Late in the day, ATSF B23-7 No. 6410 leads a 199 up the 1.0 percent grade of Vine Hill. At one time, Vine Hill was the name of a siding the railroad had at this location. The plentiful exhaust is ... (more)

Unusual power for a stack train !. A westbound stack train is still working hard on the climb out of Needles. The B23-7 - C30-7 combo is certainly not typical power for a stack train !

Going thru all my slide, I would definitely say this vehicle train from McCook, IL, to Oklahoma City, OK, was the money train for me in 1995-96. This train got some cool ass power alot of the days... (more)

westbound Santa Fe Corona Local on 3M spur at MP 2 of old Elsinore District