A set of eastbound helpers heads down the "slide". Note the green P-C grain hoppers way off in the distance (right) on a train climbing towards the summit.
SP SD35 6902 suffers an electrical fire as the train waits in the hole in Soledad Canyon west of Palmdale, CA on July 15, 1973. The crew never noticed the smoke pouring out of the second locomotiv... (more)
SOU 223, actually a Central of Georgia unit, leads Atlanta-bound piggyback hotshot past Salisbury depot as consist for SOU 3, tri-weekly train to Asheville rests on side track.