Amtrak's San Francisco Zephyr ( just before the train got Superliner cars and still sometime before the train got back its real name, the California Zephyr) winds through the snowy mountains of California.
Pulling the train are Southern Pacifc 9157, an EMD SD45T-2 'tunnel motor', an EMD SDP40F in Phase I livery, and an EMD F40PH in Phase III livery, with the baggage cars wearing the rarer Phase II livery
SP 9157 leading Amtrak Train 5, the San Francisco Zephyr
Yuba Pass, CA
March 1980
Roger Puta
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