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  1. NS on UP at Winterhaven, CA

    NS on UP at Winterhaven, CA

    Westbound with bare tables out of Yuma, AZ on UP's ex-SP Sunset Route. No UP power in sight.
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  2. CSX on UP at Yuma, AZ

    CSX on UP at Yuma, AZ

    Westbound with a stack train out of Yuma, AZ on UP's ex-SP Sunset Route. No UP power in sight.
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  3. Ocean to Ocean

    Ocean to Ocean

    A westbound stack train crosses the Colorado River and enters California at Yuma Crossing on UP's ex-SP Sunset Route. The 1923 SP-built single-track thru-truss bridge was erected next to the single-lane Coast-to-Coast highway bridge built in 1915. When it was completed, the Coast-to-Coast bridge...
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  4. UP 8511 East

    UP 8511 East

    At Winterhaven, CA, about to cross the Colorado River into Arizona, this crew will turn this train over to another and call it a day at Yuma.
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  5. UP 9524

    UP 9524

    UP 9524 creeps under Quechan Dr. on the tight approach to the Colorado River crossing at Yuma, on UP's ex-SP Sunset Route.
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  6. UP 4511 East

    UP 4511 East

    Nearing the end of their day, the crew of this UP eastbound is about to cross the Colorado River into Yuma, AZ on UP's ex-SP Sunset Route.
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  7. Coupler, Rock and Cross

    Coupler, Rock and Cross

    Stopping for a crew change across the Colorado River in Yuma, AZ, the engineer of this train managed to line up these couplers with a rocky outcropping and the bell tower of St Thomas Mission church in Winterhaven, CA.
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  8. UP 8563 West

    UP 8563 West

    With her train trailing back over the hill behind her, UP 8563 begins her trek around the Gila Mountains.
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  9. UP 8333 West

    UP 8333 West

    UP 8333 leads four of her sisters and their westbound stack train through the curve that will take them north around the Gila Mountains.
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  10. UP 5022 East

    UP 5022 East

    Having completed the end-run around the Gila Mountains, UP 5022 crosses over Old US 80 and into the curve to resume her eastward progress.
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  11. UP 4355 East

    UP 4355 East

    UP 4355 heads up an eastbound speeder past the little wide spot on Old US 80 known as Ligurta, AZ.
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  12. Milepost 7607

    Milepost 7607

    The one-eyed sentinel at MP 7607 on UP's ex-SP Sunset Route stares blankly around a curve, waiting for a westbound to protect on the right-hand track. There won't be any this afternoon as everything's running on the left set of rails.
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  13. UP 7724 East

    UP 7724 East

    Another in the eastbound parade out of Yuma this warm January afternoon rolls through Blaisdell, AZ, skirting the Gila Mountains.
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  14. Two Brutes on Point

    Two Brutes on Point

    Only two newer units are needed to lug this stack train around the Gila Mountains.
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  15. UP 4508/2901/9181 East

    UP 4508/2901/9181 East

    Tired-looking Dash 8 UP 9181 brings up the rear of the power on this eastbound autorack train.
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  16. UP 4508 East

    UP 4508 East

    UP 4508 leads an old tunnel motor and some autoracks around the Colorado River's flood plain to follow the Gila River past the mountains.
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  17. UP 4220 East

    UP 4220 East

    UP action on the ex-SP Sunset Route, just east of Yuma where the track swings north around the Gila Mountains.
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  18. UP 4167 East

    UP 4167 East

    Eastbound headed north around the Gila Mountains, leaving Yuma and the Colorado River basin behind.
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  19. Last Westbound

    Last Westbound

    UP 3765 heads up the last westbound through the single track into Yuma for this afternoon.
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  20. Blue Boxes and Brown Mountains

    Blue Boxes and Brown Mountains

    Two of many doublestack cars to transit Blaisdell, AZ this afternoon provide a little contrast with the brown desert.
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