UP's West Colton to Tucson manifest emerges from a fog bank at Hinda.
Q687 gets the green at "Pontiac Road" as rain begins to fall and lightning starts up. This was probably one of the last major rain storms we got before not getting anything for months.
CSX Q606 approaches the home of Auburn University as it heads north at the "cotton patch crossing". The lead unit (ex-SP 9815) is one of 25 SD70Ms UP inherited from Southern Pacific.
Charging out of Memphis with NS 16Z is UP SD70M 3990 (ex SP 9815) along with an NS & two UP units on the morning of 27 September 2005
UP 3990 goes through a crew change as UP 5042 point engine of the UP Officer Special lays tied up for the night.
