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A yellowbonnet SD40-2 leads a lashup of older EMD power upgrade through Franklin Canyon with a short manifest passing through CP Christie. The two trailing units were a GP30 and a GP35.
The Grand Canyon Railroad daily train has just unloaded its happy passengers following its return from the Grand Canyon, Tuesday evening, August 28, 2007. The dome car on the left is GCR #7034 "Grand View" and the dome on the right is GCR 2097 "Kokopelli."
BNSF 5461 slows to a crawl, having taken the siding at Esperanza for a parade of westbounds. CP Esperanza can hold two 7,000 ft trains, and BNSF frequently stages eastbound stack trains here when Hobart and the Corridor get congested.
Besides the fact that it's 90 degrees outside, train traffic is also hot, with 12 trains passing this spot in less than 3 hours. Just a typical day on the Transcon.
Westbound Southern Pacific tonnage makes its way up the main behind classic SP power towards the west end of Canyon on the Palmdale Colton Cutoff in Cajon Pass in 1984.
An eastbound Z-train is just starting its journy, having departed the Richmond UPS facility about 30 minutes prior. It's now making its way through Franklin Canyon and approaching the west portal of Tunnel 3.
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