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The 3-unit helper set starts to head down the 1%grade towards Mullan Tunnel, which will steepen to 2.2% at the east end of the tunnel & continue down to Helena
BNSF #3002 leads two other 4-axle power through the curve east of the East switch North Dalles to points westward in Washington state. The grain cars right behind the power were probably added to the train in Pasco to move to the Vancouver/Portland area.
Westbound Southern Pacific SD40T-2 #8254 leads its train up Canyon Siding on the Palmdale-Colton Cutoff in the vicinity of Sullivan's Curve in Cajon Pass in 1986.
An eastbound Santa Fe freight gets an assist from SD40-2 #5155 as it passes through Cajon Station while the headend is already passing through Sullivan's Curve in 1987.
Southern Pacific SD45 #8872 works eastbound down the Main through Cajon Pass' Sullivan's Curve area while a westbound with a bay window caboose pulls through Canyon Siding in 1986.
Eastbound Union Pacific DDA40X "Centennials" #6935/#6927 work on the big curve out of Cajon Station heading for Cajon's Sullivan's Curve in 1984.
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