WEST COAST RAILFANNING
The Virginia and Truckee RR – Virginia City, NV
Tehacapi Loop and a few
others.
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BNSF 4339 Leads a southbound train into Klamath Falls, OR on Sept. 20, 2000 |
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Remote controlled mid-train helpers. |
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Virginia & Truckee #8 brings the train back from Gold Hill. |
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Arriving at Virginia City, NV the train passes below the Virginia & Truckee yard. |
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Climbing up the grade from Gold Hill. |
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Approaching the tunnel under the highway. Virginia City is just ahead. |
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BNSF 605 leads a southbound intermodal train at Merced, CA |
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Union Pacific 3670 Southbound alongside Route 99 between Fresno and Bakersfield. |
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A long mixed freight heading east around Tehacapi Loop. |
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Union Pacific 9697 leads the train around the last curve. The end of the train is still coming through the tunnel. |
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The nose of 9697 is about to pass, blocking our view of the rest of the train. |
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Mid-Train helpers pass our vantage point. |
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A gap and a low trailer allow us to see there is still a lot more train to come! |
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A half-stack reveals the end of the train passing over the tunnel. |
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The Tehacapi Railroad Club’s trailer. They are having a picnic today at Keene, CA |
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We got to downtown Tehacapi in time to see 9697 bring the train through. The summit is just ahead, then its all down hill to Mojave. |
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BNSF 6786 leads a westbound up to Summit from Mojave. Note the electricity generating wind mill farm on top of the hill. |
And so another west coast trip of the Latrobe Railfan draws to a close.
Tehacapi has once again been a high point of our trip.