Kodachrome SD45T-2 9318 leads the empty Oil Cans at Sandcut on their return trip to Saco to be reloaded.
A five-unit swing helper assists the oil cans as they attack the grade at Caliente late in the day.
Stopped on the main line at Ilmon, the oil cans' lead brakeman checks for an air leak in his train.
With the Tehachapis silhouetted against a western sky of beautiful orange at dusk, the oil cans proceed east at Summit toward the LA Basin.
A powerful swing helper assists the loaded oil cans upgrade through Cable Crossover at dusk.
As a woktrain picks up metal along the main line from the south, "stub" siding, and a Santa Fe eastbound waits in the north siding, the oil cans pass headed for the LA Basin.
