Lumber on the Central Coast

A Southern Pacific eastbound, with Cotton Belt SD40T-2 8325 on the front, sits in San Luis Obispo, California, awaiting a fresh crew. This train, heading... (more)

Southern Pacific work train with Cotton Belt SD40T-2 8325.

A snoot drifts down to the big interlocking. I used to refer to the ledge under the freeway here as "Hobo Union Terminal" The bos and the empty Santa Fe Ruby Port bottles (20% alcohol and $1.95 ... (more)

Returning to the left-hand seat following a meet with a westbound, the head brakeman enters a new "Snoot" whose number is anything but ambiguous.