A five-unit swing helper assists the oil cans as they attack the grade at Caliente late in the day.
As an SP employee prepares a helper set for its next assignment at Bena, a Santa Fe eastbound descends from Sandcut behind it at dusk.
Monolith, near the top of Tehachapi Pass, lies under a thick layer of snow and ice as an eastbound powered by seven units heads for Barstow.
An eastbound intermodal train powered by four EMDs roars uphill through Crozier Canyon.
SD45R 5392 smokes it up at Glen Frazer as it leads a time-sensitive 199 train up the canyon.
A long westbound manifest snakes through the curves at Caliente and heads for Caliente Creek Canyon on its way to Bakersfield and the San Joaquin Valley.
With the stately John Muir mansion in the foreground, a hot 189 train speeds across Muir Trestle into the heart of Franklin Canyon.
Stopped on the main line at Ilmon, the oil cans' lead brakeman checks for an air leak in his train.
SP mechanical forces, including Messieurs Ross and Cash, perform heavy repairs on SD45Rs at the railroad's Roseville Shops.
Switching Local Industries at Fredrickburg Jct in Puyulla
Eastbound manifest train at Blue Canon, CA
CEFX 2808 waits patiently for a fresh crew to take its train west at Vaughn New Mexico.
SD45R 5364 leads a Santa Fe eastbound manifest through the reverse curves at Cable.
With a lumber mill busy in the background, an SP eastbound rolls under a signal bridge in Truckee as it rolls off the east slope of Donner Pass.
