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SP 7673 west and SP 8538 west wait for clearance to depart Tucson yard heading toward West Colton, CA in October 1987.

SP 8357 East leads a WCTUM up Beaumont Hill near the El Casco crossover. The 8357 sports some eyebrows on its nose.

SP 7556 East is stopped for a crew change at the yard in Indio, CA in November 1985.

SSW 9673 east leads the WCTUM-25 (West Colton - Tucson manifest) into Tucson as it passes through Kino siding in March 1992.

SSW 9644 west with SP 8012 and SSW 9381 lead the Blue Streak Sealand double stack train past a semaphore signal at MP 1006.0 on the normally eastbound track. The train is detouring due to a derailment on the westbound track.

SSW 7253 (Cotton Belt) west leads a Chicago-Los Angeles Sealand double stack train through the new double track at the former Tully siding east of Benson, AZ in March 1995.

KCS 4667 pushes the rear of CP grain train GMETJR into the Scouler grain facility at Jerome, Idaho on the Eastern Idaho Railroad. The KCS 4667 is passing the head end power with CN 2917 and BNSF 3728.

SP 7349 west leads the Chicago-Los Angeles double stack at the Vail crossovers MP 1000. The train is meeting its eastbound counterpart LACHX.

SP 9735 East leads 4 UP units and the TUEPM-23 manifest train underneath the westbound track at Cienega Creek, AZ just east of Vail in September 2000.

SP 9207 West merger unit leads a Chicago-Los Angeles stack train through the Wilmot crossovers in October 1990.

SP 7672, SSW 7783, GATX 7355, RG 3021, SSW 9660 and other units are parked at the SP Tucson diesel facility on Christmas day 1991.

SP 8283 and CEFX (Ex-UP) 2815 arrive into the Tucson yard in December 2004.

Unexpectedly, on a westbound NS, we see a different kind of KCS Belle paint at Pine Junction. This unit 4009, was made to salute KCS heroes

KCS 4657 and KCS 4662 lead a loaded grain train up the UP King Hill summit. This train originated in Eastport, Canada and will be unloaded in Gooding, Idaho.

SP 7882 with three other B30-7's and an SD45T-2, pulls the Lone Pine local west on the "Jawbone" from Searles toward Mojave. The train is passing by the small community of Cantil, CA in April 1982.

SP 9177 West leads a West-Colton-Bakersfield manifest train up Cajon Pass at Devore, CA in July 1984 with 3 Milwaukee Road SD40-2's 156, 168 and 174.

SP 8035 West leads a long Chicago-Los Angeles double stack up the grade toward the Mescal summit in September 1988.

SP 246 sits on the spur track of the Tucson Electric Power near Tucson as an approaching thunderstorm creates dramatic storm light in August 1988.

SP 8002 West (KCCIA) auto train meets the WCHOM at Cochise, AZ. The 8002 passes former Southern High Nose SD45 3123 in the consist of the WCHOM.

KCS 4712 West with a loaded auto train crest the grade at Tokio, WA coming out of a fog bank at 9:37am.