One of the notoriously heavy gravel trains which delighted railfans is heading east in the big yard.

One of the units most unloved by its owners and crews, always first to go into storage or out on lease or so it seemed, they sure sounded good anyway.

Improvised helpers on the Hill... As a Southern Pacific eastbound was climbing the Tehachapis on January 20th, 1978, it stalled out at Bealville. So, a westbound descending the hill was s... (more)

Two U33Cs, and SD45T-2 and and SD45 have stalled while pulling a freight upgrade at Bealville, in the Tehachapi Mountains in southern California. Help is on the way...