Union Pacific’s “Blitz local” switches 3 cars of coal for the huge Monolith cement plant just east of Tehachapi, California, on March 8, 2001. Even though it is a UP local, the three Souther... (more)

The “Blitz local” switches 3 cars of coal for the huge Monolith cement plant near Tehachapi, California, on March 8, 2001. Even though it is a Union Pacific local, the three Southern Pacific S... (more)

Looking about as good as they ever did after a few years of service. I really enjoyed seeing a few of these show up amid sea of SD-45 variants.

Not the best photo in the world, but give me credit - I braved Caliente in August to snag it! The temperature was hovering near 110 this day.