Cowl unit heaven. Santa Fe SD45 5333, leads F45 5953, SDP40F 5252, and F45 5986 down Cajon Pass. Tom Ellis photo.

Santa Fe EMD SD45 5333 leads an eastbound piggyback train through the Tehachapi Mountains at Bealville.

Snow on Tehachapi! Definitely worth a late-night, 4.5 hour drive from the Bay Area to get some photos. One of several Santa Fe trains that we bagged this day, an eastbound grinds up the grade th... (more)

The McCook, IL to Kansas City, MO manifest train rolls west with a SD45 and 2 SD40's. The train is a couple miles west of Galesburg. The train is 55 miles east of Ft Madison, IA. Most of this powe... (more)

With the pass under an unusually persistent and cold sheet of ice and snow, 5333 East makes its way slowly across the valley at the top of the pass toward Mojave.