With 4-axle power assigned in Bakersfield, a westbound pig train starts the long climb to the summit of Franklin Canyon at Maltby. The big oil storage tanks in the distance belong to Getty Oil.
On a beautiful day in December 1988, a Santa Fe 189 train roars uphill through a curve on Vine Hill as it ascends the 1.0 percent grade to Franklin Canyon. This is Santa Fe's crossing of Californi... (more)
In June 1984, with the shadows in the Alhambra Valley getting longer and longer, six 4-axle EMDs lead a westbound Santa Fe pig across Muir Trestle in Martinez, CA. In a month or so, Santa Fe will ... (more)
Late in the day, ATSF B23-7 No. 6410 leads a 199 up the 1.0 percent grade of Vine Hill. At one time, Vine Hill was the name of a siding the railroad had at this location. The plentiful exhaust is ... (more)