Western Railroad Discussion > UP 2739 (GE Tier 4) in SoCal

ACR_Ted saw the UP 2739 in the Sonoran Desert in middle of October:

http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?1,4144094

Two days before his post, I caught the same unit leading a westbound at Fingal, which is between Cabazon and Palm Springs. UP 2739 must have made a very quick turnaround. I'm not sure if I caught it on its maiden voyage west, but the unit looked brand new on October 17.

I got an additional bonus, a CSX GE Tier 4 fourth in consist. There are three clips in the video, where I get the UP 2739 at Fingal, further west near Mons with a windmill + mountain backdrop, then near Cabazon where I compose my rental Jeep Compass in the foreground.

Jeep Compass was quite capable as a "crossover" SUV, and I liked it a lot.

I planned two more intercepts, at Beaumont, and somewhere in San Timoteo Canyon, but I guessed (correctly) that there'd be weekday commute traffic, so I dissed further intercepts and headed straight to the airport via I-10 to catch my flight home... and I'm glad I did.

- This shot is dedicated to MacBeau, if he's still around on TO.
- Approaching Cabazon.
- 3 video clips of UP 2739.

That's it for a quick report.

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Good stuff Charles, you should sell some of that footage to Fiat/Chrysler.