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Viewing Album:  An Evening on the Sunset Route
 
By:Dave Abeles
Dates:8/20/2009 - 8/20/2009
Album Info:We camped a night in the Sonoran Desert, west of Tuscon, AZ in 111 degree heat. These are a few images I made along the old SP Sunset Route at Estrella and Shawmut, AZ.
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Crossin' Over
Title:  Crossin' Over
Description:  UP 5282 leads an eastbound intermodal onto new double track as the sun begins to set.
Photo Date:  8/20/2009  Upload Date: 8/29/2009 1:56:36 PM
Location:  Estrella, AZ
Author:  David Abeles
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Locomotives:  UP 5282(AC45CCTE)
Views:  384   Comments: 0
H O T
Title:  H O T
Description:  The donkey unit on UP 5282 East shimmers in 111-degree heat against a backdrop of the Sierra Estrella Mountains.
Photo Date:  8/20/2009  Upload Date: 8/29/2009 2:02:16 PM
Location:  Estrella, AZ
Author:  David Abeles
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Locomotives:  UP 7628(ES44AC)
Views:  790   Comments: 3
Ghost of the SP
Title:  Ghost of the SP
Description:  UP 7807 East approaches the SP targets just before sunset at Shawmut, AZ, at the heart of the Sonoran Desert.
Photo Date:  8/20/2009  Upload Date: 8/29/2009 2:09:25 PM
Location:  Shawmut, AZ
Author:  David Abeles
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Locomotives:  UP 7807(AC45CCTE)
Views:  561   Comments: 0
An SP Experience
Title:  An SP Experience
Description:  Eastbound stacks blast through Shawmut, AZ, just ahead of yet another sunset. It's still 110 and the units are working hard--not a place for the faint of heart!
Photo Date:  8/20/2009  Upload Date: 8/29/2009 2:15:15 PM
Location:  Shawmut, AZ
Author:  David Abeles
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Locomotives:  UP 7807(AC45CCTE)
Views:  346   Comments: 0
Last Light
Title:  Last Light
Description:  Organ-pipe cactus bear witness to UP 5271 east pulling hard up the grade at Shawmut, AZ, as the last of the light disappears behind the Maricopa Mountains.
Photo Date:  8/20/2009  Upload Date: 8/29/2009 2:21:07 PM
Location:  Shawmut, AZ
Author:  David Abeles
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Locomotives:  UP 5271(AC45CCTE) UP 4601(SD70M)
Views:  489   Comments: 0
Sunset
Title:  Sunset
Description:  The Sunset Route, as the SP (and God) intended.
Photo Date:  8/20/2009  Upload Date: 8/29/2009 2:25:59 PM
Location:  Estrella, AZ
Author:  David Abeles
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Locomotives:  UP 5271(AC45CCTE)
Views:  648   Comments: 1
Desert Morning
Title:  Desert Morning
Description:  UP 8408 West shimmers in the desert heat early on the morning of August 21, 2009.
Photo Date:  8/21/2009  Upload Date: 8/29/2009 3:49:19 PM
Location:  Colfred, AZ
Author:  David Abeles
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Locomotives:  UP 8408(SD70ACe)
Views:  331   Comments: 1
Elephant-Style EMD's
Title:  Elephant-Style EMD's
Description:  UP 8408 and sisters charge west through Colfred, AZ. We followed this train to California.
Photo Date:  8/21/2009  Upload Date: 8/29/2009 3:48:15 PM
Location:  Colfred, AZ
Author:  David Abeles
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Locomotives:  UP 8408(SD70ACe)
Views:  383   Comments: 0

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