The 741 Relief Job, filling in for the First Watson, has three Santa Fe engines on this day as it works hard climbing the grade with about 25 loaded propane cars from Chevron.
For railroad photography, it's hard to beat the nose of a warbonnet! Y-WAT104 heads south (railroad-west) through Lawndale with over 10,000 horsepower of ATSF GP60 variants.
The First Watson has been running some long trains of loaded propane as the winter cold sets in. Here the train crests Monoco Hill, working a bit harder than usual.
Someone has been clearing out new spots along Monoco Hill in Lawndale. Here we see the BNSF First Watson job passing through a freshly opened area.
The First Watson job climbs Monoco Hill on its way between refineries (having just worked Chevron in El Segundo and about to work the Torrance Refinery in Torrance). Apparently this is one of the ... (more)
The Y-WAT1011, better known as the "First Watson" rolls upgrade through Lawndale on it's way to the Exxon Mobil plant near Torrance.
In June 2002 BNSF tried out some CEFX GP20D and GP15D's at Watson yard on various road switchers. Here the First Torrance Road Switcher was returning from work and interchange with RailServe in El... (more)
After working Chevron, the Saturday relief job from El Segundo to Watson and back climbs Monoco Hill in Lawndale on its way to work Exxon in Torrance. Hope this isn't my last pair of warbonnets on... (more)
The Saturday Relief Job has the most sought after Watson assigned engine in the lead this day, the one GP40X that I am aware of being in Southern California. Thank you to John Breen for the heads ... (more)
The First Watson heads back towards Watson Yard, passing through the verdant small suburb of Lawndale.
BNSF's First Watson climbs Monoco Hill on a sunny Friday afternoon with its pulls from Chevron.
BNSF's First Watson heads south from El Segundo on its way from Chevron to Exxon Mobil over Monoco Hill.
The first Watson climbs Monoco Hill behind a tagged GP60M.
The First Watson climbs Monoco Hill in Lawndale, having forced a couple of locals to get up from their seats on the tracks. One of them stands up, I think to tell the train off, for making them mo... (more)
Westbound export copper concentrate train starting the climb up Monaco Hill on Santa Fe's Harbor Sub in Lawndale
