ALCos Meet Lima

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On Sunday, September 27, 2026, SP 2400 was with 2409 leading a local freight passing a train lead by SP 4445, a Lima 4-8-4, SP Class GS-4. This is at the Tri-City Society of Model Engineers (TCSME) model railroad club in the historic Niles depot in Fremont, CA.
My C-415 models are both English (Bowser) models. The 4445 is my son's BLI model.
The real SP 2400 was an ALCo C-415, SP Class AS415-1. Reportedly: it was built in 1966 builder's number 3458-1. Sold in 1977 to Fundidora Monterrey a steel mill in Monterrey, Mexico with some other C-415s.
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ALCos At The Crossing

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On Sunday, September 27, 2026, SP 2400 was with 2409 leading a local freight leaving "Pleasanton" after being passed by an ACE train. This is at the Tri-City Society of Model Engineers (TCSME) model railroad club in the historic Niles depot in Fremont, CA.
My models are both English (Bowser) ALCo C-415s.
The real SP 2400 was an ALCo C-415, SP Class AS415-1. Reportedly: it was built in 1966 builder's number 3458-1. Sold in 1977 to Fundidora Monterrey a steel mill in Monterrey, Mexico with some other C-415s.
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UP Stack Train at Woodford

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At 5:10 p.m. on Thursday, August 6, 2026, a northbound 2+2 UP stack train was at Woodford,  west of Tehachapi, CA. Power on this train was UP 7989, 7821 + 7181, 8138.
UP 7821 is a GE ES44AC. Reportedly: it is called an AC45CCTE by Union Pacific. It was built in 2008, serial number 58967.
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BNSF at Bealville

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On the afternoon of Thursday, August 6, 2026, a southbound 4+2 BNSF manifest was at Bealville, west of Tehachapi, CA. Power on this train was BNSF 5676, 5206, 7597, 5269 + 4110, 7830.
BNSF 5676 is a GE AC44CW. Reportedly: it was built in 2004, builders number 63246.
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Stack Train at Woodford

 

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At 1:10 p.m. on Thursday, August 6, 2026, a northbound 4+2 BNSF container train crossed Tehachapi Creek between Woodford and Walong west of Tehachapi, CA. Power on this train was BNSF 7215, 4670, 6684, 5309 + 3855, 8798.
BNSF 7215 is a GE ES44DC. Reportedly, it was built 2009, serial number 59759.
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BNSF Northbound at Tunnel 2

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At 5:30 p.m. on Friday, August 9, 2026, northbound 4+0 BNSF train was at Tunnel 2, west of Tehachapi, CA. It had BNSF 6149, 6235, UP 6531, BNSF 4686 for power.
BNSF 6149 is a ES44AC. Reportedly: BNSF 6149 was built by GE in 2007 as an ES44AC serial number 57646.
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BNSF Caliente Northbound

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At 6:30 p.m., on Friday, August 7, 2026, a northbound 4+0 BNSF train was at Caliente, west of Tehachapi, CA. It had BNSF 3870, 3933, 4117 and 7172 for power.
BNSF 3870 is a GE ET44C4. Reportedly, it was built in 2015, builders number 63284.

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Southbound Manifest

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At 9:55 a.m. on Thursday, August 6, 2026, east of the town of Tehachapi, CA, a southbound BNSF 3+1 manifest was leaving Monolith. Power on this train was BNSF 7524, 1071, 4634 + 6988.
BNSF 7524 is a GE ES44DC. Reportedly it was built in 2007, serial number 57915.
In August 2026 my great friend Ken Compton and I took a trip to the Tehachapi Mountains between Bakersfield and Mojave, California.
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Caltrain at Agnew

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On Saturday, August 22, 2026, Caltrain, Joint Powers Board (JPBX) 920 is leading Capitol Corridor Train 733 approaching the California Central Model Railroad Club (CCMRC) in the historic Agnew depot in Santa Clara, CA.
JPBX 920 "Morgan Hill" is an MPI F40PH-2C. Reportedly: It has serial number 0498-1. MPI built it for Caltrain in 1998. It's been leased to Caltrans for Capitol Corridor service.
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Massive BNSF Train

