The Operation Lifesaver train attempted to depart Riverside so as to make an effortless run back to Metrolink CMF.  Earlier in the morning, we had heard of an equipment breakdown taking one track out of service on Cajon Pass.  It did not affect the special train until later that afternoon on the way back to Los Angeles.  The train made progress from Downtown Riverside to the Prado Dam area near a spot where Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino Counties all meet.  This is where the earlier traffic problem affected the O.L. train.  The special train got caught between trains in Santa Ana Canyon.

   

Above is nearing the overcrossing of Interstate 15
Below right is the westerly overcrossing of the 91 Freeway.  It travels over the railroad right-of-way twice in the span of a mile.  Here is where the BNSF returns to triple track.  I noticed that the track on the right had a derail on it.

   

  

We found the parked train now with power.  There might have been 2 parked trains on this main.  Prior to the completion of Prado Dam, the railroad had a different route from Green River to the west part of Corona.  The old right-of-way was to the right of BNSF 4407 in the below right photograph.  When the triple track was installed, earthwork took out an earthen knob to the right of 4407.  The former r-o-w is now a gravel road.  Where the railroad did cross the Santa Ana River, just in front of the present Prado Dam, old bridge piers are still visible from the 91 Freeway.

   

While distracted by a conversation with another O.L. volunteer, an eastbound BNSF container train met the special train on the center track.