The inbound Saluki hits the hump in the St. Charles Air Line that helps it clear Canal Street, which in turn is over the Canal Street Wye. Below, a Metra train awaits the afternoon rush.
A very long BNSF Z STOWSP8 22 demonstrates the engineering marvel of the Tehachapi Loop. The siding on the loop is named after SP Roadmaster W.A. Long.
A grimy GE leads the westbound Roper to Roseville manifest up Silver Zone Pass out of Wendover. Pilot Peak presides over Arnold Loop and the Pilot Creek Valley.