westbound Amtrak train #35, the "Desert Wind" rounding "drawbar flats" curve above Cajon, CA site of an unfortunate and fatal derailment of a runaway train coming down the pass a few years later.

Hitachi 8FA-36C No. 4510, with a new color scheme, heading the International Express from Bangkok to Butterworth.

Amtrak SDP40F 500, pulling train 35, the westbound "Desert Wind," makes a station stop in Barstow, California, on June 24, 1981.

The International Express from Bangkok to Butterworth.

The International Express from Bangkok to Butterworth.

Spring Fever train's morning run has an impromptu race down the Valley with a Honda S2000 roadster. She will lose, but the day is beautiful and who cares?

Cuyahoga Valley Spring Fever train works south down the Valley, passing a lonely country road on a Sunday morning, about 10 miles north of Akron Station.