What area is the best place to view Union Pacific in all it's glory? While I was on holidays last year I got to view UP at Las Vegas and Barstow as well as on the bus from aneheim to Las Vegas near the fault line (not sure exactly what line) but it was very busy ------------------ http://members.optusnet.com.au/~pcassar/index
Paul, I have not been to many places in the states, but Tehachapi and Cajon must be the BEST places to watch ANYTHING Can't wait to get back! ------------------ Alan The perfect combination - BNSF and N Scale! www.ac-models.com Andersley Western Railroad Alan's American Gallery Alan's European Gallery Alan's British Steam Gallery
Hey guys. There is a place around Daggett, where the UP and BNSF meet. The UP heads to Vegas & BNSF heads for Needles. I like Cima Hill for the UP watching. ------------------ Keep on Track'N Harold Riley www.phcomputing.com
i don't know, sorry if it's a stupid question, but since you all have been to these places to watch the trains go by, are these places "safe" to just sit there and watch? i don't wanna be sittin there and then all of a sudden be held at gun point or something, ya know? i mean it seems like these places are places in the middle of no where where no one would be able to hear your cry for help. of course i've never been to the places you have listed so i don't know what the place looks like. i know you're not "safe" everywhere you go, but that's not the point. call me paranoid. hehe i'd drive to one of these places and just sit there. my parents live in palmdale and that's not too far away from tehachapi. i could go over there and sit and watch the trains go by. don't know what the area is like, tho.
<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>i don't wanna be sittin there and then all of a sudden be held at gun point or something, ya know? i mean it seems like these places are places in the middle of no where where no one would be able to hear your cry for help.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> It has been my experience that the locations in the middle of nowhere are actually the safest places. Although no one can hear you cry for help, usually that is because no one is there. I feel much safer by myself at any location on Tehachapi Pass than I do surrounded by hundreds of people near the UP Yard in Bakersfield. In the cities are the dangerous places where you take your life into your own hands (multiply the dangers as the cities get larger: i.e. Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, etc...). This being said, it is not the same world it was 20 years ago, and even the safest place cannot be taken for granted. Be aware of your surroundings, and always give yourself a safe way out. Although I have yet to have a problem, the transient population is potentially dangerous anywhere. Just having a scanner on your belt will make you look official to an uneducated passer-by (looks like a two-way radio). A cell phone is a good idea on any trip these days, and hopefully these places in the middle of nowhere have coverage. ------------------ Kevin Stevens www.trainweb.org/KernJunction
<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Kermit: The UP Marysville sub between Kansas City and Lawrence, KS is great.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> I logged a lot of railfan time at the UP depot in Topeka, KS, and was able to catch UP and SP freights, and even some Rio Grande run-throughs, with ex-Conrail GP40s. This was back in the '80s, BTW. Did kinda notice that in a typical SP power consist, at least one engine was dead in the eastbound trains. Also, N&W and Southern Ry.diesels, in black, black/alunimum and maroon (the N&W C30-7s) came through. I missed all the big GE DDs, but say the first runs of the MP SD50s, which ran two to a train (usually unit coal). ------------------ Ship IT on the Frisco! Bob T.
In 1997 I drove from Los Angeles to Salt Lake City along the UP rails. I found many places to view trains. Meadow Valley is very nice. Railfan http://mypage.bluewin.ch/Railfan/
