Railfan Expedition

On Thursday, I made a railfan expedition to the Pepper Avenue overpass at UP's West Colton Yard and Cajon Pass for the first time in about a year. I was half expecting to see something new, but what was surprising was how many things I saw that were old. Below is KCS 4545, a well-aged AC44CW that's at least 20 years old. I wonder if it will ever last long enough to get post-merger paint.

A newer KCS SD70ACe on a BNSF intermodal at Cajon. It'll be sad to see that paint scheme go.

The big surprise was three BNSF warbonnets within a short period of time:

Finally, leading the consist that had KCS 4018 above was BNSF 9265, an SD70ACe that's really unusual on Cajon Pass. These seem to get in only if they're cycling down to the diesel shop in Commerce.