Tom Golden photo.
An eastbound stack train hustles through Lavic's vertical curvature as a westbound recedes into the distance.
With the late afternoon sun blazing at the south end of the San Joaquin Valley, a Santa Fe eastbound attacks Tehachapi's western slope with the sun's rays glinting off its sides.
On a warm afternoon, an eastbound Santa Fe approaches Bealville.
A hot 199 train out of Chicago roars through the Tosco Oil Refinery at Maltby as it approaches the beginning of the 1.0 percent climb into Franklin Canyon.
Leaving the smoke stacks and catalytic crackers of the Tosco Oil Refinery behind, a 199 train rounds a curve at Maltby and begins the climb to Franklin Canyon.