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Amtrak's Desert Wind Route
Depicts Amtrak's "Desert Wind" service, which operated from Los Angeles to Salt Lake City, via Las Vegas. Its discontinuance in 1997 left the lower Intermountain region, including Las Vegas, without any passenger rail service since.
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Photo ID: 371990

Completed in July 1909 at a cost of $500,000, Union Pacific's Salt Lake City passenger station is a beautiful monument to the golden age of passenger train travel. The structure was built in the E... (more)

Railroad: Union Pacific
Locomotive: Unknown
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Locomotive #: Unknown
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: August 12, 2011


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By: James Belmont

Added: Aug 15, 2011

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Photo ID: 370937

westbound Amtrak train #35, the "Desert Wind" rounding "drawbar flats" curve above Cajon, CA site of an unfortunate and fatal derailment of a runaway train coming down the pass a few years later.

Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: EMD F40PH
Location: Cajon Pass, California, USA
Locomotive #: ATK 252
Train ID: 35
Photo Date: January, 1992


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By: Joe Blackwell

Added: Aug 04, 2011

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Photo ID: 370249

Amtrak pre Desert Wind special returning from Las Vegas, NV approaching Summit, CA

Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: EMD F40PH
Location: Summit, California, USA
Locomotive #: ATK 221
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: June, 1976


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By: Joe Blackwell

Added: Jul 28, 2011

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Photo ID: 369944

The EB "Desert Wind" is winding it out on the closest thing to a racetrack on the west side on Cajon Pass as the Inland Empire is splayed out in the background on this unusually nice day.

Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: EMD F40PH
Location: San Bernardino, California, USA
Locomotive #: AMTK 251
Train ID:
Photo Date: May 01, 1988


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By: Sidney P Vaught

Added: Jul 25, 2011

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Photo ID: 369938

WB "Desert Wind" #35 with a mix of high level cars.

Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: EMD F40PH
Location: San Bernardino, California, USA
Locomotive #: AMTK 234
Train ID: AMTK 35
Photo Date: April 07, 1987


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By: Sidney P Vaught

Added: Jul 25, 2011

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Photo ID: 369606

Eastbound "Desert Wind" on the south track with I-15 in the background. I took many more pictures on later visits than I did when I lived here!

Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: EMD F40PH
Location: Cajon, California, USA
Locomotive #: AMTK 245
Train ID:
Photo Date: May 02, 1988


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By: Sidney P Vaught

Added: Jul 22, 2011

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Photo ID: 356659

Amtrak's Desert Wind train #35 makes a rare daylight appearance along Union Pacific's Lynndyl Subdivision at Lake Point, Utah. The connecting California Zephyr train #5 arrived at Salt Lake City a... (more)

Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: GE P32BWH (Dash 8-32BWH)
Location: Lake Point, Utah, USA
Locomotive #: AMTK 516
Train ID: Amtrak #35
Photo Date: July 20, 1993


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By: James Belmont

Added: Mar 12, 2011

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Photo ID: 354216

Amtrak SDP40F 500, pulling train 35, the westbound "Desert Wind," makes a station stop in Barstow, California, on June 24, 1981.

Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: EMD SDP40F
Location: Barstow, California, USA
Locomotive #: AMTK 500
Train ID: 35
Photo Date: June 24, 1981


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By: Craig Walker

Added: Feb 10, 2011

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Photo ID: 351761

Train #36, the eastbound Desert Wind, meets a northbound San Diegan at the platforms of Fullerton CA. Fullerton has changed considerably since this shot, even the Donald Duck orange juice plant i... (more)

Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: GE P40DC
Location: Fullerton, California, USA
Locomotive #: AMTK 808
Train ID: AMTK 36
Photo Date: January, 1994


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By: Chris Butts

Added: Jan 16, 2011

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Photo ID: 324702

The Desert Wind heading for the desert. While the grade up to Summit is steep, this angle makes it look dramatic.

Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: GE P40DC
Location: Cajon Pass, California, USA
Locomotive #: AMTK 831
Train ID: AMTK 36
Photo Date: March 08, 1995


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By: Marty Bernard

Added: May 18, 2010

Views: 4,465
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Favorited: 11


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Photo ID: 323743

The Desert Wind arriving.

Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: GE P32BWH (Dash 8-32BWH)
Location: Los Angeles, California, USA
Locomotive #: AMTK 519
Train ID: AMTK 35
Photo Date: June 16, 1992


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By: Marty Bernard

Added: May 09, 2010

Views: 3,891
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Favorited: 13
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Photo ID: 323563

The Desert Wind headed toward LA.

Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: GE P32BWH (Dash 8-32BWH)
Location: Cajon Pass, California, USA
Locomotive #: AMTK 515
Train ID: AMTK 35
Photo Date: October 21, 1992


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By: Marty Bernard

Added: May 08, 2010

Views: 4,783
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Photo ID: 323379

The Desert Wind headed toward Los Angeles. Note: this is actually a GE P32-8BWH.

Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: GE P32-8BWH
Location: Cajon Pass, California, USA
Locomotive #: AMTK 515
Train ID: AMTK 36
Photo Date: October 21, 1992


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By: Marty Bernard

Added: May 06, 2010

Views: 3,556
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Photo ID: 323202

The Desert Wind Departing for the Cajon and the Desert during station reconstruction.

Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: GE P32BWH (Dash 8-32BWH)
Location: Los Angeles, California, USA
Locomotive #: AMTK 510
Train ID: AMTK 36
Photo Date: June 16, 1992


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By: Marty Bernard

Added: May 05, 2010

Views: 4,101
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Favorited: 12
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Photo ID: 322445

The Desert Wind's Pepsi Can gets a window wash.

Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: GE P32BWH (Dash 8-32BWH)
Location: Los Angeles, California, USA
Locomotive #: AMTK 510
Train ID: AMTK 36
Photo Date: June 16, 1992


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By: Marty Bernard

Added: Apr 29, 2010

Views: 4,414
Comments: 0

Favorited: 15
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