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A UP business train from Roseville heads to San Jose through Alviso.
2007-01-13
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A Dash 9 and SD40M-2 lead a ballast train south out of SLO.
2006-12-02
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UP 5403 leads the QRVML south across the Stenner Creek Trestle into SLO.
2006-11-27
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Southbound freight leaving SLO in the morning.
2006-10-28
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The new crew of this northbound freight wait for a southbound to clear Cuesta Grade before heading out of San Luis Obispo.
2006-10-25
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The Central Coast Cans enter the railroad north end of Serrano. It was a pleasant surprise to find the Cans running in daylight.
2006-10-18
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A UP freight heads south through Alviso in the last light of day.
2006-09-13
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A MOW train heads south through Alviso. I later saw this train minus the engine, sitting in a siding just south of Gilroy.
2006-09-13
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A northbound UP freight passing the Orcutt rd crossing in SLO.
2006-09-05
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A southbound manifest through Santa Margarita. This one has the first Green Goat in it that I have seen on the central coast.
2006-08-16
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Another UP freight about an hour and a half after the one in the previous photo. The lighting had improved a bit for this shot.
2006-06-30
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A Union Pacific freight heads into the horseshoe curve of cuesta grade.
2006-06-30
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A UP tamper and ballast regulator are sitting on a siding at the north end of a section of cuesta grade that is double tracked known as Chorro.
2006-05-18
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Union Pacific AC4400CW-CTE number 5773 leads a southbound freight out of San Luis Obispo. The southbound Pacific Surfliner passed though here not more than 10 minuets before this train came.
2006-04-01
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A pair of GP38-2’s sit at the south end of the Newhall Yard. A brief break in the could casts some golden rays on them against this almost eerie backdrop of dark clouds.
2006-03-25
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A Union Pacific Freight awaits clearance to leave the Newhall Yard and head out to Roseville. Motive power today consists of two SD45T-2’s and a SD40-2.
2006-03-25
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The helpers in SLO CA. Its rare to see an NS unit out here, and in the helpers is even more interesting. The UP SD60M is not very common for the helpers either. Its usually older units like SD40s that comprise the helper set.
2006-02-02
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A Union Pacific SD70M is at the head of the IOALB. The train stopped in San Luis Obispo the previous night and will be heading town to Long Beach with its load of empty container cars from Oakland.
2005-05-09
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A brief bit of sunlight through the clouds on a rather stormy day in SLO makes for nice lighting on the local helpers. Here SD40-2 3295 and SD60M 2292 head north from the depot towards Cuesta grade.
2005-02-16
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A Union Pacific SD70M leads a southbound freight through San Luis Obispo not long after the cost line was reopened. It had been closed due to a washout in Santa Barbara.
2005-01-27
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UP SD70M 4117 and another SD70M lead a southbound freight across the Johnson St. bridge in San Luis Obispo into the depot for a crew change.
2005-01-27
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Union Pacific SD50 leads the local set up helper units back off the grade towards the depot in San Luis Obispo CA.
2005-01-04
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A UP mixed freight heads south out of Newhall yard in Santa Clara CA. At the point is AC4400CW number 5825, which is looking a little grimy today.
2004-11-24
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A UP GP15-1 sits in Newhall yard on Thanksgiving Day of 2004. A trio of other geeps are in the background awaiting assignment the next day.
2004-11-24
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A nice looking SD70M is leading this southbound freight. Cal Poly’s "P" can be seen in the background here. This photo was taken from an old SP depot not far from the Amtrak Station in SLO.
2004-10-28
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