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Everytime I railfan I always head through Highgrove on the way home, always hoping to catch something. On this day I get to the point where I can just glimpse westward and I saw some ditch lights coming my way. "Great, another dash 9 consist!". But instead I got this. It was led by...
A eastbound running elephant style with a new ES44DC on the led followed by a D9-44CW and a UP C45ACCTE passes by the Silverwood Cut-off as it rounds the last curve before Cajon Summit.
The crew of the helpers on the front end of this train check me out while passing Hill 582. This train brokedown at Cajon Station and had to have the helpers put on the front end to help it over the summit.