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5/8/2024
 
 
 
 
 
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Another shot of the downhill UP manifest at Cajon Junction
Title:  Another shot of the downhill UP manifest at Cajon Junction
Description:  Another BSMRM member can be seen in the foreground getting a closer shot
Photo Date:  6/7/2014  Upload Date: 8/18/2014 10:16:33 PM
Location:  Cajon Pass, CA
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 8457(SD70ACe) UP 4618(SD70M)
Views:  230   Comments: 0
Orange in a sea of Green
Title:  Orange in a sea of Green
Description:  A westbound train comes around the bend at Essex amidst a sea of green trees.
Photo Date:  6/8/2023  Upload Date: 6/16/2023 9:14:22 PM
Location:  Essex, MT
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7957(ES44C4) BNSF 3765(ET44C4) BNSF 8458(SD70ACe) BNSF 7482(ES44DC)
Views:  60   Comments: 0
A westbound baretable train rounds the bend at Essex
Title:  A westbound baretable train rounds the bend at Essex
Description:  Seen from the pedestrian bridge at the Izaak Walton Inn.
Photo Date:  6/8/2023  Upload Date: 6/16/2023 9:14:25 PM
Location:  Essex, MT
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7957(ES44C4) BNSF 3765(ET44C4) BNSF 8458(SD70ACe)
Views:  58   Comments: 0
BNSF 8458 trails on westbound baretable
Title:  BNSF 8458 trails on westbound baretable
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/8/2023  Upload Date: 6/16/2023 9:14:49 PM
Location:  Nyack, MT
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 8458(SD70ACe)
Views:  18   Comments: 0
Sitting in a siding
Title:  Sitting in a siding
Description:  Waiting to head north. This is the line to Pine Bluff
Photo Date:  5/6/2016  Upload Date: 9/8/2016 12:26:13 AM
Location:  Little Rock, AR
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 8466(SD70ACe)
Views:  73   Comments: 1
Q381 (Selkirk to Willard, OH) approaches with a nice UP leader
Title:  Q381 (Selkirk to Willard, OH) approaches with a nice UP leader
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/3/2015  Upload Date: 6/1/2015 11:03:26 PM
Location:  Amsterdam, NY
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  UP 8467(SD70ACe)
Views:  116   Comments: 0
UP leads Q381 (Selkirk to Willard, OH) past the station
Title:  UP leads Q381 (Selkirk to Willard, OH) past the station
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/3/2015  Upload Date: 6/1/2015 11:03:26 PM
Location:  Amsterdam, NY
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Station,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  UP 8467(SD70ACe)
Views:  102   Comments: 0
Boat and Train
Title:  Boat and Train
Description:  A westbound BNSF manifest passes a work boat assisting with the double tracking project.
Photo Date:  6/7/2023  Upload Date: 6/15/2023 3:28:53 PM
Location:  Sandpoint, ID
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6375(ES44AC) BNSF 8469(SD70ACe) BNSF 9392(SD70ACe) BNSF 5918(ES44AC) BNSF 7475(ES44DC)
Views:  101   Comments: 0
Beautiful Sandpoint Idaho
Title:  Beautiful Sandpoint Idaho
Description:  A westbound BNSF manifest passes through the double tracking project.
Photo Date:  6/7/2023  Upload Date: 6/15/2023 3:28:57 PM
Location:  Sandpoint, ID
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7475(ES44DC) BNSF 5918(ES44AC) BNSF 9392(SD70ACe) BNSF 8469(SD70ACe) BNSF 6375(ES44AC)
Views:  77   Comments: 0
Waiting to enter the main
Title:  Waiting to enter the main
Description:  A grain train sitting on a spur waits for permission to enter the transcon which is behind me to the right.
Photo Date:  6/1/2019  Upload Date: 6/13/2019 10:39:27 AM
Location:  White Deer, TX
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 5711(AC44CW) BNSF 4759(C44-9W) BNSF 8470(SD70ACe) KCS 5006(ET44AC)
Views:  123   Comments: 0
A quartet of engines is at the point of a grain train
Title:  A quartet of engines is at the point of a grain train
Description:  A grain train sitting on a spur waits for permission to enter the transcon which is behind me to the right.
Photo Date:  6/1/2019  Upload Date: 6/13/2019 10:39:31 AM
Location:  White Deer, TX
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 5711(AC44CW) BNSF 4759(C44-9W) BNSF 8470(SD70ACe) KCS 5006(ET44AC)
Views:  157   Comments: 1
The scene in Bald Knob
Title:  The scene in Bald Knob
Description:  The cabooses on display and the old depot can be seen on the right.
