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The spectacular canyon walls of Afton are lit by the early
morning light of March 20, 1988. UP 3470 leads three units on
an eastbound in the depths of the canyon. |
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Sometimes odd things appear in the middle of the desert. UP
SD40-2's 3765, 3461, and 3190 bracket McCloud Railway SD38's
36 and 37 on a mid-day westbound as it rolls through the depths
of Afton Canyon on March 20, 1988. |
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UP C40-8 9117 and MoPac C36-7 9017 handle another short eastbound
intermodal train through Afton Canyon on March 20, 1988. The
first three cars are specially equipped to handle car and truck
frames. |
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Another westbound swings through Afton Canyon with C40-8's
9205-9142-9168 on the point. October 15, 1988. |
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An eastbound LAAP (American President Lines stack train) with
100 platforms rolls through the bridge providing the 3rd crossing
of the Mojave River. Power is 9170-9124-9143-9104 on March 21,
1988. |
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The late afternoon light of March 26, 1987 brings out all
of the detail of the Afton Canyon walls as a westbound intermodal
train, complete with cattle cars up front, rolls through. Power
is 3568-3366-MP6070. |
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A MoPac lettered C36-7 number 9020 leads UP SD40-2 3533 and
C36-7 9003 swing westbound through Afton Canyon with the late
afternoon light again lighting up the canyon walls. October
16, 1988. |
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A view across the wide part of the Afton Canyon
as a westbound train with 3488-2463-3387-3618-3109 runs through
the canyon on March 26, 1987. |
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A short eastbound intermodal comes out of the east end of
Afton Canyon. SD40-2's 3737 and 3191 are in charge on this cool
March 26, 1987. |
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Four UP SD40-2's (3711-3192-3266-3284) round the S-curves
at the east end of Afton Canyon while in command of an 80 car
export coal train. March 21, 1988. |
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An eastbound blasts across the third crossing of the Mojave
River at Afton, CA on March 20, 1988 with SD60's 6002 and 6056
and SD40-2 3184 and 91 cars. |
