Bill Compton picked me up at 6:10 AM and we drove out to Redlands and saw from Interstate 10, that the Nevada Street wig-wag on the former Santa Fe Redlands Branch was gone. We exited at Orange Street and went to the Santa Fe Redlands station.
Views of the former Santa Fe Redlands station buit in 1910.
A relief scuplture of oranges harkening back to when oranges were a major crop produced in the area shipped by rail, as well as "Santa Fe" on the building. From here we went over to San Timiteo Canyon where after the second crossing on the former Southern Pacific Railroad tracks, we spotted our first train of the day.
Union Pacific 7405 West with Union Pacific 5849 as DPU on the rear.
Union Pacific 7094 West near Fingal.
Mount San Jacinto.
2003 was the year the second track was added.
A lizard on a rock.
Union Pacific 7602 East. We drove down to the old siding location of West Palm Springs and I called Let's Talk Trains.
Mount San Jacinto.
Union Pacific 7602 East near the former West Palm Springs siding location.
Union Pacific 4301 East.
Union Pacific 5633 East with Union Pacific 8331 as mid-train DPU.
Union Pacific 5816 West.
Union Pacific 6693 East with Union Pacific 7248 DPU.
Union Pacific 7640 East.
Union Pacific 7837 West.
Union Pacific 5891 East.
Union Pacific 7837 West from the California Highway 111 bridge. We then went to Banning for lunch where I went to KFC and Bill chose Carl Junior's. From there we drove to the top of the curve in San Timiteo Canyon so Bill could eat.
