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Quite the Hill

            An eastbound Southern Pacific train climbs the west side of Siskiyou Pass on a warm June evening in 1990. This is one of the most challenging mountain crossings in the west - the gradient here is around 3%. The west portal of the summit tunnel, site of the infamous DeAutremont train robbery, is about a mile and a half ahead. 

Lead unit SP 6819 has since been preserved at the California State Railroad Museum. It is a good representative of the numerous SP locomotives that were rebuilt in SP’s nearby Sacramento Locomotive Works.

Taken in: United States / Oregon / Colestin (show map)

Taken on: June 19, 1990

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Camera: Plustek OpticFilm 8200i (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Plustek OpticFilm 8200i
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Elements 15.0 (Windows)
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