Taken about an hour before a west Texas sand storm arrives.

Yard job from Miller yard with a nice looking unpatched Cotton Belt GP40

Note wildflowers above units, and welded rail ready for installation

Two Cotton Belt GP60's are working a cut of cars on both ends.

Two Cotton Belt geeps (SSW 9699) are working CJ yard.

Cotton Belt GP-60 9675 and a couple others await delivery to their new owner at Blue Island yard. Espee will ensure that they're never this clean again!!

A nice suprise. Look closely and you see some touch up paint. See here http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=153675

Roaring past the Seguin SP depot at speed, SSW-lettered 7264 looks pretty sharp. By the way, my dad rented this depot for a while during college. Really.

A pair of Cotton Belt GP40-2s, with a pair of SD40T-2s (one Cotton Belt and one SP) rip westbound with the Memphis Blue Streak.

A dirty Cotton Belt SD45T-2 9389, the Southern Pacific's first Bicentennial engine, departs SP's West Colton Yard in Bloomington, California, with an eastbound freight on January 12, 1978.

Looking a bit dirty, Cotton Belt SD45T-2 9389, the Southern Pacific's first Bicentennial engine, prepares to depart SP's West Colton Yard in Bloomington, California, with an eastbound freight on J... (more)

Note oranges on trees