The following pictures were taken during our many hours of
driving on our July 30 to August 8, 1999 Train Trip out west.
In that short week, we put close to 2000 miles on the rental car.
Of those 2000 miles, Geroge Quiles, who accompanied us, put about
1900 of them on! These pictures are of heavy freight trains traversing
some of the most beautiful scenery I have encountered.
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Nice shot of a 2 mile long freight train!
You can barely see that engine up on the cliff!
Shot of a freight winding it's way through the mountains
Here comes a Santa Fe Dash 8 pulling a mile long freight!
Closeup of a Santa Fe Dash 8 pulling a mile long freight.
This engine looks exactly like George Quiles', a member of the
JLS Railroad, Dash 8 in 1.5" scale.
A freight crossing over the highway
A closeup of the motive power on the train in the above
picture
Shot of a freight about to depart the Portola yards