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In August 2026 my great friend Ken Compton and I took a trip to the Tehachapi Mountains between Bakersfield and Mojave, California.
On Wednesday, August 5, 2026, a northbound massive 5+2+0 BNSF grain + manifest was winding its way from Allard toward Tunnel 2. The power was BNSF 6058, 7632, 6257, 4339, 4110 +
7524, 5086.
BNSF 6058 is a GE ES44AC. Reportedly: it was built in 2006, serial number 57033.
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UP Intermodal at Monolith

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In August 2026 my great friend Ken Compton and took a trip to the Tehachapi Mountains between Bakersfield and Mojave, California.
On Saturday, August 8, 2026, a southbound Union Pacific (UP) 3+1+0 intermodal train at Monolith had UP 5610, 7816, 7763 + 8709. This was the last train we shot on this trip.
UP 5610 is a GE AC44CW, UP designation AC44CWCTE. Reportedly it was built in 2004, serial number 55203.
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BNSF No-Grainer at Cameron

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At 9:35 a.m. on Saturday, August 8, 2026, BNSF 6058, 6257, 4339, 5626 led a 4+0 empty grain train southbound at Cameron, CA.
BNSF 6058 is a GE ES44AC. Reportedly: it was built by GE in 2006, serial number 57033.
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Ex-SP On Tehachapi

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On a hot Friday, August 7, 2026, at 11:30 a.m., a former SP unit led a southbound 3+0 Union Pacific (UP) train that was about to enter Tunnel 2, south of Caliente, CA. The power was UP 6409, 9077, 8411.
UP 6409 is a GE/Wabtec C44ACM. Reportedly: it was built in 1995 as an AC44CW, SP 363, SP Class GF644L-2, serial number 48779.
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CPKC On Tehachapi

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On Friday, August 7, 2026, at 1:15 p.m., at Caliente, CA, a northbound 3+2+0 BNSF grain train had CPKC's CP 8931, KCS 4604, BNSF 7624, and swing DPUs CPKC CP 7037, BNSF 6389 for power.

CPKC CP 8939 is a GE ES44AC. Reportedly it was built in 2011, Serial Number 60693.

CPKC CP 7037 is a Progress Rail SD70ACu. Reportedly: it was rebuilt from an EMD SD9043MAC, originally built as CP 9150 in 1999, serial number 976842-51. 

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BNSF 7672 at CCMRC

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On Saturday, July 4, 2026, BNSF Railway (BNSF) 7672 is leading a westbound freight through the Niles Crossovers at the California Central Model Railroad Club (CCMRC) in the historic Agnew depot in Santa Clara, CA. My BNSF 7672 is an HO Athearn Genesis model.
The real BNSF 7672 is a GE ES44DC. Reportedly: it was built in 2005, serial number 55731.
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Montauk Arrival

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On Wednesday, May 27, 2026, Long Island Railroad (LIRR) 418 pulled a short train into Montauk, NY. Then, the engineer changed ends.
LIRR 418 is a dual power EMD DE30AC. Reportedly it was built in 1998, serial number 936423-19.
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NYCT 1936

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New York City Transit (NYCT) car 1936 is at Grand Central on the back of an S Line train on Memorial Day, Monday, May 25, 2026, in New York, New York. Reportedly: car 1936 is an R-62A built by Bombardier in the 1980s.
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An N-Line train

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San Francisco Municipal Railway (Muni) 2095 leads an outbound N-Line (Ocean Beach) train in the Inner Sunset, at 9th and Irving, in San Francisco, CA, on Thursday, July 9, 2026.
Muni 2095, is an LRV4 manufactured by Siemens Mobility, in Florin, California.

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On 9th Ave.

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San Francisco Municipal Railway (Muni) 2180 leads an inbound N-Line (Ocean Beach) train in the Inner Sunset, on 9th Ave., in San Francisco, CA, on Thursday, July 9, 2026.
Muni 2180, is an LRV4 manufactured by Siemens Mobility, in Florin, California.

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We rode the Acela

 

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On Saturday, May 23, 2026, Susie and I were at Washington, DC, Union Station, boarding Amtrak (reporting mark AMTK) Acela Train 2214 bound for New York City Penn Station. 156 mph is the highest speed I measured.
AMTK 2133 (pictured) is an Alstom Avelia Liberty Power Car assigned to Acela service.

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