Trailing units are SD45 5385, B23-7 6401 and SD40-2 BN 8092.

Morning in Elliston, MT, on the west side of Mullan Pass, finds the 686 East taking siding. Behind the Dash 9 are a Santa FE GP60, MRL 348 (an ex NW SD45) and an SD40-2 in Heritage I colors. Speak... (more)

686 leads SD45-2 5326, a GP60B and an SD40-2 on an eastbound.

ATSF #686 heads into Argentine Yard on a warm March day as another train wait in the background for access to the yard.

ATSF C44-9W #686 is in control of a high priority intermodal train as it rounds the curve approaching Cajon summit.

Waiting To Be Recrewed To Go South

After being held at Hector along with several other trains, 686 West rolls off the hill toward Barstow not long before sunset with the Cady Mountains in the distance.

BNSF Fair Field Ore loads on the mainline at Steelton Yard.