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Emeryville, CA, 7/3/12
8:17
A.M.
Amtrak # 11 arrives into
Emeryville in the morning light, right on time.
AMTK 41 (
P42DC)
AMTK 116 (P42DC)
8:41 A.M.
Amtrak # 527 approaches the
Emeryville Amtrak Station with two F59PHIs on the head end.
CDTX 2003 (
F59PHI)
CDTX
2015 (F59PHI)
CDTX 8304 (
Cabcar)
9:11 A.M.
Amtrak # 6 highballs Emeryville with some nice horn from the engineer.
AMTK
183 (P42DC)
AMTK 90 (P42DC)
9:27 A.M.
Amtrak # 526 departs Emeryville. If you look closely at the signal, you'll see it upgrade from an diverging approach to a diverging clear.
CDTX 6965 (Cabcar)
CDTX
2010 (F59PHI)
10:19 A.M.
Amtrak # 714 highballs Emeryville with a nice horn.
CDTX 8309 (Cabcar)
CDTX
2002 (F59PHI)
10:28 A.M.
Amtrak # 528 leaves Emeryville with a nice engineer, and the UP KOAMN follows it out to
East Emeryville.
Amtrak # 528
CDTX 8307 (Cabcar)
CDTX
2007 (F59PHI)
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UP KOAMN
UP 5719 (AC4400CW)
UP 4392 (
SD70M)
UP 5286 (
ES44AC)
UP 5271 (ES44AC)
10:40 A.M.
Amtrak # 711 departs Emeryville with a nice horn.
AMTK 59 (P42DC)
CDTX 8303 (Cabcar)
11:00 A.M.
Amtrak # 533 leaves Emeryville with another doubleheader.
CDTX
2011 (F59PHI)
AMTK 22 (P42DC)
CDTX 8312 (Cabcar)
Newcastle, CA, 7/18/12
12:04
P.M.
Amtrak # 6 flies through
Newcastle, and into
Tunnel 18.
AMTK 823 (P42DC)
AMTK 188 (P42DC)
Colfax, CA, 7/18/
12
1:58 P.M.
Amtrak # 5 rounds the curve at
Carpenter Road, with three private cars on the rear.
AMTK 167 (P42DC)
AMTK 84 (P42DC)
2:19 P.M.
The UP KOAMN passes by Carpenter Road with two
C44/60ACs.
UP 7302 (C44/60AC)
UP 6951 (C44/60AC)
UP 5286 (ES44AC)
DPU:
UP 7676 (ES44AC)
Alta,
CA, 7/18/12
4:07 P.M.
UP's daily MRVRO struggles up the
2.2% grade at Alta.
UP 7734 (ES44AC)
UP 4473 (SD70M)
UP 8637 (SD70ACe)
DPUs:
UP 5259 (ES44AC)
UP 5263 (ES44AC)
Norden, CA, 7/18/12
5:23 P.M.
A
Westbound UP
Powermove flies out of
Tunnel 41, also known as "
The Big Hole".
UP 5257 (ES44AC)
UP 5287 (ES44AC)
UP 5268 (ES44AC)
UP 5252 (ES44AC)
UP 5281 (ES44AC)
UP 5464 (ES44AC)
UP 5274 (ES44AC)
5:42 P.M.
The same MRVRO from before notches all the way to 8 after going through the Old
Donner Pass Road crossing.
Notice the people standing right next to the portal of Tunnel 41.
UP 7734 (ES44AC)
UP 4473 (SD70M)
UP 8637 (SD70ACe)
DPUs:
UP 5259 (ES44AC)
UP 5263 (ES44AC)
Truckee, CA, 7/19/12
8:03 A.M.
An eastbound no-grainer gathers attention as it passes through
Truckee.
UP 5904 (AC4400CW)
DPU:
UP 7264 (AC4400CW)
Glenshire, CA, 7/19/12
9:23 A.M.
Amtrak # 5 rounds the curve in Glenshire with some nice horn from the engineer.
AMTK 88 (P42DC)
AMTK
64 (P42DC)
9:43 A.M.
The UP ZG2LT follows Amtrak 5 with some more horn blasts.
UP 8736 (SD70ACe)
UP 8490 (SD70ACe)
UP 7918 (ES44AC)
UP 4782 (SD70M)
Verdi, NV, 7/19/12
2:04 P.M.
An eastbound UP
Intermodal passes through
Verdi with a 2x1x1 consist.
UP 7888 (ES44AC)
UP 4559 (SD70M)
DPUs:
UP 5277 (ES44AC)
UP 8429 (SD70ACe)
Reno, NV, 7/19/12
2:41 P.M.
Another eastbound no-grainer passes under McCarran Road, on its way to the
Midwest.
UP 7296 (AC4400CW)
UP 6325 (AC4400CW)
3:08 P.M.
The UP MRORV has finally departed
Sparks after hours of waiting with a patched SP leading.
UP 6336 (AC4400CW)
UP 8517 (SD70ACe)
UP 5204 (SD70M)
UP 4162 (SD70M)
UP 4738 (SD70M)
UP 5281 (ES44AC)
UP 5263 (ES44AC)
DPUs:
UP 5259 (ES44AC)
UP 5283 (ES44AC)
Reno, NV, 7/19/12
8:14 P.M.
UP 8460 (SD70ACe)
UP
XXXX (SD70M)
UP XXXX (ES44AC)
DPU:
UP XXXX SD70ACe)
Reno, CA, 7/20/12
7:43 A.M.
After I missed the head end go by, the rear end of the UP ZNPOA passes the rear end of the QRVNPP in the trench.
DPU:
UP 5249 (ES44AC)
7:46 A.M.
Then, the UP QRVNPP knocks down the diverging approach into the Sparks
Yard.
DPUs:
UP XXXX (SD70ACe)
UP 5464 (ES44AC)
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- published: 21 Jul 2012
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