Auto traffic on the adjacent San Timoteo Canyon Road race an SP-led ZAILC west down Beaumont Hill.

ZAILC passes some colorful foliage in San Timonteo Canyon.

After holding for over traffic to get sorted out ahead, ZAILC heads out of Beaumont as they head downgrade towards Colton and points west.

One of a handful of remaining SP patched GEs leads ZAILC upgrade at Cabazon.

IG4LB heads downgrade into Redlands with a long train of midwestern container traffic bound for ICTF, and the Ports of LA and Long Beach.

ZLAJX heads under the SP searchlight cantilever at Mecca in great morning light with an SD70ACe leader.

AMINGR hustles passed the east switch at Mortmar with a trainload of autos bound for Mexico for reloading.

Trio of ACe's run elephant style as they charge east passing the old SP cantilever at West Mecca.

ILXDIB brings a trainload of Dallas-bound autos and intermodal through the desert at Mecca. Looming the train is the last remaining SP cantilever signal on this particular stretch of trackage.

"El Centro Hauler" MECWC streaks by one of the few remaining SP searchlight sets on the Yuma Sub at Mortmar.

UP Heritage Series 1989, the Rio Grande unit is seen here leading a stack train through the town of Coachella Ca on its way east.

MFWWC drifts downgrade in San Timoteo Canyon on gorgeous evening light.

MFWWC heads upgrade near Cabazon on a hot summer evening in the Mojave Desert.

An inbound Ft. Worth manifest rounds the S-curve between West Palm Springs and Cabazon behind a downgraded AC6000.

A couple thoroughbreds pass the home of horses of a different breed in San Timoteo Canyon.