RailPictures.Net Photo: SP 8576 Southern Pacific Railroad EMD SD40M-2 at Tehachapi Pass, California by Joe Gartman

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» Southern Pacific Railroad (more..)
» EMD SD40M-2 (more..)

» Cliff
» Tehachapi Pass, California, USA (more..)
» October 26, 1996

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EMD 645s and smoke belching tunnels. Exhaust erupts from Tunnel 5 as the mid-train helpers provide 12,000 horsepower to assist the daily "Oil Can" train as it struggles upgrade through Cliff.

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