Lower-quadrant semaphores still in use; note "tunnel motor" style deflectors at the rear (not needed in this vicinity!)

Appears to be a mail train

"Cruds" on the move! SP SW1500s 2468 and 2642 lead low-nosed GP9 3708 (ex-5872) on a southbound caboose hop through Pacoima, California, in southern California's San Fernando Valley on January 9,... (more)

All operating short hood first

One each NS, N&W and Southern

Looks good going away, also!

Smoking and sanding!

A quintet of SD40-2s rounds Tehachapi Loop.

Grinding upgrade around the Tehachapi Loop...

Santa Fe SD45-2 5671 is just about to duck into the first of Cajon Pass' two tunnels.

Santa Fe SD45-2 5677 passes the old passenger station in Mojave as an SP helper set waits for the westbound it will help over the Tehachapi Mountains.

A colorful lash-up of BNSF 612, BNSF 946, NS (ex-CR) 5409, FURX 3050 and CSX 8446 heads east out of Barstow, California.