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Needles Subdivision Trip Part 2 3/19/2011



by Chris Guenzler







BNSF 7341 near East Siberia.









BNSF 7837 West near Bagdad.







BNSF 7381 West.









BNSF 7495 West at Amboy. We proceeded to Cadiz.







BNSF 4099 West.









BNSF 4759 West. From here we returned to old Route 66 then went east.





At Essex, we found BNSF 5033 West blowing through.





BNSF 4066 West in the siding at Goffs.









BNSF 5384 West.









BNSF 4066 West.







BNSF 5088 West. We headed into Goffs and turned down the road by the old Goffs School and found a few items of interest.





Santa Fe Railroad block signals.







A replica of the Goffs station.





Crossing gate.





Santa Fe Railroad block signals.





Old steam engine boiler.





A mine car. Now we will get back to the main line.









BNSF 5290 West.







BNSF 7524 East.









BNSF 7524 East near Homer.







BNSF 7508 East near Homer, after which we drove into Needles.





Santa Fe refrigerator dispatch 13405 on display.





Santa Fe refrigerator dispatch 12458 on display.





Santa Fe caboose 999224, formerly Santa Fe 2169, built by the railway in 1942.







BNSF 7682 East. We stopped at KFC so I could get some dinner before checking into the Best Western Colorado River Inn for the night.





BNSF 7372 West at West Needles from the hotel's balcony. I worked on the story for most of the evening.



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