A SD45 heads up the LAOAF "coast train" leaving Taylor yard in Los Angeles and headed to Oakland. There will be a crew change in San Luis Obispo, where helpers will tack on to assist on the grade up to Atascadero.

Photographed by Allan MacDonald, July, 1973.
Added to the photo archive by Allan Macdonald, December 24, 2005.
Railroad: Southern Pacific.

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