As if posed together on purpose, a Saint Louis & Southwestern (SSW) boxcar and ex-SSW 9674, now UP 1011, rest in the yard at Oxnard together a few days before the Thanksgiving holiday.

Patiently waiting its next call to duty, UP 1011 (ex-SSW 9674) bathes in the afternoon light across from the Oxnard yard office. With the dwindling number of patched units roaming the Union Pacifi... (more)