A BNSF track inspection car tilts automatically to the outside of a curve and it heads into a siding on the Lampasas Sub. BNSF's Temple locomotive shops are at right.
Shortly after sunrise, a heavy SP open hopper train, with brake shoe smoke rising plentifully from its sides, descends the pass into Mojave.
"Torpedo boat" 3005 idles on the ready track at the center of the yard as an SD7 performs switching duties.
SP GP9 No. 3000 shows off her freshly painted nose as she idles next to the coach yard.
GE and EMD power idles outside the shops at Stockton Yard.
On a beautiful spring afternoon, five SD24s lead a westbound Santa Fe manifest through Bealville.
SP's loaded Shell Oil Train roars up the stiff and curving grade at the west end of Bealville. Note that all power on the head end is EMD tunnel motors. The train weighs in at approximately 10,000... (more)
At dusk, Santa Fe 237 East idles in the siding and meets a westbound at Knightsen. If you look closely, you can see one of the illuminated dials in 237's cab.
A pair of DPUs brings up the rear of an empty coal train going into the hole for Amtrak at Ponder.
Crossing a steel trestle near Quincy, a hot Overland Mail West with a Centennial on the point maintains its fast pace through the Canyon.
Centennial 6927 leads a giant Overland Mail East at Spring Garden on a beautiful morning in June 1984.
A westbound Santa Fe pig train passes the old yard. In the distance, the old shops appear to be still active judging from the diesel exhaust rising from that location.
Cotton Belt 6849 East roars uphill through the reverse curves between tunnel 10 and Marcel just after sun-up.
Santa Fe 5570 West meets an eastbound manifest at Cable Crossover.
SP SD45X No. 9501 has its red warning light on since its the trailing unit in a light power move.
