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A few weeks ago a contact advised that multiple ballast trains were coming down south from northern California, routed via the Palmdale Cutoff to West Colton Yard, with the final destination unknown, but the source suggested the Los Angeles basin. On Sunday, January 27, 2019 K.P. had a rare Sunday d...

There is only one month left before the extension of the Positive Train Control law runs out, and the railroads have to have mandated areas in service. Anybody hear if UP is going to make it? Has anybody been out to the Wellton-Estrella area of Arizona that can report on the progress of the conversi...

An Inaccessible Line and Red Rock, AZ At another forum the rail line through Carrizo Gorge (to and from San Diego and MEXICO on the west end that ultimately connects to the Sunset Route at Niland to the east) was inquired about and reported on by a few repliers. A newspaper link about the line thro...

A Visit to Yuma-Wellton, Arizona Saturday, September 22, 2018 New Signals and Second Guessing the Illogical Part “B” (of A-B) At CP743 FORTUNA (M.P. 742.8), the east side westbound signals, the Main 2 one (right, south) with a red over type arrangement: PHOTO LINK: https://i.postimg.cc/kGFrFMy3/2018...

A Visit to Yuma-Wellton, Arizona Saturday, September 22, 2018 New Signals and Second Guessing the Illogical Part “A” (of A-B) This post highlights some photos taken on the above date, a trip that found the NEW signals in the Yuma-Wellton, AZ stretch finally activated, but in such a way as there is a...

K.P. may be in the Yuma, AZ area an unknown sometime before October to check out the Positive Train Control signal conversion status there and at the nearby Wellton. It has been three months since that area was visited, and new signals were just starting to be erected in the conversion process in th...

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Eight, you say? How long were they, and did they have power on them? Were they all going the same way? Were they side by side or all in a row on the branch mainline, with crossings cut?

A Visit to Colton, CA Thursday, August 2, 2018 Someone at the Colton Signal Dept. is becoming quite artistic, as a trailer for use in the field has been paint in a stunning fashion (background)! https://s26.postimg.cc/5emrb4bnd/2018-0801-01.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return fals...

Replies Backshophoss (7-8/30): Outside of terminal areas the line is only two-tracks, and no triple-tracking has taken place, at least not that I know of, and I’ve been in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, as well as California reference the Sunset Route. From Estrella (west of Maricopa, AZ) is all singl...

This post is being moved forward in time, as K.P. a few hours ago received an unexpected dispatch and he envisions being tied up on it for hours, possibly beyond midnight. Familiarity Series Post #6 By Salton Sea, CA June 22, 2012, and drainage updating for two-tracking, and a tie laying machine wit...

Familiarity Series Post #5 At Picacho, AZ at dawn, January 15, 2018, and the new signals, including a very rare three headed one. https://s26.postimg.cc/s6cqd6xgp/2018-0115-01.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; https://s26.postimg.cc/frpycub3d/2018-0115-02.jpg" onclic...

Familiarity Series Post #4 Amtrak No. 2 with a private car at Maricopa, AZ at dawn, October 1, 2016: https://s26.postimg.cc/l34uxjpg9/2016-1001-01.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; https://s26.postimg.cc/q0ifj8rll/2016-1001-02.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href...

Familiarity Series Post #3 While the western Phoenix Line sees no trains presently because of being mothballed (official out of service), some years ago an early start to reopening the line took place, but the Positive Train Control effort more or less stopped that. https://s26.postimg.cc/l34uxk4vt...

Familiarity Series Post #2 By Salton Sea in California, the un-ballasted laid second track by CP SP648 BERTRAM, August 24, 2012. https://s26.postimg.cc/homohmrjd/2012-0824-01.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; In Picacho, AZ, November 5, 2011: https://s26.postimg.cc/6ca2zx...

A Series of Mini Posts To those unfamiliar with the Sunset Route two-tracking, a series of posts with just a few photos (or maybe more) will be presented every couple of days for about a week and a half. Familiarity Series Post #1 In the Ferrum, CA area, a single-track higher bridge is being conver...