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BNSF 4028 at Lavic, CA
At 3:45 p.m. on Saturday, April 26, 2025, at Lavic, CA, a westbound BNSF Railway (BNSF) 2+0 autoracks train had BNSF 4028 and NS 8009 as power.
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Saturday, April 26, 2025

I started the day in Tehachapi, CA, where I had spent the previous night. I met Ken Compton in Pisgah, CA. We drove to Lavic, CA and shot a number of trains there. Later that afternoon we drove to Klondike where we camped on BLM land.
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Steve Sloan's Trains : Trip Notes : 2025 : Saturday, April 26, 2025

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Monolith, CA

BNSF 5016, GE C44-9W

Manifest at Monolith
At 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, April 26, 2025, at Monolith, CA, a southbound BNSF Railway (BNSF) 3+2 manifest had BNSF 5016, 4354, 4380 + 5436 and 8204 as power.

Pisgah, CA

BNSF 7892, GE ES44DC

Pisgah Westbound
At 2:10 p.m. on Saturday, April 26, 2025, at Pisgah, CA a westbound 3+1 BNSF Railway (BNSF) manifest had BNSF 7892, 7581, CSX 5492 + BNSF 9087 for power.

BNSF 8181, GE ES44C4

Monster Intermodal
At 2:25 p.m. on Saturday, April 26, 2025, east of Pisgah, CA a westbound 3+4+? BNSF Railway (BNSF) monster intermodal had BNSF 8181, 7085, 7475 + 6753, 4665, 6031 and 5711 for power. It paused to be passed by a westbound autoracks.

BNSF 6268, BNSF GE ES44AC

En Passant
At 2:50 p.m. on Saturday, April 26, 2025, east of Pisgah, CA a westbound 2+0 BNSF Railway (BNSF) auto racks train with BNSF 6268 and 5163 passed the DPUs of the monster intermodal led by BNSF 8181. The DPUs being passed were BNSF 6753, 4665, 6031 and 5711.

Lavic, CA

BNSF 4028, GE Dash 9-44CW

Autoracks at Lavic
At 3:45 p.m. on Saturday, April 26, 2025, at Lavic, CA, a westbound BNSF Railway (BNSF) 2+0 autoracks train had BNSF 4028 and NS 8009 as power.

BNSF 4697, GE C44-9W

Westbound Intermodal at Lavic
At 4 p.m. on Saturday, April 26, 2025, on the Needles Subdivision at Lavic, CA a westbound 3+0 BNSF Railway (BNSF) intermodal train had BNSF 4697, 8377 and FXE 4083 for power.

BNSF 8094, GE ES44C4

Video — Eastbound at Lavic
At 5:18 p.m. on Saturday, April 26, 2025, an eastbound BNSF Railway (BNSF) stack train, led by BNSF 8094, was on the BNSF's Needles Subdivision at Lavic, CA.

Pisgah, CA

BNSF 5651, GE AC44CW

Eastbound Slinky
At 5:50 p.m. on Saturday, April 26, 2025, east of Pisgah, CA, an eastbound BNSF Railway (BNSF) stack train, led by BNSF 5651, navigates vertical curvature.

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