The oilcans struggle up the Cuesta grade and will eventually stall out, requiring assistance from the SLO based helpers. Searchlights still protect a few spots on this pass.
UP 4484 leads an empty IOALBR well car train down to Long Beach with some extra power.
A youngster enjoy's this set of former SP geep's bringing up a SD60M for the slo helper spur.
Missouri Pacific, or (MOPAC) heritage leaves San Luis Obispo with an empty train of Auto-Racks, after a quick crew change.
Union Pacific was kind enough to send some heritage over for my birthday with UP 1982. The Missouri Pacific painted locomotive was tasked we pulling this Auto-rack Repo down the coastline from Mil... (more)
View from the observation car of the northbound Coast Starlight, with late afternoon light flooding in, shortly after departing San Luis Obispo.
Last UP train of 2014 entering SLO.
My last photo of 2014...a pretty good year in photography along the coastline with the addition of many repo trains starting in late spring. The brilliant golden winter light illuminates these SD7... (more)
About 15 minutes late the northbound "Coast Starlight" # 14 is on the ascent to the Cuesta summit near San Luis Obispo, with P42DC # 198 and 207 pulling the heavy 12 car train.
This automotive repo train skirts around the mid day Surfliner on a rather hot December day.
Real manned helpers assist this repo train down the Cuesta Grade on a hot December day. Notice how green everything has gotten with the rain.
A repo train ducks under the pedestrian walk way before leaving slo
The Lompoc local power, which is based out of Guadalupe, has come up to SLO to drop off an extra helper unit.
The sharp point of this P42 is striking south, approaching SLO
