RailPictures.Net Photo: BNSF Railway GE ES44DC at Tehachapi Pass, California by Scott Allen Sparks

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» BNSF Railway (more..)
» GE ES44DC (more..)

» Caliente Canyon
» Tehachapi Pass, California, USA (more..)
» April 19, 2019

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In the dry heat of a hot spring day, within the quiet confines of the Caliente Canyon, the highly anticipated echo of dynamic braking finally comes to the canyon walls, after having waited in the baking sun for nearly 2 hours. The BNSF steel coil train was being held in Cliff siding for a parade of south bounds climbing the hill. Once the south bounds cleared, the heavy steel was on the move again and is seen here paralleling the Caliente Creek down and out of the mountains and soon into the San Joaquin valley.

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