A seven-unit helper helps lift the 10,000-ton Unit Oil Train up the stiff grade at the east end of Rowan.
SP track inspectors wave to the crew of the Oil Cans as their train approaches.
A five-unit helper assists the BKDOU as it negotiates the reverse curves along the base of the mountains that skirt Tehachapi Creek.
The helper on the loaded Oil Cans swings around a corner into view at Cameron as the 10,000-ton train winds its way downhill through the defile.
The Oil Cans meet a westbound Santa Fe intermodal train at the west end of Bealville siding.
A seven-unit, all-EMD helper assists a 10,000-ton BKDOU, commonly known as the "Oil Cans," out of Caliente Creek Canyon and around the 10-degree curve at Caliente.
The Oil Cans roar upgrade into Caliente on a hot August afternoon in 1988.
MIXED SET OF SP, VMV, BN POWER SOUTHBOUND OILCANS
