MELROSE NM Sept 10 1983 -- Santa Fe SD45-2 5660 leads a mixed freight with welded-rail cars toward the head end. Note dents in 5660's fuel tank.
Santa Fe eastbound LA to Chicago train 881 is about twenty minutes into it's cross country trip passing Santa Fe Springs
a westbound Santa Fe hotshot was approaching Daggett, CA, station, junction of UP's old LA and Salt Lake route into the Los Angeles area
The engineer on Santa Fe 5660, having just been given a green signal as his train slowly came around the corner at Cajon Summit, begins to notch the throttle back up to run 8.
Those are WB helpers, unusual east of Victorville and check out the three cabeese.