Photo Date:  5/5/2016  Upload Date: 9/6/2016 12:29:33 AM
Location:  Bald Knob, AR
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 5839(AC44CWCTE) UP 8472(SD70ACe)
Views:  129   Comments: 0
Elephant style to Memphis
Title:  Elephant style to Memphis
Description:  Curving off the main and heading east.
Photo Date:  5/5/2016  Upload Date: 9/6/2016 12:29:33 AM
Location:  Bald Knob, AR
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 5839(AC44CWCTE) UP 8472(SD70ACe) UP 8834(SD70AH)
Views:  178   Comments: 1
A manifest comes off the main to head towards Memphis
Title:  A manifest comes off the main to head towards Memphis
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/5/2016  Upload Date: 9/6/2016 12:29:34 AM
Location:  Bald Knob, AR
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 5839(AC44CWCTE) UP 8472(SD70ACe) UP 8834(SD70AH)
Views:  187   Comments: 0
UP 8488 leads a manifest west under First Street.
Title:  UP 8488 leads a manifest west under First Street.
Description:  Just behind me is the BNSF Diamond.
Photo Date:  6/15/2022  Upload Date: 6/23/2022 9:37:17 PM
Location:  Rosenberg, TX
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 8488(SD70ACe)
Views:  80   Comments: 0
UP 8488 leads a manifest towards the BNSF Diamond
Title:  UP 8488 leads a manifest towards the BNSF Diamond
Description:  The train is westbound on the Glidden Sub.
Photo Date:  6/15/2022  Upload Date: 6/23/2022 9:37:19 PM
Location:  Rosenberg, TX
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 8488(SD70ACe)
Views:  99   Comments: 0
A manifest glides across a small bridge
Title:  A manifest glides across a small bridge
Description:  All EMD lashup
Photo Date:  5/5/2016  Upload Date: 9/6/2016 12:29:06 AM
Location:  Bald Knob, AR
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4753(SD70M) UP 8489(SD70ACe) UP 4156(SD70M)
Views:  127   Comments: 1
A UP manifest flies south
Title:  A UP manifest flies south
Description:  With nothing moving on the CN in TN, we moved over to the former Cotton Belt route in AR.
Photo Date:  5/4/2016  Upload Date: 9/6/2016 12:28:34 AM
Location:  Rector, AR
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 8493(SD70ACe)
Views:  207   Comments: 2
A soutbound slides by the Amtrak platform
Title:  A soutbound slides by the Amtrak platform
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/6/2016  Upload Date: 9/8/2016 12:26:06 AM
Location:  Little Rock, AR
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 8494(SD70ACe)
Views:  132   Comments: 1
An EMD and a GE lead a southbound
Title:  An EMD and a GE lead a southbound
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/6/2016  Upload Date: 9/8/2016 12:26:07 AM
Location:  Little Rock, AR
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  UP 8494(SD70ACe)
Views:  77   Comments: 1
A southbound curves away from the station
Title:  A southbound curves away from the station
Description:  Passing some other railfans.
Photo Date:  5/6/2016  Upload Date: 9/8/2016 12:26:09 AM
Location:  Little Rock, AR
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  UP 8494(SD70ACe) UP 5923(AC44CWCTE)
Views:  122   Comments: 0
A westbound manifest departs Harrold
Title:  A westbound manifest departs Harrold
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/2/2019  Upload Date: 6/25/2019 9:56:20 AM
Location:  Harrold, TX
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 8512(SD70ACe) BNSF 4219(ES44C4)
Views:  88   Comments: 0
UP 8537 leads a stack train
Title:  UP 8537 leads a stack train
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/5/2014  Upload Date: 8/11/2014 11:03:48 PM
Location:  North Shore, CA
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 8537(SD70ACe) UP 8796(SD70ACe)
Views:  120   Comments: 0
UP 8550 passes a grain elevator
Title:  UP 8550 passes a grain elevator
Description:  Heading south on the former Cotton Belt. He is about to cross UP's former MoPac line from Bald Knob to Memphis.
