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Our trip to California-Arizona-Nevada-Utah

Book 1

5-20 - 5-25-99

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`We came across this old Greyhound Scenicruiser being rebuilt on CA-74 Between Lake Elsinore and Perris. This stretch of highway has a lot of old buses along it.`
This Sante Fe train is southbound between Cajon and San Bernardino.
The Amtrak and Greyound Station at Barstow CA Formerly ATSF and SP I presume.
ATSF 95 with a work train parked outside the Barstow Station,
BNSF 4855 Eastbound just east of Ludlow CA along old Hwy 66.
A Pacing shot of BNSF 4855.
A pair of pushers shove an Eastbound train just east of Amboy CA
I knew that Cadiz CA was the junction of the BNSF and the Arizona-California R.R. ex ATSF Phoenix branch. I expected to see a little town, but all thats there is the Cadiz Farms.
The view of the BNSF - AZ-CA Junction area.
A departing westbound meets an arriving eastbound at the Needles CA station.
An early morning departure in a rental boat gives this mirror image of the Nevada shoreline on Lake Mojave. (The area of the Colorado River between Hoover and Davis Dams.)
A view of Kathyrns Landing AZ where we stayed two nights.
"Captain" Bill wears his Wheeling & Lake Erie hat even in Arizona and Nevada!
The 150 hp ski-boat moves along at a brisk clip, but used about $ 60.00 in fuel for a 4 hour cruise!
Late in the morning you can see how the lake is getting choppy. Interesting shot of a seaplane.
In the afternoon we went trainwatching! BNSF 5463 heads east toward Kingman AZ in this shot from Old Hwy 66 not far from town.
BNSF 713 Westbound waits for a green signal with a hot intermodal train. This photo taken from I-40.
Westbound BNSF at Yucca AZ
This Westbound BNSF and the next 2 photos were taken from a remote location west of Yucca. We got off of I-40 and headed toward the tracks on a dirt road.
Eastbound BNSF approaching.
Eastbound BNSF crossing a remote bridge.
Going north from Las Vegas on I-15 you leave the desert and enter "The Virgin River Gorge" for several miles before entering Utah..
The Virgin River flows through Zion National Park and eventually empties out into Lake Mead. This stretch of I-15 is awesome.
At the entrance to Zion Natl. Park in Springdale UT we saw this foreign bus making a U-turn. This coach has seating for 20 in the front.
The view of the left side indicates that there are sleeping accommodations in the rear of the coach for the 20 passengers and the crew.