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Two slides today take us back to a family vacation in California in 1971.  Amtrak was still out there in the future, and each railroad still ran their own passenger trains.  At age 16 with camera and UP timetable in hand, I waited west of the depot in Riverside, California for the arrival of the westbound train 103, the Domeliner City of Los Angeles-Challenger.  UP E-9 #949 led an A-B-B-A lashup pulling a train that stretched out of sight during an on-time arrival at 12:01pm.

A few days later I was waiting further east where the UP main crossed the SP at West Colton as the UP 953 headed up another westbound train 103.  Colton Tower is in the background at the right.

Tomorrow we’ll see some older UP freight power.