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Akin to a slithering serpent, an empty vehicle reposition negotiates its way in and out of the siding at Shawmut. To this date, I have yet to cross paths with these reptiles.
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Slide 6. On the morning of January 27, 2012, a once grey and gloomy sky is briefly and vividly illuminated with the sun's warm presence. Coincidentally, the Sunset Limited decided to barge in and spice things up a bit. Loma Linda, CA on the UPRR Yuma Sub
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As much I discourage myself from capturing "going away shots" some can be quite remarkable. In addition it can be easy to get so caught up in taking the proper picture that one loses the significance of a particular moment—Carpe diem. On the UPRR Gila Sub
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Autos to the rescue. Right when the sun was ready to settle behind the Gila Mountains, a distant triangle of headlights gave this photographer a shot of adrenaline. Dome Valley, Yuma County, AZ. On the UPRR Gila Sub
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Sunday morning sees a closed federal building. Imagine if the railroad closed up shop on Sundays. Downtown Tacna, Tacna, Yuma County, AZ, on the UPRR Gila Sub
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"Sigs and stacks" I've been itching to load some slides. This intermodal had work at Picacho, AZ on a bilstering August 9, 2011, On the UPRR Gila Sub
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The former name of this CTC-controlled switch was called "CP Colorado". Since the road's current push towards modernity, its new name is simply "Yuma." Strange as the location sits in Winterhaven, CA
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Amtrak's Sunset Limitted continues her west bound climb after traversing the Pecos River high bridge. Shumla, TX on the UPRR Sanderson Sub
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A New Orleans-bound intermodal works through Sanderson Canyon five miles east of its namesake, Feodora siding on the UPRR Sanderson Sub
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El Paso-based conductor David gives an eastbound intermodal confirmation of a good rollby at Ryan siding, 20 miles west of Valentine, TX, on the UPRR Valentine Sub
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The modern version of the blue streak, 8956 decends the siding at Shawmut, Sonoran National Monument, Maricopa County, AZ. On the UPRR Gila Sub
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A free afternoon lineup in Marathon. "Look's like you got one distant westbound," on the UPRR Sanderson Sub
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Moving downhill on the double track at Dragoon in western Cochise County, AZ. On UPRR's Lordsburg Sub (the Sunset Route)
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Slide 5 and the first of the Solar Sunday project and album. East of Niland, CA, the former Southern Pacific traverses the Colorado Desert—an inhospitable portion of land characterized by high temperatures in the high one hundreds to low one hundred teens
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Marker lights and a dimmed head light streak across while assisting an eastbound at the west end of Shawmut siding. Meanwhile, a twelve hour near-solstice night sky slowly fades to day with the arrival of a distant yet colorful sunrise.
