060827_SP9816_meeting_LABRT_halfway_around_the_loop_from_the_5th_xing_hill

Viewed from the hill overlooking the curved bridge over Tehachapi Creek below the loop (the 5th crossing), SP9816 grinds uphill through the siding at Walong (the loop) in a rolling meet with a downhill stack train. The dispatcher will hold the 9816 in the siding to give the intermodal train the priority