With SP's loaded Oil Cans stopped just west of Ilmon, a member of the helper crew walks back towards his units after conferring with the head-end crew regarding the problem with the train. The hea... (more)

A six-unit EMD helper assists SP's loaded Oil Cans up the last miles of the Tehachapi grade as the train tops the mountain in the town of Tehachapi. The plentiful exhaust from the EMDs clearly sho... (more)