Photo Date:  5/7/2016  Upload Date: 9/8/2016 12:27:02 AM
Location:  Fair Oaks, AR
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 8550(SD70ACe)
Views:  100   Comments: 2
UP 8551 and its ballast train sit in the siding as a stack train approaches
Title:  UP 8551 and its ballast train sit in the siding as a stack train approaches
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/4/2014  Upload Date: 8/10/2014 12:56:43 PM
Location:  Niland, CA
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 8551(SD70ACe) UP 4654(SD70M) UP 7133(AC44CW)
Views:  153   Comments: 0
UP 7479 blasts by the stopped ballast train with a long stacker
Title:  UP 7479 blasts by the stopped ballast train with a long stacker
Description:  Note the NS power trailing.
Photo Date:  6/4/2014  Upload Date: 8/10/2014 12:56:44 PM
Location:  Niland, CA
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 7479(AC45CCTE) UP 8551(SD70ACe) NS 8926(C40-9W) NS 9034(C40-9W) NS 9391(C40-9W)
Views:  164   Comments: 0
Ballast train power
Title:  Ballast train power
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/4/2014  Upload Date: 8/10/2014 12:56:44 PM
Location:  Niland, CA
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 8551(SD70ACe) UP 4654(SD70M)
Views:  132   Comments: 0
Stacks meet on Beaumont Hill 1
Title:  Stacks meet on Beaumont Hill 1
Description:  The one on the left is an uphill eastbound and the one on the right is a downhill westbound.
Photo Date:  6/5/2014  Upload Date: 8/11/2014 11:08:46 PM
Location:  Beaumont, CA
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 8558(SD70ACe)
Views:  97   Comments: 0
Stacks meet on Beaumont Hill 2
Title:  Stacks meet on Beaumont Hill 2
Description:  Those SD70ACe's look mean as hell.
Photo Date:  6/5/2014  Upload Date: 8/11/2014 11:08:47 PM
Location:  Beaumont, CA
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 8558(SD70ACe)
Views:  113   Comments: 2
Stacks meet on Beaumont Hill 3
Title:  Stacks meet on Beaumont Hill 3
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/5/2014  Upload Date: 8/11/2014 11:08:47 PM
Location:  Beaumont, CA
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 8558(SD70ACe) UP 7522(AC45CCTE)
Views:  174   Comments: 0
UP 8558 descends Beaumont Hill with an intermodal
Title:  UP 8558 descends Beaumont Hill with an intermodal
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/5/2014  Upload Date: 8/11/2014 11:08:47 PM
Location:  Beaumont, CA
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 8558(SD70ACe) UP 7522(AC45CCTE)
Views:  180   Comments: 2
A stack train rolls downgrade through Echo Canyon
Title:  A stack train rolls downgrade through Echo Canyon
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/12/2019  Upload Date: 5/28/2019 12:38:29 PM
Location:  Emory, UT
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 8558(SD70ACe)
Views:  79   Comments: 1
UP 8558 and two other EMD's lead a stack train west
Title:  UP 8558 and two other EMD's lead a stack train west
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/12/2019  Upload Date: 5/28/2019 12:38:33 PM
Location:  Emory, UT
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 8558(SD70ACe)
Views:  68   Comments: 1
Our stack train from earlier is seen further down Echo Canyon
Title:  Our stack train from earlier is seen further down Echo Canyon
Description:  I could hear an eastbound approaching behind me so I knew I was about to get skunked/
Photo Date:  5/12/2019  Upload Date: 5/28/2019 12:38:36 PM
Location:  Echo, UT
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 8558(SD70ACe)
Views:  61   Comments: 1
UP 8558 leads a stack train downgrade
Title:  UP 8558 leads a stack train downgrade
Description:  Right behind an eastbound was approaching to block my shot.
Photo Date:  5/12/2019  Upload Date: 5/28/2019 12:38:43 PM
Location:  Echo, UT
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 8558(SD70ACe)
Views:  48   Comments: 1
Here comes the block!
Title:  Here comes the block!
Description:  An eastbound comes up behind me to block my shot of the westbound.
Photo Date:  5/12/2019  Upload Date: 5/28/2019 12:38:46 PM
Location:  Emory, UT
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 5772(AC44CWCTE) UP 8558(SD70ACe)
Views:  89   Comments: 3
Our stack train from Echo Canyon is seen further down the line in Henefer
Title:  Our stack train from Echo Canyon is seen further down the line in Henefer
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/12/2019  Upload Date: 5/28/2019 12:38:51 PM
Location:  Henefer, UT
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 8558(SD70ACe)
Views:  85   Comments: 1
A stack train heads west between Echo and Henefer
Title:  A stack train heads west between Echo and Henefer
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/12/2019  Upload Date: 5/28/2019 12:38:54 PM
Location:  Henefer, UT
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 8558(SD70ACe)
Views:  56   Comments: 1
A stack train cruises west
Title:  A stack train cruises west
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/12/2019  Upload Date: 5/28/2019 12:38:57 PM
Location:  Henefer, UT
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 8558(SD70ACe)
Views:  78   Comments: 1
A UP stack train makes its way downhill.
