The engineer on the very dirty SP 9255 enjoys a smoke on his pipe as he and his brakeman wait patiently for helpers to come west from Palm Springs and tie on to the back of their train. After the... (more)

SP 9255 has been stopped on the eastbound main for quite a while waiting for a helper set, led by SP 9321 to return from Banning after helping an earlier eastbound over the pass.

A very dirty SP 9255 grinds up hill through San Timoteo Canyon as it heads east towards the summit of Banning Pass.

There is still pride on the Southern Pacific as shown after the crew cleaned the very dirt nose of the SP 9255, revealing the SP. The crew was waiting for a helper set to attach to the rear of th... (more)