SW1500 1503 returns with cars from the Central California Traction Company's yard to the north.
Freshly painted and rebuilt Santa Fe SDF40 No. 5264 leads an eastbound manifest at Cable Crossover. Santa Fe acquired the big EMD from Amtrak and converted it to a freight locomotive.
NS 3821 and a slug push cars over the hump as a sister waits on the adjacent track to do the same.
Ex-SP&S FAs stored at the BN Shops in Vancouver.
A Baldwin VO-1000 hauls a string of cars to the Santa Fe interchange tracks from WP's yard.
A pair of SP westbound freights prepare to depart Mojave as a Santa Fe eastbound rolls through town toward its own rails to Barstow.
A huge Lockheed aircraft parts car heads west on an SP freight climbing the Palmdale-Colton Cut-off. The car is likely headed for the Lockheed facility located between Palmdale and Lancaster, CA.
An eastbound SP stack train tops the grade at Mescal and passes the aging coaling tower there.
Mechanics work on SDP45 No. 3200, which sits among FM Trainmasters and switchers. Bayshore is the maintenance and repair hub for FMs on the SP.
Just before sunset, the Oil Cans' helper set roars into Caliente, its exhaust illuminated by the low sun.
Just after sunrise, a westbound Santa Fe Hyundai stack train arrives at Barstow.
An SP SD45 behind the UP "pool" caboose adds braking power to a westbound manifest.
Conrail C32-8 6013, one of several leased by power-short SP, awaits repairs in the Roseville Shops.
A pair of high-hood GP20s bring the Sacramento Northern Detour train through wildflowers at El Pinal.
Santa Fe 848 West roars out of the valley where Seligman is located. The grades in both directions out of the small town are significant. In the distance, we can see the tracks climbing east towar... (more)