Title:  A UP stack train makes its way downhill.
Description:  Approaching Tunnel 10
Photo Date:  6/8/2014  Upload Date: 8/23/2014 11:29:45 AM
Location:  Walong, CA
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 8563(SD70ACe)
Views:  144   Comments: 0
UP 7850 leads a southbound train through Kern Junction.
Title:  UP 7850 leads a southbound train through Kern Junction.
Description:  The "No Trespassing" written on the rail in the foreground is fitting since there were many people crossing the tracks in the spot. Seconds later we saw a BNSF police SUV pull up to one while we ate lunch. He then came and talked to us and was very friendly. He told us he rarely arrests people, he usually just gives them a warning.
Photo Date:  6/9/2014  Upload Date: 8/28/2014 9:47:54 PM
Location:  Bakersfield, CA
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 7850(AC45CCTE) UP 6347(AC44CW) UP 8566(SD70ACe)
Views:  203   Comments: 2
Southbound manifest loop over itself
Title:  Southbound manifest loop over itself
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/9/2014  Upload Date: 8/28/2014 9:54:24 PM
Location:  Walong, CA
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 7850(AC45CCTE) UP 6347(AC44CW) UP 8566(SD70ACe)
Views:  235   Comments: 0
Three units lead this soutbound manifest around the loop
Title:  Three units lead this soutbound manifest around the loop
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/9/2014  Upload Date: 8/28/2014 9:54:24 PM
Location:  Walong, CA
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 7850(AC45CCTE) UP 6347(AC44CW) UP 8566(SD70ACe)
Views:  231   Comments: 0
Coming out of Walong siding
Title:  Coming out of Walong siding
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/9/2014  Upload Date: 8/28/2014 9:54:25 PM
Location:  Walong, CA
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 7850(AC45CCTE) UP 6347(AC44CW) UP 8566(SD70ACe)
Views:  240   Comments: 0
A westbound empty coal train charges down the Ottumwa Sub
Title:  A westbound empty coal train charges down the Ottumwa Sub
Description:  This was the only coal train I saw on my 3 day trip to the Galesburg Area.
Photo Date:  10/22/2021  Upload Date: 11/2/2021 4:00:14 PM
Location:  Monmouth, IL
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 8567(SD70ACe)
Views:  33   Comments: 0
BNSF 8567 and another Ace lead a coal train west
Title:  BNSF 8567 and another Ace lead a coal train west
Description:  This was the only coal train I saw on my 3 day trip to the Galesburg Area.
Photo Date:  10/22/2021  Upload Date: 11/2/2021 4:00:17 PM
Location:  Monmouth, IL
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 8567(SD70ACe)
Views:  50   Comments: 0
Empty coal heads west for a refill
Title:  Empty coal heads west for a refill
Description:  This train is heading west on the Red River Valley Sub.
Photo Date:  6/1/2019  Upload Date: 6/18/2019 1:37:41 PM
Location:  Washburn, TX
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 8574(SD70ACe)
Views:  56   Comments: 1
BNSF 8574 and two executive units lead an empty coal train west
Title:  BNSF 8574 and two executive units lead an empty coal train west
Description:  This train is heading west on the Red River Valley Sub.
Photo Date:  6/1/2019  Upload Date: 6/18/2019 1:37:46 PM
Location:  Washburn, TX
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 8574(SD70ACe)
Views:  89   Comments: 1
UP 8585 is DPU on an eastbound manifest
Title:  UP 8585 is DPU on an eastbound manifest
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/5/2014  Upload Date: 8/11/2014 11:07:23 PM
Location:  Beaumont, CA
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 8585(SD70ACe)
Views:  98   Comments: 2
Time to Go!
Title:  Time to Go!
Description:  The westbound autorack/ stack train has cleared so the westbound coal train in the hole can now proceed.
Photo Date:  6/2/2019  Upload Date: 6/25/2019 9:53:54 AM
Location:  Quanah, TX
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 8598(SD70ACe)
Views:  62   Comments: 0


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