elephant-style around the Gila Mtns.
Photo Date:  1/26/2008  Upload Date: 2/12/2008 6:53:37 PM
Location:  Blaisdell, AZ
Author:  Ed Gosselin
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 7724(AC45CCTE) UP 4275(SD70M) UP 5318(AC45CCTE)
Views:  633   Comments: 1
UP 8333 West
Title:  UP 8333 West
Description:  Kicking off the westbound parade, UP 8333 charges into Ligurta, AZ
Photo Date:  1/26/2008  Upload Date: 2/12/2008 6:54:19 PM
Location:  Ligurta, AZ
Author:  Ed Gosselin
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 8333(SD70ACe) UP 4425(SD70M)
Views:  471   Comments: 0
UP 8511 East
Title:  UP 8511 East
Description:  Headed east, UP 8511 takes the point as this crew nears the end of their day at Yuma, AZ, just ahead across the Colorado River.
Photo Date:  1/26/2008  Upload Date: 2/12/2008 6:55:02 PM
Location:  Winterhaven, CA
Author:  Ed Gosselin
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 8511(SD70ACe) UP 4635(SD70M)
Views:  390   Comments: 0
UP 8563
Title:  UP 8563
Description:  Now it's the westbounds' turn as UP 8563 leads the pack approaching Ligurta, AZ at MP 7607 on UP's ex-SP Sunset Route
Photo Date:  1/26/2008  Upload Date: 2/12/2008 6:54:17 PM
Location:  Ligurta, AZ
Author:  Ed Gosselin
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 8563(SD70ACe)
Views:  261   Comments: 0

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