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BNSF 5200 - Mormon Rocks, Cajon Pass, CA - 11/13/10 |
| Description: |
Cajon Pass famed "Mormon Rocks" are a series of cemented sandstone beds much more resistant to erosion than the surrounding gravel and silt sands, giving them a pockmarked appearance. Officially called the Rock Candy Mountains, the strange rock formations are one of the youngest and most active geological regions in North America. Formed by the overlapping of the Baja Plate and the North American Plate, the Mormon Rocks (so nicknamed because this was the preferred route of Amasa Lymand and Charles Rich, who led a band of Mormon settlers from Salt Lake City across the Mojave Desert in 1851) are a visible indicator of the San Andreas Fault (where the two aforementioned tectonic plates collide). BNSF Railway ethanol train G-RAVWAT7-06A (Ravenna NE to Watson CA), led by Dash 9-44CW 5200, threads its way through "the Rocks" on November 13, 2010. |
| Photo Date: |
11/13/2010 Upload Date: 11/19/2010 11:33:37 PM |
| Location: |
Cajon Pass, CA |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 5200(C44-9W) BNSF 7206(ES44DC) BNSF 6608(ES44C4) BNSF 7686(ES44DC) |
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BNSF 5200 - Swarthout Road, Cajon Pass, CA - 11/13/10 |
| Description: |
On November 13, 2010, BNSF Railway G-RAVWAT7-06A (loaded ethanol, Ravenna NE to Watson CA) rounds the curve approaching Swarthout Road, just east of Blue Cut in Cajon Pass. Power for this train is Dash 9-44CW 5200, ES44DC 7206, ES44C4 6608 and ES44DC 7686 (with ES44C4 6605 and ES44DC 7381 for the rear DPU). Note the faux rock retaining wall in the background, installed when this line was triple-tracked a couple years previously. |
| Photo Date: |
11/13/2010 Upload Date: 11/19/2010 11:32:23 PM |
| Location: |
Cajon Pass, CA |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 5200(C44-9W) BNSF 7206(ES44DC) BNSF 6608(ES44C4) BNSF 7686(ES44DC) |
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429 Comments: 0 |
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