Late afternoon at Cameron finds UP 6686 North working upgrade towards Tehachapi Summit.
After a quiet morning on the Moffat Sub, an eastbound coal train skirts the Colorado River, passing through Tunnel 40 in this rugged stretch of railroad.
The blurred mountains in the background and the trailing cars disappearing into the horizon are a testament to the strain it takes to lug coal down the Joint Line. Here UP 6866 leads a 3-2-1 powe... (more)
The Fast and the Slow On the left, UP 6866 and another UP unit are the DPUs of an empty coal train, bound for Black Thunder Mines, flies down Logan Hill at track Speed. On the right, a load... (more)
UP 6866 east got stuck at Cliff due to brake problems and had to wait for two rescue motors. Here the stranded UP 6866 east meets a westbound.
A short "juice train"
