A Southern Pacific intermodal train is stretched around the horseshoe curve at Caliente, California. A single SD40T-2 is pushing the rear of the train,... (more)
A brace of Southern Pacific EMD’s pass through Tunnel 2 on the Tehachapi grade. The slide labelling indicates that these are helpers, so they are going away from the lens.
A 66-car Southern Pacific intermodal train approaches Tunnel 2 on the Tehachapi grade. Three SD45’s and a pair of SD40T-2’s muscle the tonnage over the mountains.
Three Southern Pacific tunnel motors lead an eastbound 62-car intermodal train into Caliente, California. Just ahead they will begin the laborious climb to Tehachapi.
With a CSX crew on board, power from the southbound Orange Blossom Special leaves the East Side Yard office in Philadelphia, and moves toward Grays Ferry. Once an air test is completed, th... (more)