For me, the schools in my city has been closed until April. As of now, I'll be staying home and not going anywhere. The school closures in my area has affected a lot of students, as well as San Diego and LAUSD closing their schools as well. Checking out the news about California, I have recently hea...

NS retires their SD80MACs. Well... it's an end of an era for SD80MACs on NS. According to the post by NSDash9, six are sold to CP. But, i'm thinking, is CP gonna rebuild the SD80MACs they acquired from NS?

I heard the news, and it was shocking when I first heard about this. It is indeed sad to see this happen. I was watching the news at home when it occurred, and all of LA's news stations covered it, even CNN, and TMZ.

Not a beautiful looking sky during Oct. 2017. Apparently, looks like a wildfire occurred at that time. I'm not sure if this was the first time that Google Street View came out when the sky was looking like this from wildfires... :Ohmy: https://www.google.com/maps/@33.7753213,-118.1234507,3a,21.1y,96...

This cantilever in San Bernardino, CA has its crossbuck and tracks sign moved up, that's kinda interesting, probably visibility?: https://www.google.com/maps/@34.0999827,-117.2987086,3a,49.5y,200.46h,91.21t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sjloxZQlBRNybwnxivNogaw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192 Back in March of 2018, the cros...

Here's a Union Pacific intermodal train in Indio, California, led by UP 8949 (SD70AH), 5376 and 7816 (both GEVOs), right near the former crossing in Coachella, CA: https://www.google.com/maps/@33.7005996,-116.1918663,3a,45.2y,31.84h,91.28t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sh_lW7So1ndtv86Synel0Og!2e0!7i16384!8i819...

brett nc railfanner wrote: ↑

Sat Aug 10, 2019 8:36 pm

Active crossing in Banning, California:
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.9245624 ... 384!8i8192

That crossing is also on the site as well: http://www.rxrsignals.com/California/A- ... Gorgornio/

Some UP SD70's and a GE ES44AC in Price, Utah. https://www.google.com/maps/@39.5723231,-110.7823183,3a,75y,226.29h,91.66t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s5Do56DKFto3r-MjcW4C8kQ!2e0!5s20090401T000000!7i3328!8i1664 One of the units is actually a SD9043MAC, with the roadnumber what appears to be 8162. The number ...

I don't know why people would stop on the tracks, and yes beating the train is not a smart idea for drivers. I found the crossing from where it happened on Google Maps: https://www.google.com/maps/@35.8830673,-80.0817003,3a,44.5y,165.5h,88.78t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sem4ggxb5uSKc-1pctXftcA!2e0!7i13312!8...

BNSF 6318 (ES44DC) and BNSF 9683 (Executive SD70MAC) in Shreveport, Louisiana. https://www.google.com/maps/@32.5083475,-93.7482425,3a,75y,84.67h,88.85t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sks6nJXc13c_c5kEdldZBFg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en BNSF 6318 is an ES44AC: https://www.google.com/maps/@32.5083475,-93.7482425,3a,...