SSW 9630 leads a manifest train through the reverse curves in San Timoteo Canyon.

Cotton Belt leads an eastbound manifest through San Timeteo Canyon.

Cotton Belt 9630 leads an eastbound manifest train slowly up San Timoteo Canyon at the El Casco crossovers.

Cotton Belt 9630 leads a heavy eastbound manifest through the reverse curves in Banning Pass.

Here's one of my favorite images of the Southern Pacific Railroad from the early 1990s. For a short time, before the hundreds of new and rebuilt units arrived from MPI, GE and EMD, the SP was in t... (more)