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UP Sunset Route in the Sonoran Desert DVD

UP Sunset Route in the Sonoran Desert DVD

One of the hottest places on Union Pacific’s Sunset Route, both in the pace of the operations and the ambient temperature, is on their Yuma subdivision between Indio and Niland in the Sonoran desert in Southern California. This high speed line traverses the northern end of the verdant Imperial Valley and the southern end of the Coachella Valley with much of it alongside the eastern shore of the Salton Sea. All of the Yuma sub where we videotaped is below sea level and most of it is table flat. This area is also known as the Salton Sink. Traffic from the Midwest and Texas to southern California has been growing and the Sunset Route has fully recovered from the Great Recession. This line is now the third busiest transcontinental in the country and much of it has been double tracked since UP took over operations from the Southern Pacific eighteen years ago. This program shows over 24 hours of fast paced action on UP’s Yuma Subdivision between Indio and Niland in October of 2014. This DVD is 1 hour and 28 minutes in length. It has the option of being watched with or without narration.

Price: $34.95

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  • Video Format: DVD