Friday, May 9, 2008

test - first post

Figured I'd start a blog to post some trip reports and photos onto, sounds like fun. It also feels like Im starting to slip from the hobby so hopefully this will get me back into it...

Once I figure out how to use this blog better hopefully I will be able to make a post every week or two.

This is just a test with an image

UP 6936 just after sunrise leading a UP Wimmer (engineering) special on the approach to the Benicia bridge in Martinez, CA. Trailing the power are former SP business cars Stanford and Sunset. In a several week period, this train traveled over a lot of the Union Pacific system. One of the main reasons for the trip was for managers to view the progress made where there was a large landslide that shut down one of the main lines in and out of the Pacific Northwest.

1 comment:

canyondogh said...

I like what you're doing there Alex, especially by posting those night photos around Ozol. The old shack carried a lot of SP tradition along with it,
but those photos help to preserve the memory of
wanderings at late hours as trains would move through that area. If you have recollections from crews or employees you've spoken with who've worked there, that would make a nice addition.
'Dogh