A freshly-painted Santa Fe EMD GP20 sits at the railroad’s locomotive facility at Corwith Yard in Chicago, Illinois, on November 22, 1986.
A consist of six 4-axle units haul a manifest up the steep grade at Wpodford, CA, bound for Barstow.
GP20u No. 3000 smokes it up with a consist of 4-axles units. The relatively short manifest is headed east for Barstow.
A GP20 leads a consist of four-axle locomotives as they roar over Bealville's east switch and up the heavy grade here.
With engineer Dave Stanley at the helm, UP's Feather River Special makes a triumphal entry into Serpentine Canyon on its way to Portola.
Santa Fe GP20 3000 leads a pure consist of B-B units up the grade at Bealville toward tunnel 3.
