It's the day before Thanksgiving as an early morning sun rises over the Bakersfield yard, which has SP, Conrail, HLCX and Rio Grande locomotives. With the SP being power hungry, just about any pool power unit could end up in Bakersfield.
Crazy pool power consists, colorful gatherings of locomotives at a diesel service area, or a mixture of colorful locomotives in storage lines. A minimum of four different paint schemes required.