Looking down form the bluffs of Benecia, we get a down on of the speed lettered UP8683 (ex-SP8307) a patched snoot SD40T-2 .

The patch T-2 UP8683 (ex-SP8307) leads the IOASC towards Sacramento on the northern sdie of the longest RR trestle west of the Mississippi River.

Snoot patched T-2 UP8683 (ex-SP8307) emerges from the burned off bay fog hauling an eastbound stack train at track speed. This is location is 5 miles north of Oakland on the Cal-P.