UNION PACIFIC IN CALIFORNIA - CIMA SUB

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Union Pacifics Cima Sub runs from Las Vegas, Nevada, to Daggett, California. From Daggett UP trains use BNSFs line to Barstow and further on to Mojave or Cajon. At Yermo, close to Daggett, UP has a yard. The Cima sub is desert railroading. The highest point is at Cima, and from the west there is a 45 mile long and hard climb to the summit.
Las Vegas (E Sunset Road) Technically I guess this isn't Cima Sub - the location is E. Sunset Road in southern Las Vegas, just south of McCarran Airport.
UP 3700 (EMD SD40-2) + UP 3431 (EMD SD40-2R) + UP 3533 (EMD SD40-2R) with a freight at E Sunset Road on April 22, 2008.
UP 3700 + UP 3431 + UP 3533 (120 kb)	UP 3700 (168 kb)	UP 3431 (179 kb)	UP 3533 (172 kb)
Elora (MP 248) Elora is between Cima and Kelso.
UP 4480 (EMD SD70M) + GECX 2876 (EMD SD40T-2, ex-UP) + FURX 8120 (EMD SD40-2) with a northbound (= uphill) empty autorack on April 4, 2007, 11:00.
UP 4480 + GECX 2876 + FURX 8120 (196 kb)	GECX 2876 (179 kb)
UP 5288 (GE ES44AC) + UP 4092 (EMD SD70M) + UP 5524 (GE ES44AC) with a northbound (= uphill) double stack at MP 245.6 on April 4, 2007, 11:13.
UP 5288 + UP 4092 + UP 5524 (206 kb)	UP 5288 (198 kb)	UP 4092 (180 kb)	UP 5524 (175 kb)
East of Yermo I can't remember the exact location, but I think it's just east of Yermo. All pictures taken May 2, 1999.
Union Pacific No. 7545 (GE AC6000CW) (79 kb)	Union Pacific No. 7545 + 2 UP GE AC6000W's in front of a freight train (72 kb)	Morrison Knudsen no. 9030 (92 kb) Morrison Knudsen no. 9030 (EMD SD40M-2) together with locomotives from Union Pacific.	Union Pacific no. 3973 (GM EMD SD40-2C) and Southern Pacific no. 7432 (GM EMD SD45R) (48 kb)
Cotton Belt / SSW 9693 (EMD GP60) + UP 2513 (EMD GP38-3) + Morrison Knudsen 9030 (EMD SD40M-2) + UP3453 (EMD SD40-2) in front of a freight train (68 kb)	Cotton Belt / SSW 9693 + UP 2513 + Morrison Knudsen 9030 + UP3453 in front of a freight train (84 kb)	Cotton Belt / SSW 9693 + UP 2513 + Morrison Knudsen 9030 + UP3453 in front of a freight train (71 kb)
Yermo Yermo is used by the Union Pacific to store withdrawn locomotives from the Union Pacific family (mostly Union Pacific, Southern Pacific and Rio Grande).
Chicago & Northwestern 8801 (GE AC4400CW) UP 6460 (GE AC4400W) + GE in Yermo yard. April 29, 2001.
Chicago & Northwestern / UP train in Yermo (42 kb)	Chicago & Northwestern 8801 (51 kb)
Stored/withdrawn locomotives in Yermo, June 23, 2003.
Union Pacific 3829 (EMD SD40-2) + Rio Grande 5406 (EMD SD 40T-2) + Rio Grande 5317 (EMD SD 45) in Yermo (42 kb)	Southern Pacific 8517 + Union Pacific 8957 (EMD SD40-2) + Union Pacific 9936 in Yermo (31 kb)	Southern Pacific 8237 in Yermo (37 kb)
Daggett Daggett is located a few miles east of Barstow, and the endpoint of the the Cima Sub. West of here UP trains run on trackage rights on BNSF. Just north-east of Daggett is Union Pacific's Yermo Yard.
SP 8674 (GM EMD SD40M-3 (rebuild from SD45), ex-CNW 912) + UP (GM EMD) + SP (GM EMD) + SP 7107 (GM EMD GP40) + UP 7041 (GE C44/60CW) + UP 9183 (GE C40-8). April 29, 2001 in Daggett.			UP 4292 (EMD SD70MAC) + UP 9038 (GE C40-8) in front of a double-stack container train. April 29, 2001 in Daggett.
SP 8674 in front (82 kb)	SP 7107 + UP 7041 (78 kb)	UP 9189 (68 kb)	UP container train in Daggett (62 kb)
A double stack headed by UP 3810 (EMD SD70M) waits at Daggett to proceed north on the Cima Sub, March 20, 2007.		A westbound double stack headed by UP 8309 (GE SD70ACe) + UP 5283 (GE ES44AC) + UP 5470 (GE ES44AC) + UP XX42 (EMD SD70M) is continuing west on BNSF trackage rights on March 20, 2007, 15:26.
UP 3810 (143 kb)		UP 8309 + UP 5283 + UP 5470 + UP XX42 (205 kb)	UP 8309 + UP 5283 + UP 5470 + UP XX42 (226 kb)
A short train headed by UP 2501 (EMD SD60M) + UP 2394 (EMD SD60M) on March 20, 2007, 15:01.	UP 8446 + UP 8474 (2 x EMD SD70ACe) heading east just outside Daggett on April 23, 2008, 11:16.
UP 2501 + UP 2394 (138 kb)	UP 8446 + UP 8474 (174 kb)
Barstow Barstow is actually not on UPs Cima Sub, but on BNSFs Needles Sub where UP trains have trackage rights. The line from Daggett to Barstow sees both all trains on BNSFs Transcon + UP trains, this means Barstow is quite busy.
UP 2659 (EMD SD40M-2, ex-SP 8583) + UP 2701 (EMD SD40M-2, ex-SP 8625) with a short manifest enters Barstow on April 23, 2008, 11:40.		UP 8390 (EMD SD70ACe) + UP 2196 (EMD SD60) enters Barstow with an autorack on March 21, 2007, 14:30.
UP 2659 + UP 2701 (212 kb)	UP 2659 + UP 2701 (231 kb)	UP 8390 + UP 2196 (305 kb)
Westbound manifest headed by UP 8372 (EMD SD70ACe) + UP 2240 (EMD SD60M) + UP 9761 (GE C44-9W) + UP 9777 (GE C44-9W) + UP 2777 (EMD SD40M-2) + UP 2650 (EMD SD40M-2) and with helpers UP 8446 (EMD SD70ACe) + UP 8474 (EMD SD70ACe) enters Barstow on April 23, 2008, 7:13.
UP 8372 + UP 2240 + UP 9761 + UP 9777 + UP 2777 + UP 2650 (141 kb)	UP 2777 (211 kb)	UP 2650 (219 kb)	Helpers UP 8474 + UP 8446 (211 kb)
Outside the depot in Barstow, also known as Casa del Desierto, is a few UP and Santa Fe locomotives and cabooses on display. UP 9950 is an EMD SD40-2, exx-UP 4320, exxx-MP 3320. It was retired in 2001. Caboose UP 25599 was built in 1964 and retired in 1989. All pictures taken on March 21, 2007. See also my BNSF - Needles sub section.
UP 9950 (222 kb)	UP 9950 (178 kb)	Caboose UP 25599 (184 kb)

UNION PACIFIC IN CALIFORNIA - CIMA SUB

Las Vegas (E Sunset Road)

Elora (MP 248)

East of Yermo

Yermo

Daggett

Barstow