Lonesomeness.........................Out there

The signal gantry at the East Crossover Cadiz on the BNSF Needles Subdivision. Yes, that Needles, about 10 miles into California from the Colorado River. The Needles Subdivision is one of the busiest rail lines in the world. Stack trains and grain trains going East and West....................
The last stretch I did was on the Needles from Danby to almost the Colorado River in about six trips to the load out at Newberry Springs. or maybe it was seven...................................
This was at RailPictures.Net which is a great site if you like trains. The Old Retired Petty Officer Loves Trains, perhaps more than Airplanes.......................
I think this guy David Carballido-Jeans did a bang up job on it!

EBCS East Cadiz looking West toward Amboy, Siberia, Bagdad, Ash Hill and Ludlow..........

The Mother Road, Old Route 66 parallels this rail line all the way from Needles to Barstow.

Chinese firm plans L.A.-to-Vegas train | CalWatchdog.com

Found while checking my news list......................................

"For bemused Californians, there’s another bullet train in town, thanks to the Chinese government.

More specifically, credit — $100 million worth — goes to China Railway International USA, a venture spearheaded by Beijing’s national railroad, China Railway. The consortium has ponied up funds for XpressWest, “the transportation arm of Marnell Companies, a gaming resort development firm,” as the Sacramento Business Journal noted.

Formerly known as DesertXpress, the company has labored to send a high-speed track toward Las Vegas since “at least 2007,” reported the Los Angeles Times.

According to Chinese officials cited by the Times, passengers would travel “a 230-mile route with an additional stop in Palmdale and eventual service throughout the Los Angeles area using some of the same track that would be used by the publicly backed California high-speed rail project.” Past plans envisioned a run of 185 miles alongside I-15.

The logic behind the idea drew from some straightforward numbers. “About one-quarter of Las Vegas’s 41 million visitors in 2014 came from Southern California, according to the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, many via a several hour highway drive,” Quartz noted. Vegas has been without a passenger train since Amtrak shut down its Desert Wind line in 1997."

27 Sep, 2015-James Poulos

Those big numbers tossed around like it's no big deal. If this system in both California and Nevada are built, I still have a minimum one hour drive to use it from where I live.
I'm thinking that Moonbeam is going after other sources of funding for the High Speed Train(Moonbeam's Crazy Train).
Just a thought.

The entire article is at the link below..............................

Chinese firm plans L.A.-to-Vegas train | CalWatchdog.com

Slow week.................

Last Monday was anniversary number 6 of the nephrectomy..............Worked a normal week or as normal as one can expect when on a medical profile and no more working airplanes.
I will be moving to the Support Section on 19 October.
I don't even have an airplane with my name on it anymore.
I do get to keep my current pay as part of the move.

Big Steam Choo Choo Pr0n

This is the meticulously restored SP&S 700, a 4-8-4 Hauler
This picture is from October of 2002 at Noxon, Montana on the bridge over the Clark Fork River.
The family and I got to see this at the foot of Snoqualmie Pass in 1990 while waiting at a crossing.

Courtesy of RailPictures.Net

6 years ago

I smoked my last cigarette this day six years ago. The next morning, the left kidney was removed. It took them about an hour and a half to do the job.............................................................

Gratuitous Train Pr0n

Missing the rails and the ballast trains.......................
I do get to see BNSF trains fairly regular on the Mojave Sub that I go under going to and from work each day.

The Needles Sub on the other side of Barstow, east of here is a good spot and I need to get there at a few spots to see if I can fill my SD card in the Nikon.

Two Z Trains meet at West Amboy

Westbound Manifest at Bagdad with a Westbound Z Train overtaking in the setting sun.

The Needles Sub has places like Danby, Essex, Goffs, Amboy, Bagdad and Siberia.............Mostly just station signs these days. The cafe and gas station is open again at Amboy. Mostly lonesome out along the Needles Sub and Old Route 66 which is now San Bernardino County 66...........

Train tragedy: Man ignores safety arms, dies walking bike on O.C. tracks - MyNewsLA.com

Police interviewing witnesses after the accident on Monday. Courtesy of OnScene.TV

The entire story is at the link below..............................

The train always wins...............................Stop Look Listen

Train tragedy: Man ignores safety arms, dies walking bike on O.C. tracks - MyNewsLA.com

Central Coast Deliciousness

I filled my trusty Firestone Walker Growler last Monday on our way home from the Central Coast. This brewery is one of my Central Coast Happy Places!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It kept very well even though I only had one glass of it last Tuesday..............

Yes, it is still quite tasty!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This evening from Casa de Sharon y Glenn

We had some thunder and lightning in the area this evening.
As luck would have it, we didn't get any rain. I haven't heard any jets from Edwards AFB for most of the afternoon.

I can't argue with this one at all

A friend had this up today regarding the BA 777 at Las Vegas McCarran International Airport yesterday.............................................

Sunday Evening, 6 September at Pozo Saloon above Santa Margarita CA

We happened across this little fun fest this past weekend.
We only caught part of the Commander Cody set but got all of the Canned Heat and Marshall Tucker Band!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Hippies were out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Commander Cody and The New Planet Airmen

Canned Heat

The lady's name is Pat, age 70 and a cancer survivor.

A fine brew indeed

There were EMTs available as it was around 92 degrees

Marshall Tucker Band

Caught em!

I do like plaid!

These two were having a really good time!