This southbound manifest is crawling through the canyon at Sacramento Avenue and is near its crew change point where it will pause at the AMTRAK depot, then continue down the Valley Sub.
Southbound Q train curves into the morning light with the southern flank of Mt Shasta in the background at CP Azalea.
UP 5424, 4783, 5360 and 3835 lead the UP QPDRV 24 south between the Tangent Industrial Park and Barenbrug Pond on a breezy afternoon.
Amtrak Engineer checks the roll by as it waits for the passing train.