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This particular special has been my particular project, so it is very special to me personally.
The car is the Glacier View, train a CSLRA annual fall special, location the Alameda Corridor approximately MP 7, date November 11, 2009.
A set of ex-Chicago & Northwestern gallery cars pull up to the San Antonio stop in Mountain View, California in June of 2001. These old C&NW gallery cars pinch hit for CalTrain's own coaches. CalTrain's gallery cars were being rebuilt by Alstom during that year.
Today at the shops we have the West yard belt-pack (GP9u x 2) and a GP38-2 where the turntable used to be. Note the caboose & snowplow in the yard.
This picture was taken from the loading platform. The train is a tourist train run by the Lewistown Chamber of Comerce; normaly it goes to Deton & back. This is a special "brunch with Santa" train which doesn't go all the way to Deton, it only goes about 3/4 of the way there...
Union Pacific's Anaheim Hauler which runs from Anaheim to West Colton seen here enroute to West Colton Tuesday night (06/08/04), but making a short stop at the Valley View crossing in Buena Park, CA