WESTERN PACIFIC symbol freight east, SWG, is less than a mile out of Keddie, Calif., in a sequence of bridge shots at Spanish Creek Canyon: five cab units and a Geep are on the point; ↑ piggyback traffic rides in the center of the 100-car-plus consist; and <<a pair of older 1350 h.p. FT units cut in ahead of bay-window caboose serve as a helper. The date: June 11, 1961. Within 45 minutes or so of arrival in Keddie, bulk of train will roll north on High Line (bridge in background) of Northern California Extension to Bieber, Calif. |