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SP Railroad freight train symbol PSSE at Rosamond, CA

SP Railroad freight train symbol PSSE at Rosamond, CA

Extra 8480 East has just passed through my home town, Rosamond, CA on May 21, 1973 with the Portland Sunset East (freight train symbol PSSE). In the background you can see the Big C Bargain Barn and Rocket Gasoline. In the distance is Soledad Mountain and behind it are the Tehachapi Mountains.

SP Railroad freight train symbol MJDOL at Oban, CA

The next siding was at Oban. This siding was added around 1916. If you look to the left you can see that the helper units are shoving the Searles Turn (train symbol MJDOL) across the desert. Disk 48

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